kilbylake

kilbylake

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  1. Confidential Health Lists

    I began working in a new school district that has still been handing out typed Confidential Health Concerns lists to all teachers. My previous district had parents sign a permission form at registration to cover this. While I understand the need to...
  2. 1st person care plans

    an example would be something like this: my name is jane doe, and i am 85 yrs old. i am diabetic, so please offer me sugar free snacks. my blood sugar tends to drop in the late afternoon, so please check my b.s if i seem shaky or weak. i can be unste...
  3. 1st person care plans

    Has anyone heard of, or use, care plans which are written in the first person? I heard of this through a fellow worker, and thought they sounded great. Very specific, user friendly, brief, and easy for all to read and use. The nightmarish care plans ...
  4. Keep Your Wits Not Your Nits

    My school district abolished it's no nit policy this year, and I am proud to say that it was largely in part to my investigation and presentation of the facts regarding head lice transmission. The simple truth is this, you cannot catch lice from nit...
  5. Thinking about changing major from pharmacy to nursing

    Drake's program must be tough. A good friend of mine has a son in his first yr there for the pharmacy major and he is switching to nursing also. In fact, I thought maybe this message was from him at first. He is also looking at UIC in Chicago. I wond...
  6. We Are On Strike!

    Good Luck to you and all your fellow strikers. I am a school nurse in Sterling, IL and our support staff contract is up this year also, so it will be interesting to see what happens with that. I commend all of you for your courage, fighting this long...
  7. Just how many nurses from IL do we have here at allnurses?

    Here too-I am from a small town 2 hours west of Chicago on I 88.
  8. Difficult Principal!

    Sounds exactly like my former principal, but I don't think she moved to Texas! Maybe it has something to do with the gender thing, and trying to prove herself. Anyway, you didn't mention if you belong to a union or not. This is one area where unions ...
  9. vision screening and referral

    We are fortunate to have a local hospital who supports our vision screening by setting up a program, funded by donations, grants, etc., which will pay for eye exams and glasses through participating eye doctors and facilities in our town. A family m...