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I know this is random but I am curious as to where in your school your office is located. Our building is going to be re modeled and my principal is talking about moving my office away from everyone so it is not connected to the main office. I am not a huge fan of this as the office is my support when needed either for phone calls to and from parents, covering for emergencies and lunch, etc etc. Please let me know where your office is and pros and cons of the location. Thanks! :-)

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Across from the Gym, 3 doors down from the main office and very close to the social worker.

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We are in an odd situation. We are pretty far from the main building and regular ed classrooms, but we are very very close to our IND-S students and physically handicapped. It works out well, because that's where we are needed the most. It does filter out some of the very minor visits, they don't want to walk all the way across campus for something very minor. For the malingerers, it's great, they can get out of a class they don't like for a minimum of 15 minutes--5 minute walk here, 5 minute visit, 5 minute walk back. Many choose to take the scenic route, and can stretch the walk here into 10 minutes. :roflmao:

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2nd floor, corner of the school, above the gym. Second floor is not the most convenient, but I have a bathroom attached, so I think that's why I got this room. I don't mind being further from the main office, but I'd prefer to be on the first floor. I'm relatively close to our therapist which is important since I handle a lot of the mental health issues when he's not here.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, school nursing.

My office is around the corner from the front office, in the main hallway of the school. I have a back door that connects to a small hallway that leads to the office's back door, but we keep it locked. At my previous middle school (I am on a 9th grade campus now), the clinic was in the front office. I didn't like that location, because teachers used the clinic as a walkway from the hall to the office, to avoid carrying their keys to the security door. Also, any parent in the front office could listen in on my consultations with students, and I would get younger children who were waiting in car line in the afternoon coming in to use my restroom.

I much prefer to be separated from the front office. We have privacy, no one walks through the clinic, and I can call for help on the radio or on the phone if I need assistance. I do have a full-time assistant who covers for my lunch, so I can see where it would be advantageous to be in the office if you need coverage.

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Specializes in School nursing.

Basement, only office with a bathroom attached. Away from civilization...but I've learned to love my cave. We don't have AC in my school so at the beginning and end of school years it stays cooler, which helps.

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In a previous school, my office was right off the main entrance across from the main office. This is Not where it should be. Parents felt like they had open access to me all the time and would just walk in...Not pretty

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I think it is a good idea to be near the main office. That is where parents will come and sign a student out so they will be nearby. There are times that I like to talk to a parent when I am sending a kid home- to give a recommendation that they get the kid's throat swabbed or show how an injury looks now and what to be alert for.

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.

I would not be a school nurse if my clinic was not attached to the administrative offices. It's hard to explain the configuration but the entrance door faces a hall but there is also a door that leads into the front office of the school; a visitor at the front window, however, is unable to see into the clinic but the school secretary sits about 15 feet from me. That way I'm never alone with a student and my conversations are always within earshot of the secretary or office assistant. One simple allegation of me doing or saying something inappropriate with a student would be a career buster before I even had the opportunity to "prove myself innocent." All of this, of course, is because I'm a man (thank you for noticing ;)). I'm sure there have been such allegations against women but the likelihood is much less. Otherwise I think it's overall more practical to have the admin staff readily available and handy for all the various and sundry reasons one can come up with. Of course, we are all different and have different thoughts and opinions.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Community Health, School Health.

Mine has moved 3 times in 2 academic years! My current one is hopefully here to stay until our entire school moves for the 2018-2019 school year to our new school! I am in a corner room on the First Grade floor (K is upstairs). Not an idea space- carpeted, no sink, bathroom 25 feet away and out of view...your current set-up sounds good and I would fight to keep it if it works well for you.

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.
In a previous school, my office was right off the main entrance across from the main office. This is Not where it should be. Parents felt like they had open access to me all the time and would just walk in...Not pretty

I have a lot of parent traffic in the hallway outside my clinic door and had a big problem with this. I placed a tri-fold privacy screen in front of my doorway, about 2 feet out. This has virtually eliminated the casual chit chat and gawking from passers-by but still allows access to my clinic

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My office is near the main office and across from the lunchroom and gym. I like being near, but not in, the office.

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