Jeanine

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1. Middle School Diabetes Activities

   Jeanine posted a topic in Endocrine

   HELP! I have 7th and 8th grade students with IDDM, who are having some adolescent related diabetes management problems. Some of the kids have been diagnosed for a long time, others within the last year, and some in-between. Even though we are in met...

2. Peroxide usage

   Jeanine replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   We stopped using H2O2 in the ED over 10 years ago because of the tissue damage. The hospital used ShurClense, which is too expensive for me to order in school. I use plain soap and H2O. If it is a wound that they can't clean at the sink, I use Bactin...

3. Emergency Card Bloopers

   Jeanine replied to EricJRN's topic in School

   Under the Allergies section, a parent wrote: HOMEWORK Not really a blooper, but gave me a chuckle anyway!

4. school nurse delegation paperwork

   Jeanine replied to acabj5's topic in School

   The NASN puts out a book "Ouality Nursing Interventions in the School Setting: Procedures, Models, and Guidelines". It contains a 5 page model for procedure development (based on Oregon Law), for "Delegating to and teaching unlicensed persons". It...

5. Immunization Tracking

   Jeanine replied to ozned's topic in School

   Check with the Public Health Nurse in your area. She/he probably knows who's gotten what they're supposed to, and who is due for what by just looking. They may know of a specific program. I also think that you can purchase just the immunization pa...

6. Non-FDA approved use of medication

   Jeanine posted a topic in School

   Would I be operating outside of the NJ Nurse Practice Act by giving a prescribed medication for a use not approved by the FDA? A doctor has prescribed Wellbutrin for a 13 year old student of mine. This student is non-compliant with taking his meds at...

7. stressing over lice

   Jeanine replied to jacjon's topic in School

   If I have a question about whether I am seeing nits or not, I ask the student to pull out a strand that looks like it has an egg, (that I have separated) and I look at it under a microscope. The science lab has been kind enough to leave me one on lo...

8. Need your opinion

   Jeanine replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   I Love It! It's technically part of the job to keep kids in school, but also to keep them healthy! The kids on our retention list are usually the ones with the most absences/tardies. It truly is a conflict because you don't want them getting every...

9. Worse Situation

   Jeanine replied to antidote's topic in School

   my worst was cardiac arrest, cpr, revived, ambulance to the hospital, discharged with a dx of hypoglycemia (b/s of 112?). i insisted on a follow-up with peds. cardio., & he was placed on an event monitor. next week, cardiac arrest again, hit mo...

10. Did ya ever wonder ???

    Jeanine replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    It takes a lot of practice, but you can give the appearance of being academically oriented while maintaining Nursing as your priority. Try to appreciate the fact that you will always be misunderstood by people whether you work in a school, hospital ...

11. Supervision of LVN as school nurse

    Jeanine replied to txnurse317's topic in School

    Laws of supervision in schools vary by state. Some states don't even hire nurses in any form to work in the schools! I would make sure you know what your license allows you to do, and never practice beyond that or else you are opening yourself up t...

12. Do you need an order for otc's

    Jeanine replied to RNOTODAY's topic in School

    New Jersey state law requires a written MD order and parent signature for all medications, including otc's. This order needs to be renewed every year, and parents are required to supply the student's medications in our district. To diagnose/prescri...

13. Supposed Illness

    Jeanine replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Sometimes I do. I often find that a teacher knows the student better than I do, so I will give them the initial benefit of the doubt. If this is a frequent problem, I ask a staff member to watch my sick students for a few minutes (or close the doo...

14. Corrupt Teachers

    Jeanine replied to guest83140's topic in School

    If you have brought it to their attention in the past, I would press the button on the mini recorder or cell phone in my pocket. If not, you should tell them that it makes you feel uncomfortable when they speak to the students in that manner. I don...

15. Would you recommend nursing to your daughter?

    Jeanine replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    My mother is an RN, and tried to discourage me from going into Nursing. That was 30 years ago! She did a good job, because I got my BA in Psychology. After working in that field for 4 years, and getting married, I went back to school to become, of...