heatherrmp ASN, BSN, RN

I recently found out from our school counselor that 504 plans had recently changed (in the state of Indiana) and an official diagnosis is no longer required. We do need a note from a provider requesting certain accommodations, however.

I have a student who has been out for two weeks with live lice and nites.They come in to get checked, and we are told the family is treating the house appropriately, as well as treating student, but there is never any change in our assessment when th...

This is going to be my next call. I was aware of a prescription shampoo that kills both nits and lice which would be ideal in this situation. There, unfortunately, are no local lice salons (the closest are about an hour away) and this is not a distan...

I like the idea of having family provide the bottle back to the school! The other nurse and I have talked and talked and talked to sibling, mom, dad. They are just not receptive to the information and are seemingly unwilling to comply. When I would d...

Yes. Every other day they would come in (MWF) and every time I or our other nurse would see live lice. This family is struggling financially, I believe mom is the only worker as dad is on disability, but they do have medicaid. We are in a very rural ...

Hi all! I am getting ready to decorate the bulletin board in the nurses office for Halloween, and was wondering what kind of creative ideas you all might have or what you have done in the past.

Hi, your long lost triplet here! Same background. I did a lot of peds phone triage, and figured I would be used to angry parents yelling at me all the time, but alas, not something that we ever get used to! All we can do is try out best. I will say w...

Good morning! Happy first week back to school to those of us lucky enough to go back immediately after the New Year *crying*. I had a 5th grade teacher approach me about doing the puberty talk. She said the previous school nurse (who had been here f...

Every. Day.

Hi! I have been an RN for a little over three years. Most of my time was spent in a pediatric outpatient clinic where I did phone triage. A school nurse position became available over the Summer and I jumped at the opportunity to share the same sched...

We are not sharing an office space. She is over at the JR/Sr high and I am in the elementary school. It's been a crash course so far this year, coming off of maternity leave and starting right at the start of cold and flu season. It's been nutso! But...

One of us. One of us. haha thank you! Those are all great ideas! I've been perusing this message board and am finding lots of helpful hints!

This Thursday is the last round according to the website. So the following Thursday should be when the non-acceptance letters go out!

It sure seems like all the spots have been filled since no one that I know have gotten any letters in the second or third round!

Well, if it's true that the orientation letters get mailed out after the spots are full, spots are not full at the Valpo campus. I was accepted first round and I haven't received any information regarding orientation!

When do we register for classes? Is it after orientation? Or is it just kind of automatically done for you?

Emails went out! At the Valpo campus anyway!

There's been a lot of talk about whether or not emails will go out today on the Facebook page. Has anyone gotten an email yet? Or are we doomed to wait another day?!

So do they not follow the schedule that's posted online? Cause as you stated taking all five of those classes first semester would only leave 2 the following semester. Actual nursing courses anyway. I'm hoping it more follows the schedule listed on t...

Last update! haha My grades finally got posted to MyIvy and I was able to successfully apply! Hopefully this is what will happen for everyone else!

Annnnd I just heard back from IT and they said grades should be visible on our applications tomorrow! :)

The dean called me back. She said it just appears that since the semester is over, the system isn't seeing anyone as enrolled anymore. She said just give it a day since grades are due by midnight and hopefully everything will be fixed by the morning....

I just called the dean I spoke to yesterday back. I also created another help desk ticket. This seems like a giant cluster beep and I feel like there should be measures in place for issues like this. This is beyond stressful and no one seems to have ...

No change :-/ I even waited longer than he told me I would need to! There is no grade posted to MyIvy yet.

Mine is the exact same way! No red "x" next to it, either, which I thought was weird. Hopefully this gets resolved soon. My professor emailed me, again, and told me that it usually takes about an hour for it to update on my end after he has posted fi...