aprilmoss

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    End of year

    aprilmoss replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    I make a list of all the students that have things in the clinic (meds, insulin/bg meters, inhalers, etc...) and send notes home reminding them to come get them at the end of the year. I am not...
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    Summer 2018 Plans?

    aprilmoss replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    Students affected how? I can't say I've ever had a student with indwelling catheter. I've had a few that needed intermittant caths and a few in diapers or pullups. Who's dictating
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    Accident Reports

    aprilmoss replied to cjl_RN's topic in School

    Your school should have a policy. In our district, it has to be an administrator who ultimately fills it out, though I have my section if the student ended up with me for treatment as part of the...
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    ? about diabetic supplies in office

    aprilmoss replied to Nurse2Kids's topic in School

    I have nothing of my own either (and I had a diabetic son). The students provide their own. Some keep stuff in my office though we've finally got inroads (a battle I fought for year) to allow...
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    Is It Summer Yet?!

    aprilmoss replied to Avill's topic in School

    Sweet NMR. I always figured it would be nice if I could have gotten hired on at a college and gotten a discount for my kids
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    Is It Summer Yet?!

    aprilmoss replied to Avill's topic in School

    This year, I'm not planning on working the summer. Of course, I said that last summer but ended up coming in to cover the summer school session at another school. Hopefully, once the kids go...
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    Is It Summer Yet?!

    aprilmoss replied to Avill's topic in School

    Still a little cool here, but that's not to say I'm not ready. Once the temperatures come up, everybody here seems to start into the "summer" frame of mind. Seems like the year has gone by so...
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    High School Nurse

    aprilmoss replied to cjl_RN's topic in School

    I moved up from Elementary to Middle to High mostly because I was roughly following my own kids. However, I've stayed at the High School as I like dealing with the older kids. In our district it...
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    School Nursing

    aprilmoss replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in School

    All the student stuff (inhalers, diabetic supplies, etc...) are in plastic ziplock "shoe boxes" in a storage cabinet. Each box has the student name on
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    D/C Foley when patient is sitting?

    aprilmoss replied to htg722's topic in General Students

    Oddly, I often remove them from the kids while standing. You're right, their primary concern is getting it out. I always have them lying down when I put them
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    Lock Down Diabectic Action Plan

    aprilmoss replied to AzElemNurse's topic in School

    What age range are we talking about here? It was a tough battle, but I finally got them to allow my son to carry his meter/lancets, insulin, and some glucose tablets with
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    Catheter insertion newbie

    aprilmoss replied to cathmandu's topic in General Nursing

    Everybody is apprehensive at first I think. I remember trailing along behind the phlebotomy nurse as she asked each patient if they were willing to allow the trainee to try the draw or whatever....
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    Later start time

    aprilmoss replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    We've always been traditionally a county where HS starts earliest and the Elementaries are the latest even though it seems to me to make much more sense the other way around (I've got friends in such...
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    Privacy and Clinic Access

    aprilmoss replied to Maria MA's topic in School

    I am fortunate enough to have an inner office that doesn't tend to get barged in on when the door is shut. All the supplies are locked up so the outer clinic doors are typically not locked at all...
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    Athletic injuries

    aprilmoss replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I guess the ones that make it to my office range from getting smacked with something (ball, another player) and having swelling or a bloody nose to various sprains (get a lot of hyperextended fingers...
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    For those with T1D kids

    aprilmoss replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    My son is a Type 1 diabetic. School routine for elementary school was to come down and do blood test (and insulin if needed) at lunchtime. If at other times he felt that he was low or the...
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    Who has an assistant?

    aprilmoss replied to nurseshajwani87's topic in School

    No assistant for the bulk of the students (regular ed) but special ed has various aids and assistants that take off some of the work that would normally have fallen on me (and would have in previous...
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    Counting Down

    aprilmoss replied to WineRN's topic in School

    We only get Friday and Monday off (and memorial day), so 62 isn't too bad I guess. With what amounts to just a long weekend I've been debating whether to treat it like Xmas break, but since I gave...
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    How do you store your inhalers/spacers???

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

    I got a lot of Ziploc "shoebox" sized plastic boxes I put the kid's name on. Works well for most of them be it inhalers or diabetic's insulin and meter and stuff. They all are in a cabinet I can...
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    Woohoo, Snow Day!

    aprilmoss posted a topic in School

    I'm going back to bed now.
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    Diabetic Coverage at all activities

    aprilmoss replied to NYschoolnurse's topic in School

    The question is whether a nurse is required for the intervention needed. Does this snowflake never go anywhere without medical assistance? Hell, there are districts in our state that don't have...
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    Counting Down

    aprilmoss replied to WineRN's topic in School

    62 not counting today. Things go quickly. Seems like I was just sending them off for the summer last year and then they were
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    School Nurse Memory, is this weird?

    aprilmoss replied to Nogirl42's topic in School

    I remember hitting middle school (well we called it Junior High back then) and having to change for gym. I barely had any development there, either but like most of the girls I *had* to have a bra....
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    School Nurse Memory, is this weird?

    aprilmoss replied to Nogirl42's topic in School

    I can't imagine having the conversation with the student (presence of others or not) directly. This would be a contact I'd make with the parent. Telling the child directly would be doubly...
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    Meyers Brigg, Have you done it?

    aprilmoss replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    I took it but never figured out if I was a Meyers or a