jodil77

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1. How busy is your office?

   jodil77 replied to scrubsrn24's topic in School

   Oh how I wish we had an EMR. I have 3 schools with a total of approximately 1,800 students I rotate between these schools through out the week. I actually leave myself sticky notes on paperwork to remember what I was doing with it the last day I was ...

2. School Nurses: Who Works a Second Job?

   jodil77 replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

   I work weekends at an inpatient mental health facility that concentrates on eating disorders. I have been working in this field for 5 years now and it is still fulfilling. I would love to not have to work 2 jobs, but my pay for school nursing is at...

3. Merry Christmas School Nurse

   jodil77 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in School

   Sung in the theme of Twelve Days of Christmas J On the Twelfth day before Christmas break the school nurse dealt with: 12 head lice crawling 11 ears a throbbing 10 throats a scratching 9 temperatures rising 8 heads a hurting 7 children crying 6 meds ...

4. Just not sure........

   jodil77 replied to jodil77's topic in School

   They are saying pancytopenia. Better then Leukemia I guess.

5. How Do You Handle the Student Who Wants Last Year's School Nurse Back?

   jodil77 replied to MotherRN's topic in School

   Maybe a bit off topic....but maybe just slip into conversation how African American people tend to have hypertension, which kills the kidneys and blah blah blah. Unregulated blood sugars would totally kill this too. Make sure you also mention dialys...

6. Just not sure........

   jodil77 replied to jodil77's topic in School

   Her parents did not have a phone, so we decided to take her home. Her house was like 5 miles or so from the school. I was more concerned with the Life Flight, because an ambulance ride between the two hospitals would have been an hour and a half...tw...

7. Just not sure........

   jodil77 posted a topic in School

   I am a new school nurse and I run 3 schools. 1. K-5 2. K-2 and 3. 3-5. I rotate schools through out the week. I see some frequent fliers and then there are some that are new to me. This week I heard the "We need you to look at this student for us"...

8. You can't fix stupid!

   jodil77 replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

   I told my supervisor that we need to be sent to Forensics classes, because I am not the Super Guru of Name That Bruise. I missed the class in nursing school that told me what had to be done to form every shape of bruise known to man. I have watched...

9. School Nurse Forms

   jodil77 replied to etuttrnbsn's topic in School

   I would love to see that form!! My email is posted above.

10. School Nurse Forms

    jodil77 replied to etuttrnbsn's topic in School

    please share with me [email protected]

11. I'm just so confused. :(

    jodil77 replied to Stitchy's mom's topic in School

    I am in week two of my new school nurse position. I have 3 schools, with 3 different nurses teaching me 3 different ways to do the same job. It is VERY confusing!! I do love my schedule, but wish I wasn't so confused. I feel like a complete imbec...

12. School Nurse Salary?

    jodil77 replied to kegreat's topic in School

    NC- Will be making roughly $29,000 until I get my national certification and then it goes to $33,000. This is my first year as a school nurse, but you can't beat the schedule. I have three young children and my oldest is on the autism spectrum, so b...

13. Just go the call......

    jodil77 replied to jodil77's topic in School

    I saw a requirement of 1,000 but a recommendation of 4,000. Maybe I will go in between :) I too hope that I love this job. I have 3 kids and the oldest is a high functioning autistic. Unfortunately he has to get up at 5am to get on the special nee...

14. Just go the call......

    jodil77 replied to jodil77's topic in School

    I saw a requirement of 1,000 but a recommendation of 4,000. Maybe I will go in between :) I too hope that I love this job. I have 3 kids and the oldest is a high functioning autistic. Unfortunately he has to get up at 5am to get on the special nee...

15. Just go the call......

    jodil77 replied to jodil77's topic in School

    Thank you for getting back with me. How long were you a school nurse before you took the test? The guidelines recommend 4,000 hours before you take the test, but I really don't want to take that long.