How busy are you?

ColleenJune · Feb 1, 2011

Replying to my own questions,

1) K-5

2) 400 students

3) About 12-15 students per day

4) No, but the office staff sometimes helps.

5) Upset tummies, headaches, cuts and scrapes, and clothing changes.

LACA, BSN, LPN, RN · Feb 1, 2011

1) what school level do you support? i'm full time at an elementary school, prn for the high school across the street.

2) how many students are in your school? in the elementary there are 460, in the high school there is about 350.

3) how many students do you see each day? normally, i see anywhere from 14-18 in a day. here lately, i've been seeing 25-30 a day. also sending home a lot more than normal.

4) do you have an assistant? no.

5) what do you treat mostly? normally, it's headaches, tummyaches, lost teeth, and cuts/scrapes. lately, it's fevers, vomiting, headaches, stomachaches.

mustlovepoodles, RN · Feb 1, 2011

I was discussing my work load with the office staff at lunch yesterday and one of the admins asked how my work load compared with other school nurses. I don't really know, so I have a few questions for you:
1) What school level do you support?
2) How many students are in your school?
3) How many students do you see each day?
4) Do you have an assistant?
5) What do you treat mostly?

Elementary school, 420 students K-5.

I see about 28 students a day on average. A bad day would be 46.

I do not have an assistant or need one.

I see a lot of vague complaints: headache, muscle aches, stomachche, invisible itchs. Plus the usual injuries: smashed finger between 2 desks, walked in front of the swings, bumped heads with another student, scraped knee while running races on asphalt. I have a coupla students with diabetes and about 30 with asthma, plus some other various special needs. My student body is sweet, well-mannered, and poor as you can get. They are delightful kids and I know that I am filling a big need for healthcare in their lives.

I have to tell you, this job is a piece of cake compared to my last one. My last school was a large chaotic middle school, with 900 students in it. And every one of them were bent on defending their "honor" to the death. Ugh. I saw at least 70 students/day and sent at least one a month to the hospital. You couldn't believe h0w bad it was. Every day they beat the crap out of each other and the teachers, too. One kid, a 7th grade GIRL, jumped on the back of our security officer as he was handcuffing another student, her cousin. She chewed a chunk out of his shoulder and scratchd his face to pieces. They ended up sending a paddy wagon to haul both cousins off to juvinile hall where they spent the rest of their middle school years. Jeez.

momnurse23 · Feb 1, 2011

i was discussing my work load with the office staff at lunch yesterday and one of the admins asked how my work load compared with other school nurses. i don't really know, so i have a few questions for you:
1) what school level do you support? k-5
2) how many students are in your school? about 400
3) how many students do you see each day? i average about 30-35 including my routine med. students though i have seen 40-50 on a busy day.
4) do you have an assistant? no
5) what do you treat mostly?i would say mostly stomachaches and headaches, playground injuries (bumps and scrapes), and sore throats. lots of sore throats for some reason this year.

mc3, ASN, RN · Feb 2, 2011

i was discussing my work load with the office staff at lunch yesterday and one of the admins asked how my work load compared with other school nurses. i don't really know, so i have a few questions for you:
1) what school level do you support? pre-k to 5
2) how many students are in your school? about 950
3) how many students do you see each day? between 40-50/day
4) do you have an assistant? no, but the office staff helps when necessary (and i love them for it!)
5) what do you treat mostly? tummy aches/headaches secondary to not wanting to be in school !
i love my job.
mc3

Flare, ASN, BSN · Feb 2, 2011

i was discussing my work load with the office staff at lunch yesterday and one of the admins asked how my work load compared with other school nurses. i don't really know, so i have a few questions for you:
1) what school level do you support? middle school - 6-8 grade
2) how many students are in your school? about 820
3) how many students do you see each day? average of 25-30. it was worse the beginning of the year when i took over. still can have a busy day of 45-50
4) do you have an assistant? i have a secretarial clerk 2-3 days/wk for 4 hrs on those days
5) what do you treat mostly? vague complaints - the symptoms of kids that want to get out of class for a while, as i often put it: stomach ache, headache, sore throat, dizziness - sometimes legitimate - sometimes not

Calibean · Feb 3, 2011

1) Middle School

2) almost 1000

3) Slow day 45 busy day (like today uugh) 70 students plus usually at least 5 staff members (today it was 8 staff visits - they sit in my office with my waiting room full of kids some with serious issues looking annoyed that they are not my number one priority)

4) No, but I desperately need one

5) Everything, meds, illness, G-tube feeding, 4 diabetics, asthma, daily neb txs, assisting student in wheelchair with toileting, fights, injuries, emergency situations, plus PST meetings, vision and hearing

schoolnurse1001 · Feb 3, 2011

1) what school level do you support? middle school 6-8th

2) how many students are in your school? 500-550

3) how many students do you see each day? 20-30

4) do you have an assistant? no, but i do have a clerk that pulls charts for me and puts the icd codes in the computer. i work for the health dept so we bill for some services and the clerk handles that.

5) what do you treat mostly? depends on the day. lots of headaches, cramps, stomachaches, sore throats. i also do well child physicals and immunizations.

intheweeds · Feb 3, 2011

1) what school level do you support? 6th-12th

2) how many students are in your school? 850

3) how many students do you see each day? 15-20

4) do you have an assistant? no. i am the only one in the nursing office and i am part-time. i am very busy at the start of the year with immunizations, always behind. now it is relatively quiet.

5) what do you treat mostly? lots of sports injuries, colds, stomachaches, occasional fights. i have many asthmatics and a few diabetics. they come to my office but are self directed with their meds (which is good, as i'm not here all the time).

Supernrse01, BSN · Feb 4, 2011

1) What school level do you support?

K-12

2) How many students are in your school?

~1700

3) How many students do you see each day?

Depends on the day and the weather :) Some days I can see between 5-10, while other days, I may see 35-50.

4) Do you have an assistant?

Yes. There is a non-BSN nurse working in the K-2 elementary school. Such a big help!

5) What do you treat mostly?

Stomach ache is my BIGGEST c/o here in my clinics but I also have DM, seizure disorders, asthma, and brain tumor... to name a few :)

Purple_Scrubs, BSN, RN · Feb 7, 2011

1) What school level do you support? PK - 5th

2) How many students are in your school? 500

3) How many students do you see each day? 15-20 average not including daily meds or procedures. I do 4 caths per day and several insulin injections and BG monitoring so I stay pretty busy.

4) Do you have an assistant? No, not needed although it would be nice to get a sub if I am sick or need to be out of the office.

5) What do you treat mostly? Minor headaches/stomachaches, kids wanting out of class or a ticket home, minor injuries, lots of daily meds, PRNs and procedures.