Gertiegirl

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1. Advice needed

   Gertiegirl replied to Gertiegirl's topic in School

   Yes, Good idea

2. Advice needed

   Gertiegirl replied to Gertiegirl's topic in School

   No, there are not standing orders or a district physician. There is a lead nurse. She has told the MAs that they cannot go by the title of nurse but it's up to the distict administration to inform the principals of the seriousness of this. Which I...

3. Advice needed

   Gertiegirl posted a topic in School

   I am an RN who recently retired from a full time position as a school nurse. They recently hired a medical assistant to fill my position. I still work there as a substitute so I know what I am about to say is true. The administration recently came...

4. Asking me to go against policy

   Gertiegirl replied to lvnforschool's topic in School

   You are SO right Blue Moon! There is NO way I'm going to call a parent to say that the child is sick because he or she is having a bad day. The teacher/admin needs to make that call. I have worked with the same kind of teachers/aides that you are ...

5. Asking me to go against policy

   Gertiegirl replied to lvnforschool's topic in School

   Yes and some of these teachers are deathly afraid of any germ, it's pathetic. They are in the wrong profession, quite honestly. I wonder sometimes, how they can sit next to a complete stranger on an airplane or in the movies and not worry if the per...

6. Asking me to go against policy

   Gertiegirl replied to lvnforschool's topic in School

   I've been a school nurse for over 30 yrs with Sped students. I have a lot of Down Syndrome students. These kids are always nasally congested whether they have a cold or not. I see a lot of them, especially when they have a teacher that is new to Sp...

7. Need advice

   Gertiegirl posted a topic in School

   Hello All I've been a school nurse for 27 years. It's the 2nd week of school and I work at a middle school. This year, we have over 1500 students. I've seen the same students every day since school started, the same ones that I saw last year almos...