Daily kid count

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Out of curiosity, how many kids, including your daily meds, do you see everyday? Also, what is your school's enrollment and what grade levels do you have?

my info:

Elementary school

grades: K-5

enrollment: 877

daily kid count, including meds: 55-60

daily meds: 20 (all but two are ADHD)

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My days vary quite a bit. I rotate through the schools in my district. At some schools, I rarely see anyone. At others...in addition to walk ins there is always some project LOL (vision screenings, head checks). I think in one of my schools I've seen ONE child (screen for head lice)...and that is it...So, I use the time I spend at that school for administrative tasks such as verifying immunizations. I am the only nurse so I often get called a way from the site I am at to assess an "urgent" issue at another school (although I am getting better at phone triage now that it is clear that I am really NOT needed in person...If it "might be broken" call the parents and have them take for an xray...I am a Super Nurse but I don't have xray vision ROFL)

# of Students: ~2500 in the district

Grades: PK-12 (4 different school sites; 6 separate schools)

Daily kid count: 0-60

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High school. 750 kids. I see about 25/day right now but as the year goes on that number will increase. Only 4 kids on daily made plus my very independent diabetics. The days I have to go to elementary schools are the bad ones. 60+ kids in a school of 375.

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High School 9-12

998 kids

2 daily meds

1 T1 diabetic

Visits widely vary I may see as few as 10 kids or as many as 25 kids.

Most that I do see are the one's trying to get out of class. I have some frequent fliers.

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PPCD/PreK - 6th, Title I

approx 600 kids

3 daily meds so far

1 diabetic

6 seizure disorders

In addition to screenings, right now I see around 25/day. I expect that to increase in the winter though. Seems like my daily average toward the end of the year is usually around 35.

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Students- around 900

grade: pk-4

daily visits including meds- right now I'm averaging 30-40 (the previous nurse said 40-50 was the average and had as many as 90 during past flu seasons)

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Specializes in Retired - ER, School Health, Quality, Case Managem.

Grades 6 and 7, approximately 440 students.

20 - 40 visits per day, up to 50 plus during the season.

Only two daily meds right now.

3 IDDM's, one with a new pump the first week of school sooooo many checks and many lows. Another who is frequently either high or low!

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Specializes in Pediatrics, school nursing.

5th and 6th grade

800 students

15 daily visits, including my first CF student, one that I cath twice per day, and one who receives water via G-button

20-40 visits per day, depending on what they are doing in PE. So many visits are unnecessary, but the teachers resist my request to keep them in the classroom for chapped lips, scratching scabs off, etc.

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Specializes in School Nurse.

Grades 7 & 8

Enrollment ~600 students

Daily meds - 5

Diabetics - 3

Student visits - Most I have had this year is 12, not including screenings. I have my teachers well trained :up:

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Specializes in school nursing.

I am blessed to be in a small school of 116 :)

The school is an emotional-behavioral school serving PK-12th grade

I have 25 medication visits

I have 1 T1D & 1 T2D

I have to search one child every morning

I see maybe 20 additional students during the day for injuries, illness, suicidal threats....or boredom :p

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Specializes in IMC, school nursing.

Private K-8

125 students

1 daily med (so far) and he's my kid

1 T1D (5 visits per day)

10 visit average per day, except Wednesday, which is PE day, 20+

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Specializes in school nursing.

Pk-8th

272 students (enrolling more everyday)

1 daily med, but already several courses of abx that apparently couldn't be avoided during school hours

0 diabetics!

20-30 visits per day. Unless you include the staff, who use my bathroom since it's the only one on the floor they have access to (Come on ladies, it's 8 stairs to the next level). Someone's in here every 5 minutes trying to gossip as I'm counting DTaPs on my fingers.

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Specializes in ED, School Nurse.

High school grades 9-12.

650-ish students

9 diabetic students this year (3 graduated last year and one transferred out of the district. Six of these current students I see daily for anything from check-ins to administering insulin)

6 seizure disorders, but only 1 with emergent meds.

5 daily meds (not counting the diabetic students)

25-30 daily visits including all of the above. Plus feminine hygiene product visits which I don't document (unless I medicate them, of course).

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