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1. Legislation affecting TN nurses

   crich replied to crich's topic in Tennessee

   The site to get this info is http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/ Scroll down and click on "text" found in the middle of the page. You can get all kind of info. That is bill # sb0878 to go to general welfare committee soon. Let me know if yo...

2. Legislation affecting TN nurses

   crich replied to crich's topic in Tennessee

   Dear iwrbr I am sorry to anger you so. I do not take your talents or your service to our country lightly. I very much appreciate it. The initial question I asked on this, which I did not see when I clicked on this time was to ask for comparison to...

3. Advice for ICU nurse to get into school nursing.

   crich replied to sockov's topic in School

   Hi foxyhill 21 In TN there is a program called Comprehensive School Health. There were 10 pilot systems that wrote and received grants. One of them is the county system in which I live. Unfortunately the city system that I work in did not receive ...

4. Advice for ICU nurse to get into school nursing.

   crich replied to sockov's topic in School

   Hi foxyhill, In TN the official title School Nurse goes to RNs, but LPNs are hired as nurses in our systems and do a wonderful job. Their care must be directed by a RN or physician. That is the law, however they do have a lot of autonomy. By NP ar...

5. 504 plans

   crich replied to reada's topic in School

   Hi bergren, Thanks for clarification. Yes it is federal law, but my understanding per our lawyer at school nurse meetings is that a 504 plan is not REQUIRED, if there is no perception of descrimination on either side. We have no state law that trum...

6. 504 plans

   crich replied to reada's topic in School

   In TN, you are not required by law to have a 504 plan. I have no 504 plans in my system, but I do have IHP (individual health plans). These are a little different than care plans, because they relate to how things will be handled at school only. I ...

7. 1 school nurse for 6 schools and 2000 kids

   crich replied to seabreezern's topic in School

   I am in Tennessee. We have some basic IHPs for diabetes, asthma, heart, allergic reaction and a few others, that can be individualized with md and parent input. Your situation sounds ridiculous. One thing that you may want to do is get a copy of y...

8. Do navy nurses just supervise corpsmen?

   crich replied to cookie52784's topic in Government

   Thanks for the replys regarding the new legislation in TN. I may send some of these replies to our congressmen. Excuse my ignorance, but what does ncp stand for. crich

9. Legislation affecting TN nurses

   crich posted a topic in Tennessee

   ATTENTION TN NURSES Did you know that there is a bill in our state congress, that if passed would allow a person who has served in the armed forces as a medical specialist advanced, medical service technician or advanced hospital corpsman tech. to be...

10. Do navy nurses just supervise corpsmen?

    crich replied to cookie52784's topic in Government

    In Tn, there is a bill being introduced for a person who has served in the ared forces as medical specialist advanced, medical service tech, or advanced hospital corpsman tech to be licensed as a registered nurse without course study, a diploma or de...

11. What do you do with your summer off?

    crich replied to JulzNDuane's topic in School

    I have a lot of nursing experience, so can easily get prn work. I work in ob a day or 2/ week in the summer. I also get paid year round, but like the extra cash for trips, etc. We hope to go out of country next year. But it is a nice idea to sit...

12. Do school nurses do any sex ed?

    crich replied to WhatToDo's topic in School

    Hello What to do I have been in ob for almost 20 years and it is a wonderful field of nursing. 5 years ago I had a school nursing job drop in my lap. I decided it was a gift from above, with the wonderful hours. Some people say the pay is bad, but...

13. Advice for ICU nurse to get into school nursing.

    crich replied to sockov's topic in School

    Hi I have had been in ob nursing for a long time with some med/surg prn experience. I had a school nursing position drop in my lap. I had never thought about working in school nursing. I decided it was a gift from above and took the job. This is...