Nurses Pass?

[MrsK_Nurse]

Do you all use nurse passes? We do not currently and I wonder if it would be more of a help or hindrance? I have so many crazy, unnecessary things come into my office at times and I wonder If the teacher had to fill out a pass for them if they would stop?

We are a small school Prek-6th with 180 students total.

[villageRN, BSN, RN]

I'm currently in 9-12 and kids are "supposed" to have a pass. The nurse prior to me mentally checked out several years before actually leaving so this was not enforced. We have a lot of discipline issues and wanderers in my school and administration basically lets the kids run the zoo. I REQUIRE passes (except in a true emergency) and have no problem sending a kid back to get one. I have had many teachers thank me for using passes as it makes their lives easier when they are able to see exactly when a kid left my office.

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[SavyNurse, ADN, EMT-B]

Unless emergent, which a teacher should accompany the student, we require nurses passes. The previous nurse had a huge checklist one that I felt unnecessary and a hindrance. Mine simple states student name (multi cultures here so hard to spell or understand sometimes), date, time and teacher. I told the teachers that if the student can tell you why they have to see me then they can also tell me why. I've caught a couple kids in lies this way because they can't just say what is checked or written on the pass.