New Jr high lvn who needs tips/ideas!

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I have been hired for a jr high school nurse 2014-2015 and I'm excited but very scared.. I just keep hearing and reading how horrible this position is! I am wondering if anyone has any tips such as ideas for organization of medications/paperwork, what supplies work best for you, what would you do in certain/common emergencies(sports injuries etc.) This will be a completely different field for me so any information would be great!!!!

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

1st, grats on the new position! I know several school nurses (most of which are LPNs also) and they hang on to their jobs like glue to paper.

Here's a scenario I read in the paper that happened around my neck of the woods: a student went into an anaphylactic reaction with associated airway compromise (not all anaphylaxis is airway related-fyi). The child had a recently discarded epi-pen that the parents did not replace in a timely manner. The newspaper reporting this article claimed the nurse should have taken another child's epi-pen and administered it to the child as a life saving procedure. As it so happened, the paramedics did not arrive in time and the child died.

We threw this story around for a few months in the ER and there came up to be lots of different ethical issues...

So now, when I entertain the thought of becoming a school nurse, I know I will always ask administration what are my options if an emergency such as the above were to occur on my shift? It is good to know your resources and who has your back.

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1st, grats on the new position! I know several school nurses (most of which are LPNs also) and they hang on to their jobs like glue to paper.

Here's a scenario I read in the paper that happened around my neck of the woods: a student went into an anaphylactic reaction with associated airway compromise (not all anaphylaxis is airway related-fyi). The child had a recently discarded epi-pen that the parents did not replace in a timely manner. The newspaper reporting this article claimed the nurse should have taken another child's epi-pen and administered it to the child as a life saving procedure. As it so happened, the paramedics did not arrive in time and the child died.

We threw this story around for a few months in the ER and there came up to be lots of different ethical issues...

So now, when I entertain the thought of becoming a school nurse, I know I will always ask administration what are my options if an emergency such as the above were to occur on my shift? It is good to know your resources and who has your back.

how horrible!!! Well I know we have some standing orders from our medical doctor.. And I do believe we are allowed to have epi pens on campus but I will double check!!!

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Specializes in kids.

Stock epi is your friend!

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