Flu is CRAZY

[NurseHeatherBSNRN]

This flu season has been insane already. Fingers and toes crossed for an early peak! I have been monitoring flu cases for 4 weeks and have been steadily seeing 10-15 cases a week until now. This week has been CRAZY! Out of 970 kids, we have 98 confirmed positive this week *so far*, which is now 10.1% of our kids with another day and a half to go ?

Several schools in the area have had recent closures due to flu. My entire faculty/staff is freaking out (except administration). However, after tomorrow, we're on Thanksgiving break for a week! One more day. Just gotta get through one more day.

Please tell me I'm not alone

[ARN]

have a high schooler out this week with RSV. home sick monday, came to school tuesday and was having chills, congestion, nausea etc. sent him home. got a call this am that he tested positive for RSV.

I worked this past sunday at my local hospital (I am PRN) and had two elderly patients with parainfluenza. I think over half the floor was on some kind of isolation between c-diff, flu etc. I do not miss working regularly at the hospital.

I've been fighting some gunk since saturday night. tis the season.

[schicharro, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN, NP]

On 11/21/2019 at 10:18 AM, NurseHeatherBSNRN said:

Louisiana. And, of course, my city has the highest rate in the state ?‍♀️

So here I sit with my face mask and cracked, bleeding, raw, dry hands considering how much stock I need in Lysol

Why does Louisiana have the highest rates of the flu?

On 11/21/2019 at 9:44 AM, NurseHeatherBSNRN said:

This flu season has been insane already. Fingers and toes crossed for an early peak! I have been monitoring flu cases for 4 weeks and have been steadily seeing 10-15 cases a week until now. This week has been CRAZY! Out of 970 kids, we have 98 confirmed positive this week *so far*, which is now 10.1% of our kids with another day and a half to go ?

Several schools in the area have had recent closures due to flu. My entire faculty/staff is freaking out (except administration). However, after tomorrow, we're on Thanksgiving break for a week! One more day. Just gotta get through one more day.

Please tell me I'm not alone

We have not seen much yet. Probably in the next month or so.

[NurseHeatherBSNRN, ASN, BSN]

23 minutes ago, schicharro said:

Why does Louisiana have the highest rates of the flu?

We have not seen much yet. Probably in the next month or so.

I'm wondering the same. I know many parents refuse flu shots, but other states have the same issue. We usually peak late January-early March. Looks like we'll have an early peak this year!

[JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN]

Makes me even more glad I do a flu clinic for staff each year on site (CVS will come for free to you if you have at least 30 participants). 50 staff members took advantage!

Flu vaccine rates are pretty good in my school; I haven't seen anything yet, but it is early in the flu season for the Northeast.

[nursetlm, ADN]

No big flu outbreak yet- but tons of strep and fifth's disease-which I caught in October! No fun as an adult.