My first 2 weeks

Ahhh, first two weeks, I hate to end the honeymoon....

"Nobody dies..." No guarantee there. While faculty dying at work are more common than kids, it is not certainly not unheard of. More kids have anaphylactic reactions at school from food allergies than in any other setting. In the last school I served, I had two children on ventilators and I was always a bit on edge. Then you've got asthma attacks, injuries, undetected arrythmias, etc. I ahve not ever been able to find a record of a child who is DNR dying at school, but there is always a first.

"I don't get assaulted by anybody..." Also no guarantee. There is only one reported incidence that I am aware of of a school nurse who was shot and died on the job (someone help me remember the circumstance - I am remembering it was a suburban student shooter), parents and students can and do assault school nurses. I am also not aware of any nurse being assaulted by another district employee.

In any event, so happy you are enjopying your new job!!! Welcome!!!

I remember my friend saying "School nursing should be easy!" Not quite. It's easier than other jobs in some ways- nobody dies (thank God), I don't get assaulted by anybody, and I'm very independent, which I love. However, coordinating all the screenings, immunizations, medications, and health teaching while seeing every kid who walks in is nuts! School has been in session for 5 hours and I've seen 28 kids! The pay is not great, I have to pick up 16 hours of agency work a week to pay my bills, which isn't ideal. I love the kids though. This little red-haired girl brought me an apple yesterday after I'd seen her for a tummyache. A 5th-grader came in with a bean in his ear, which still makes me laugh when I think about it! (His teacher was miffed at me for cracking up the whole time I removed it, but I couldn't help it, and neither could my patient...)

We've had our more somber moments- one broken wrist, one kid hitting his head and passing out, and a Child Protective Services interview with another kid... but it's a lot of fun. Must go, I can see more kids coming!!

Perhaps I should amend that... I used to work in bone marrow transplant, then in teenage psych. So, LOTS fewer will die than in BMT, and I will get assaulted a lot less than teenage psych! (And they're smaller...)

Also, no deaths or assaults YET, and I'd certainly either seen a patient die or been assaulted in the first 2 weeks at my other jobs. So to me it's exciting...

Now to just figure out how to do the overarching stuff like planning and screening while kids keep running into the health room every second... I'm beginning to feel like I have ADD, except it's imposed from the outside!

Ahhh, first two weeks, I hate to end the honeymoon....

"Nobody dies..." No guarantee there. While faculty dying at work are more common than kids, it is not certainly not unheard of. More kids have anaphylactic reactions at school from food allergies than in any other setting. In the last school I served, I had two children on ventilators and I was always a bit on edge. Then you've got asthma attacks, injuries, undetected arrythmias, etc. I ahve not ever been able to find a record of a child who is DNR dying at school, but there is always a first.

"I don't get assaulted by anybody..." Also no guarantee. There is only one reported incidence that I am aware of of a school nurse who was shot and died on the job (someone help me remember the circumstance - I am remembering it was a suburban student shooter), parents and students can and do assault school nurses. I am also not aware of any nurse being assaulted by another district employee.

In any event, so happy you are enjopying your new job!!! Welcome!!!

My First 2 Week in Nursing school it is so hard . coz i am arabic person and all courses in my school in english , But Know i was enjoy when i study Nursing Courses that feel is Good when u think about how many Pt. I will help after i will be RN that must bush me up to continue and complete all what i was start > that feel give me the hope to visit USA and obtain MSN then Phd .

Know i am good in english but i must improve and improve before going to USA

thanx for all of allnurses :kiss