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About moreoreo

moreoreo has 3 years experience and specializes in School Nursing.


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  1. Any school nurses out there with 40 years?

    It's a serious problem, and I think the more children who "go to the nurse," the more others think it's a place they can go, too, so that each nonsense visit spawns others. I have had a parent whose child suddenly started coming frequently say, "I t...
  2. See you around!

    I am in a similar position- except with baby #1 and anticipating I will likely also stay home through baby #2 starting school- with mixed feelings but somehow also certain this is the right choice for me. I too hope to return to school nursing and a...
  3. Tired of School Nursing?

    This is so true for me, too! I remember the days when I was still overwhelmed with the problems of bedside nursing, feeling like I had no way out, when my husband suggested school nursing to me and I found this forum and read countless posts saying, ...
  4. I'm worried...

    My thoughts and wishes are with you, your student, and his or her family!
  5. Oh, yeah....

    I have a few of those. Their visit note gets longer and longer as I try to encourage them to return to class!
  6. Stocking OTC meds at elementary school level

    I'm at an elementary school and we do not have stock OTC meds, not even cough drops, and I have to say I prefer it this way. Our mindset is that we are here to manage unexpected health issues that come up during the school day, NOT to be a health "c...
  7. EMS talking down to Nurse

    Still reading everyone's replies but completely agree with all that you did the right thing! I called paramedics recently for an asthma flare up in a student who did not have medication in the health office (parent could not come right away and her s...
  8. C'Mon Now!

    I would freak out too! I have nothing especially worthy of "c'mon now"ing about, just I'm 8 months pregnant so I feel exasperated by literally every little thing. Trying my best to remember my students are little and can't be expected to always know...
  9. Lost my husband on Holiday Break

    Does your district's HR have an Employee Assistance Program? One of my benefits at my district is all the employees have access to a toll-free number to call for support with life issues (emotional, financial, legal, family, etc.) and referrals to p...
  10. Lost my husband on Holiday Break

    My heart goes out to you and your family. I know this thread is already full of kindness and good advice-I unfortunately don't have any new advice of my own to offer-but just wanted to send some love your way. I can't imagine what it must have felt...
  11. C'Mon Now!

    Oh... the bane of Monday mornings. "Arm is bruised from the weekend. Says Mom knows but can you check?" Check what? To make sure it's not broken with my X-ray vision? I kind of get it. From a caring perspective it makes sense and we are seen as...
  12. Remember to walk....

    This is SO TRUE!!! It can be fun to venture out into the school world (in my school of ~900 I am expected to be in my office at almost all times so I am not often in the hallways) because the students do get excited. The little ones exclaim, "you'r...
  13. Tips to shorten visits?

    I think everyone has said what I would have said! I am from pre-k to 5th grade so a very different population from yours. But like others have said--experience will help. You will start to know the students who come frequently and you will develop...
  14. Christmas break, when do you start yours?

    I kept thinking today was Friday 8.5 hours left for me!
  15. C'Mon Now!

    Do you guys get a lot of dismissal-time visitors? Sometimes a child is literally minutes away from being picked up by their own parent and they come to me to tell me they bumped their arm or whatnot and I don't give an ice pack or "treat" beyond ba...