villageRN BSN, RN

villageRN has 25 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in M.Ed., BSN, CSN.

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1. Eastern University??

   villageRN replied to La16's topic in School

   Hi, I went through Eastern to obtain my CSN. Finished the program in 2017 and then went on to complete my master's degree with them. LOVED the program and would highly recommend it. I found the instructors to be engaging and felt the coursework reall...

2. NY School Nurses Daycare Mandate?

   villageRN replied to SunshineNurse's topic in School

   I'm confused. In what capacity will you be working at a daycare? Is it a daycare for medically fragile children? Why are nurses being required to work at a daycare?

3. Is it Friday yet?? (a cautionary tale about locked nurse room doors)

   villageRN replied to jnemartin's topic in School

   I'm so sorry this happened to you!! And I hope this person learned their lesson and are more mindful of a locked door in the future.

4. Screening hours? Closed office?

   villageRN posted a topic in School

   Does your school/district allow you to hold daily screening hours? If so, is your office closed to non-emergent students during this time? If you DO have screening hours where your office is closed to non-emergent students, what is your policy for h...

5. What are your hours?

   villageRN replied to stephrooth's topic in School

   My hours are 8:30 - 4:00. Kids are there 8:50 - 3:50....and they are in my office by 8:51!!

6. bathroom assistance??

   villageRN replied to villageRN's topic in School

   Those are my thoughts exactly!!

7. bathroom assistance??

   villageRN posted a topic in School

   Hi everyone! Having a conversation with a coworker and looking for some feedback. What are your thoughts on assisting elementary students who came to your office because they wet their pants?? These students do not have a 504, any medical conditions,...

8. Health Topics

   villageRN replied to crazynursebsn's topic in School

   LOVE this idea! It is one of my passions to help my high school students learn about the resources available to them.

9. Nurses Pass?

   villageRN replied to MrsK_Nurse's topic in School

   I'm currently in 9-12 and kids are "supposed" to have a pass. The nurse prior to me mentally checked out several years before actually leaving so this was not enforced. We have a lot of discipline issues and wanderers in my school and administration ...

10. Accident Reports

    villageRN replied to cjl_RN's topic in School

    I'm new to my district this year and when I came on board, I asked for some guidelines as they had no policy in place. I was told, "do an an incident report for anything that requires more than a bandaid." Ummmm...ok...

11. If you had to choose...

    villageRN posted a topic in School

    Would you pick high school or elementary school age to work with and WHY? Thanks for your input and Happy Nurses Week!

12. My Arm Touched the Walll!

    villageRN posted a topic in School

    Yep... this is why I had an elementary student come to see me today... because their arm touched the wall while they were walking down the hallway. A teacher actually wrote a nurse pass for this! Seriously?!?!?! Spring break, take me away!!!!

13. What should I get a Masters in... and where?

    villageRN replied to SciFiNurse's topic in School

    Small world...I'm also finishing my CSN at Eastern this semester! I did my BSN through WGU and really liked the program. I am now toying with finishing my M.Ed through Eastern or going back to WGU for MSN - Education. Decisions...decisions....

14. Never heard this one before!

    villageRN posted a topic in School

    Today a third grader was sent to me because his hand was cramping from taking too many math notes. And his teacher actually wrote that on his nurse pass!!!! This happened while I was dealing with two first graders - one who ate the rock salt from th...

15. Poll: What age group?

    villageRN posted a topic in School

    I began my first official job as a school nurse a couple of months ago. I was offered a fantastic position at an elementary school (K - 4). I never saw myself working with the younger ones as I generally prefer to be around middle and high school a...