MiddleSchool health office

[nycNurse2b]

Wondering about the look/decor in your middle school health offices.

What do you have on the walls? Do you have anything to occupy the students who are waiting? Where do they put their books when they come in? Anything else you can think of?

Pics?

thanks in advance!

[Nurse2Kids]

Nothing at all on my walls. It's a tiny office, and I feel like I'm always wiping everything down. I don't have a window to the outside, so thought about buying a wall decal with a scenic window, just to make it feel a little less closed in. Our mascot is a horse, and I've seen several decals that have horses outside the window, or peeking in a window....very cute! Otherwise, my decor is minimal, just so I can keep it clean easier. I have a nightstand next to the cot with a cute clock. It's an oversized old alarm clock with a fairly noisy second hand...perfect for relaxing to.

My counter (no desk) holds my computer, telephone, and apothecary jars. Everything else is stored in the cabinets (there are a lot of cabinets on one entire wall).

[shark_nurse14, BSN, RN]

I'm fortunate to have a large office, equipped with a waiting area, an exam room, a room for resting, and an inner office with a door I can close between myself and those waiting/malingering. Since each space serves a different purpose, they all look a little different.

My waiting area has education posters, a bulletin board, and chairs/table. The table has hand sanitizer, books (where's Waldo, joke books), rubiks cube, and puzzles that I wipe down at the end of each day.

My office area is where I have the most decoration: Pride flag, wall calendar, 3D butterflies, personal pictures, and cute canvas's with sayings on them I got from HomeGoods...I figure if I'm going to be in there all day, I need to have some ambiance. I also have a bulletin board that includes things I use daily (school calendar, pediatrician phone/fax numbers, emergency plans for lockdown/shelter in place).

My exam room has barely anything decorative...this is the most clinical area I keep. I do have references on the wall for my student with diabetes, as well as a handwashing poster near the sink, but that's it.

My rest area is outfitted with 3 cots, the cubbies where I keep epipens/inhalers, and a sink/cabinet area. The wall between my office and this room is all window (with a shade that I usually keep open) so there's nothing covering that wall. Because this is an area used primarily for rest, I keep it very sporifice with decoration...if there's nothing to do or look at, the kids seem to ask to go back to class sooner.

Hope this helps!

[SandIsMyGlitterRN, BSN, RN]

I have a small office as well but I try to make it cheerful. I am in an elementary school so I want my students to feel safe and not scared to come to the nurse if they need me. I do have some posters for hand washing techniques and such that are small kiddo friendly on the walls.

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

i serve pk-8 so i run the gamut. I try to appeal to everyone. My wall art is mostly posters that promote good nutrition. My favorite is the one encouraging "healthier" fast food choices. Beyond that are mostly things there for my benefit - ottowa ankle rules, glasgow coma scale, vaccine requirements, TB testing requirements, oh, and a bit of my daughter's art work from over the years.

[ihavealltheice]

I have a very small office (10x10), so it's already crowded with my supplies and cabinets. Honestly, it's pretty blah, but I don't know what else to do to make it look less blah without making it look gaudy. I do have an educational bulletin board and an informational bulletin board at least.

[BrisketRN, BSN, RN]

I've adorned my walls with a sign that says anyone found destroying school property while in the nurse's office will be reported to the vice principal.

Also whatever free posters I get from School Nurse Supply, some CDC print outs that I laminated. They can be occupied by their alleged pain or illness while they wait and if they're already going home with an excluding symptom they can take their bags with them to lie down. Otherwise bags/books are left by the door while the kids rest.

[ARN]

I don't have anything on my walls. on the full size fridge in my office I have a mening b poster given to me by the health department and a magnet. a germs are everywhere sign that I printed from cdc website and a cover your cough wash your hands one I printed from cdc website. in front of my desk on the wall i have two small pics of my kids and all the phone numbers I need handy right above my phone. I have two cots with a curtain hanging from the wall that divides and provides a little privacy, a counter with a sink and cabinets below and above. I also have to use above the cabinets for storage which is hideous. ive been thinking of getting some decorative boxes just to make my office look a little less like a storage closet. i have a window that looks out into the main lobby office airway and main hallway so its like im in a fishbowl. everyone can see me all the time ?. I wish I had some curtains but I don't think that would fly. I also filing cabinets which house all the kids school records (we are small, less than 400 kids) which has all the schools kleenex stash on it which I call kleenex mountain. my filing cabinet with student health records in it. so overall pretty blah and blah. Not sure how to spruce it up without spending my own dough so haven't done anything yet. second year in this office.

[cid1]

My office is very bland/beige! I have some nature/sky pictures I snapped on my phone made into 8x8 canvases that I stuck all around my office. Some pics of my kids, drawings my son did, pride flags. Otherwise beige on beige on beige

[tining, BSN, RN]

I let the students color these, my anxiety kids mostly have done this. And I have a variety of these Pets Rock posters. Great conversation starters and I love when they try to guess who the person is.

[JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN]

I have some education posters: Seasonal Guide to Severe Allergies, Understanding Epilepsy, poster of the menstrual cycle, and my muscular and skeletal system posters.

I also have a bulletin board next to my desk that has all the necessary stuff specific to me: bell schedule, phone list, calendar, CPS phone numbers (wish I didn't have to have those), cheatsheets (conjunctivitis, Ottawa Ankle rules, ear exam photos, immunizations).

Everything else on my walls is student art work. Art is a required class for every grade at my school (I work grades 7-12) and they have an art auction every year. I bid on pieces made by students that spend more time in my office. I also ask every FF to leave a piece of themselves behind in my office - I have photos, pictures, handwritten notes, and a couple of sculpture pieces.