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1. Is there an increase in headaches among junior high students in New york?

   dherb replied to dherb's topic in School

   Dear Flynurse, I agree, I'd have many headaches as well... I have seen a pattern for the standardized tests but I do see more h/a's at the end of the marking periods. I initially thought that it would be the students with lower GPA's that got more b...

2. Is there an increase in headaches among junior high students in New york?

   dherb replied to dherb's topic in School

   Deb- thanks for your response, I appreciate the thoughts. It is our job to investigate the various causes for all the frequent visits to the nurse. I work closely with the counselors in the next office to clue them into my "frequent flyer" list as ...

3. Is there an increase in headaches among junior high students in New york?

   dherb replied to dherb's topic in School

   Thanks for your response! I can't believe you need to do a 504 for any OTC meds. I have at least 100 students out of a total of 650 that have MD orders for Advil and Tylenol! I have noticed a big reduction in visits to my office since the newSED r...

4. changing to new school?

   dherb replied to cpgrn's topic in School

   I've been a middle school nurse for five years! I love the work, hate the pay, and love-generally the kids! My interview went well then- When asked what I knew about adolescents, I decided to be me and answered " They're hormones with feet"! And t...

5. Is there an increase in headaches among junior high students in New york?

   dherb replied to dherb's topic in School

   Thanks for the input. I do see no breakfast headaches as well as legitimate migraines. I am interested in any more follow uop on MD prescriptiions for OTC meds. It is about time that the private MD's realize how many meds their patients take at ho...

6. Is there an increase in headaches among junior high students in New york?

   dherb posted a topic in School

   I am a middle school nurse currently back in school for my BSN. I have a class project to use this site and to pose a question- my project for graduation is "Is there increased class absenteeism from headaches among my student population. or has th...

7. attendance a nurses job?

   dherb replied to Mrs.'s topic in School

   My office does the attendance through the computer using the"Mac School" program. My secretary does the actual computing. It is usually is fast and efficient unless the network is down. We also take homework requests for a student absent for two o...

8. Too many headaches for middle school students?

   dherb posted a topic in School

   I am a middle school nurse who is going back to school for my BSN. A project we are currently involved in is using this site for gaining information on a particular subject. My question is, "Have school nurses seen an increase of absentee class tim...