I want to be a school nurse

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Hello everyone. I desperately want to be a school nurse. I am an RN with 2.5 experience in perioperative nursing. There are only 7 RN school nurses in the county and they supervise techs at 31 schools in the county. I thought a position would never open and just recently one finally did.

It looks like a company called PSA is advertising for the school nurse position. I think normally this company deals with private duty pediatric nursing. I have sent in a couple resumes and applications and yet no responses, but the position is still being advertised.

Would it be inappropriate for me to e mail one of the school nurses directly about the position? I found a list of their email addresses on the county's website. I really want this job and who knows when a position will be available again.

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

i would, what do you have to lose?

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Specializes in School Nursing, Public Health, Home Care.

Go for it!

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Specializes in Peds, School Nurse, clinical instructor.

I probably would go in to PSA since they are the ones advertising the position. Good luck :)

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I would email the nurses... and check in with PSA. The job market is really tough, so being a little more aggressive and creative in your approach is probably a good thing.

Good luck!!

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Thanks everyone. The position is now unavailable. School nursing just seems like a hard job to get around my home. There are not many! Too bad for the kiddos.

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