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1. National Certification for School Nurses

   sls4083 replied to CRITTERQUEEN's topic in School

   Well, I took the leap and signed up for the Feb. test in Syracuse. I am moving to NC next year and the school nurses there need a certification. I figured I'd better get it. I'm a bit nervous as there's no study manual...esp after the nurses who p...

2. Nurses Day...are you forgotten ?

   sls4083 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   I usually copy out the page or send the link to all the principals, assistant superintendent (our boss) and our school superintendent. http://www.nasn.org/profession/schoolnurseday.htm Normally this will get us a gift from our principals and our asst...

3. Constant Clinic Visits

   sls4083 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   At the beginning of every school year I place this article (on colored paper) in every teacher's mailbox. http://www.homestead.com/snp/10.html Ten Things Teachers Can Do To Create Healthy Classrooms written by Gerri Harvey. Incredible article. Also,...

4. School Nurse Scholarships

   sls4083 replied to bergren's topic in School

   Do any of these scholarships help with the national certification test? Sue

5. National Certification for School Nurses

   sls4083 replied to CRITTERQUEEN's topic in School

   HI, Funny to find your post. Certification not required to be a nurse in NY but I just want to take it and have it. On the site they only give you 8 practice questions...I got 2 wrong...was suprised at some of the questions. Can you tell us curiou...

6. Teachers...how do they treat you ?

   sls4083 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   Please keep in mind that we are only a handful of medical professionals in a sea of educators. We need to work hard to gain and keep the respect of those in education. We need to prove ourselves as a key player in the education of students...we kn...

7. Field trips and medicine and diabetics

   sls4083 replied to staciestitches's topic in School

   Funny, I just asked the same question of our NY Statewide School Health Services Administrator (NY state) last week and this was her answer to me: IF the child is considered "Self-Directed"....and administer their own insulin, then a UAP can assist/m...

8. Lunchtime ??

   sls4083 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   In my district, in upstate NY, the school nurses get 1/2 hour lunch but are PAID for lunch because they recognize that we do need to be on duty. The teachers and secretaries usually respect that it's my lunchtime but of course there's always the emer...

9. do schools ever hire LPNs?

   sls4083 replied to n8isgr8's topic in School

   http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/sss/HealthServices/SchoolNurseMemo-FINAL.htm

10. Need salary/benefits/union information UPSTATE NY School Nurses

    sls4083 posted a topic in School

    School nurses in my district in the teachers union (NYSUT) for about 10 years now but do not get any of the teacher benefits. We have different salary, different sick leave accrual, different longevity, no stipends for experience, advanced degree or...