No IEPs?!?

[KKEGS]

Is there a school nurse job where I don't have to type another IEP evaluation?!? (I'm mostly kidding.) After doing nearly 50 already this year (we're only 3 months in!) I am really starting to hate them.

[JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN]

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504s are sort of in the same realm as an IEP but have fewer requirements in terms of formal evaluations. We use them for situations where students require accommodations but do not fit the criteria required for an IEP. For example our diabetics have 504 plans. It allows them to postpone tests if their blood sugars are too high, allow an open pass so they can come to the nurse's office at any time, allow extra absences for the school year, etc.

This website breaks the difference between the two down pretty well:

IEP vs. 5

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Great info re 504...thanks!