Kafergie

Kafergie has 8 years experience.

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1. Question about resignation

   Kafergie replied to lilajuli's topic in School

   I also think you should just finish out the school year. Legally you may only need to give 2 weeks but with only 3 weeks left, I think they would be very unhappy with you leaving them without coverage the last week. That gives them the summer to hire...

2. 31 more school days

   Kafergie replied to SchoolRNAmy's topic in School

   I'm suddenly feeling very lucky! !8 days for me. We start mid August :)

3. "not himself"

   Kafergie replied to bell1962's topic in School

   I deal with this alot, not necessarily in special ed students, but with my younger grades. Plus, once the teacher starts the "Aww, you don't seem to feel good" doting, the kids really don't have a reason to "improve". Lots of teacher attention and th...

4. OTC Meds

   Kafergie replied to Kafergie's topic in School

   This is helpful and I am excited to start working on guidelines. Thanks!

5. OTC Meds

   Kafergie replied to Kafergie's topic in School

   Thank you! I agree that I don't want to do away with OTC meds altogether, just hoping to find some middle ground. If a child has regular migraines or has an ear infection and needs pain control a couple of days, I would like to have specific instruct...

6. OTC Meds

   Kafergie posted a topic in School

   I know that here in Texas, public schools do not give OTC meds without MD auth, parent permission, etc. Below is a post I put on RNsights so I apologize for those who see it twice. I stepped into a private school nursing job several years ago and the...

7. New School New Overwhelmed

   Kafergie replied to projectsarah's topic in School

   I have also called parents to let them know their child is suddenly using their inhaler daily. Lots of times, the parents don't know because the child is never "needing" the inhaler at home/ on weekends. I express concerns about overmedicating if the...

8. New School Nurse

   Kafergie replied to nastassialeslie's topic in School

   Don't make them too comfortable! They will never leave :)

9. School Nurses: Non-Nursing Tasks????

   Kafergie replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

   Pretty much the same thing here, plus requesting homework assignments for absent kids. I've never been to a school where this is a practice. But here, when parents call in the absence, they can request the days work be sent to the office. I email tho...

10. vision screening: how do I respond to this parent?

    Kafergie replied to Sudsy's topic in School

    Maybe I am under reacting but my thought is you can't force them to take her in. Although vision is important, it is not life threatening. I agree if it is affecting her academically, then maybe the parent will be more likely to take action. Otherwis...

11. After-hours school nursing...

    Kafergie replied to ob-rnc's topic in School

    I think you did the right thing! I also would never deny care to something emergent but you don't want people to just assume you are there anytime something is going on on your campus. I like the "no ice after school". I learned early on that the ear...

12. With all the allergies children have nowadays...?

    Kafergie replied to caregiver1977's topic in School

    I think it is a bad idea, but it's an ongoing battle here. Kids can definately be allergic to guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, etc. One teacher here actually had ferrets as class pets! The entire hallway stunk by the end of the year. Administration fi...

13. Sore throats

    Kafergie replied to tictac's topic in School

    I only send home for a fever. I may let a parent know if the throat just looks terrible (spots, patches, etc) but leave it up to them in regards to a pick-up. I will mention though, that we have had a run of kids with strep without fever, so fever ma...

14. Best complaint you've heard?

    Kafergie replied to ColleenJune's topic in School

    Just yesterday a little boy came in "hyperventilating" because the boy next to him kept farting and the stink made him hypervetilate

15. When do you call home?

    Kafergie replied to mc3's topic in School

    mc3, If you send me your email address, I will send you a copy. We get them printed as a duplicate ay office max. I'm [email protected]