NurseBeans

NurseBeans BSN, MSN, RN

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  1. Non-compliance procedure

    NurseBeans replied to mattfd37's topic in School

    I let parents know because it is their responsibility. I can and have called doctor's offices and know one local peds office will fax me records and two others will not. They don't feel as though I am...

  2. Cough drops

    NurseBeans replied to tgray152001's topic in School

    I give ONE. I bought sugar free mint ones that the kids don't like as much and I figure, they're just nasty candy and when my supply is gone for the year...it's gone. I do point out to the...

  3. C'Mon Now!

    NurseBeans replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Yeah, I had this before. A parent/guardian wanted me to just give an inhaler, which I didn't have, and she said "well it's just the albuterol that everyone has, don't you have any in stock?" Excuse...

  4. Help Me Decide

    NurseBeans replied to Rizowe's topic in School

    Sounds similar to my recent conundrum! I opted to join the district's mentor nurse at the middle school and leave my children at the elementary school where i have worked for 3 years. The opportunity...

  5. We've talked about this a million times...

    NurseBeans replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    This is what I did in elementary. I realized at some point that my nurse slips were more for the teachers to see what I was doing than the parents, and then the teacher's use of the slips dramatically...

  6. "My Mom's a Nurse......

    NurseBeans replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    I never ever EVER tell people what I do. They have to ask me specifically. I don't know why I do this except that I am a private person anyway. My husband, on the other hand... The first thing out of...

  7. Another soiled clothing vent

    NurseBeans replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    This is my last week in the elementary school and I have to say, this is one of the main reasons why! Pee pee pants and poo poo odors all day long, when I have actual nursing work piling higher and...

  8. What's on your lunch menu?

    NurseBeans replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    Yeah, I have been pretty disgusted with the crazy amount of carbs in the lunches at my school. The yogurt parfait is one of the ones I wondered about. It seemed pretty high carb for yogurt and some...

  9. Health Office 'Think Sheet'

    NurseBeans replied to Mango Juice's topic in School

    I like this idea for the older kids--maybe 3rd and up? I don't have anything like this but have initiated in previous years a once-a-week or even once-a-day nurse pass, and once it's used that is it....

  10. school stock meds given, do you notify?

    NurseBeans replied to theredhen's topic in School

    I don't always notify for ointments (I write a note on the nurse pass), but for IBU or tylenol I do. I feel like if my kid had something serious enough that the school nurse gave OTC meds I would like...

  11. This is a new one

    NurseBeans replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Ugh...here you just need a notarized statement, it has to be the exact same statement that public health publishes. People try to riff on the statement but the law says it has to be exact. I don't get...

  12. Awkward situation

    NurseBeans posted a topic in School

    So I find myself in a bit of an awkward situation. I am moving from one school to another in the same district, basically jumping at the chance to work with another nurse I really admire and get away...

  13. Awkward situation

    NurseBeans replied to NurseBeans's topic in School

    So, they interviewed the other day and hired someone. Our district is small and there are no nurses at the district level, just the 10 school nurses, one of whom is our lead. And not one nurse on the...

  14. Charting

    NurseBeans replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    I totally have a word document on my computer with pre-written notes. There isn't any other way for me to get documentation done. I don't use them for every single kid, but I was finding myself typing...

  15. Changing kids clothes and cleaning them

    NurseBeans replied to MrsNurse08's topic in School

    The teachers are constantly asking me to check and clean kids with unspeakable things on their behinds...I keep telling them I can't. Like, the law says I can't do that without another adult of the...

  16. C'Mon Now!

    NurseBeans replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Ugh, this. "my teacher says my head is hot" Your head is fine. No fever, doesn't even feel hot to my hand. "but my teacher--" Thermometer beats hand every time. And I do write a little note. That...

  17. School Nurse Left Out! Bombers!!

    NurseBeans replied to MrsNurse08's topic in School

    Each grade here does their own theme. We had a group of the seven dwarves, there was a pack of playing cards, a group of emojis, salt and pepper, and the administrative staff were jellyfish...as usual...

  18. Flaming Hot Cheetos are NOT a health food choice!

    NurseBeans replied to River Song, RN's topic in School

    I'll be honest, I'm appalled at pretty much all the food in the cafeteria. Including the hot cheetos. So much so that the cafeteria manager offered to let me fill my snack bucket with food from her...

  19. C'Mon Now!

    NurseBeans replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I have had the same (rather chubby) first grader come in every day this year so I can button and/or unbutton his pants. He never has a nurse pass so I assumed he was leaving the classroom to use the...

  20. Who is responsibile for field trip info?

    NurseBeans replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    I have had my share of field trip issues. Our district requires the nurse to sign off before a field trip happens, but I sure as heck see field trips posted that I didn't sign off on. Our policy is...

  21. Munchausen on the increase?

    NurseBeans replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    I can't believe I forgot this earlier, but I have a family with two kids who are allergic to Arby's roast beef. It's on the physical, signed by a physician. I couldn't just ignore that so I put it in...

  22. Munchausen on the increase?

    NurseBeans replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    We have run into this. The military sometimes asks for health records from the high school and suddenly, parents want all of the "parent reported" diagnoses removed. If we have no documentation of the...

  23. Munchausen on the increase?

    NurseBeans replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    YES! I have not been in this long enough to have seen much, but I do have quite a few children with a long list of diagnoses (and no documentation) and accommodations demanded. I have two sisters...

  24. Type 2 DM that parents refuse to treat

    NurseBeans replied to River Song, RN's topic in School

    I'm not sure how he has a 504 if he has no documented diagnosis. Don't you need that to even consider a 504? I was told early on that if there is no diagnosis, there can be no

  25. Rough Day Yesterday

    NurseBeans replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    I have felt that way over and over again...but like the others said, just wait until some kid bounces their head off a piece of playground equipment and has a laceration no one can stomach. Then...