aprilmoss

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    New Year, Same Stuff.

    aprilmoss replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I nixed the carpet when they planned to put it in my clinic when we redid it a few years back. I got them to put in some resiliant flooring (rubber or some rubbery material, similar to what you seen...
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    How to become a school nurse?

    aprilmoss replied to climbeRN's topic in School

    Primarily you have to reside near (or intend to relocate to) some place that uses school nurses. It's far from universal that every school has a nurse. Some do, some have nurses that cover...
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    I want to become a great nurse but I feel terrified.

    aprilmoss replied to aspirational_'s topic in General Nursing

    Yep, it sounds like you have the right attitude. Never shy away from any "extra curricular" experience. I got to assist a ER physician put in a central venous catheter once. This is not...
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    Last Day of Kids for the Year!

    aprilmoss replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    Happy Holidays to all. I thought I was clever arranging to have the students I needed to see at the end of the day come early (they were happy to leave class early). Three of them showed up...
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    The mile run-- hold me!

    aprilmoss replied to nmr79's topic in School

    NJ required it every year you were in school. We only require one year in MD (combined PE and health) but due to some odd accounting it ends up taking the kids three semesters to do get it. I...
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    Christmas break, when do you start yours?

    aprilmoss replied to mag426's topic in School

    Finally, I beat someone. I'm out at 2:15 Friday if nothing holds me
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    Part Time school nurse

    aprilmoss replied to nycNurse2b's topic in School

    We don't have any real "part time" employees, but we have ful time nurses that split their time between
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    Cough drops

    aprilmoss replied to tgray152001's topic in School

    I gave up. I just keep a candy jar on my desks. A few students hit it up regularly, but it most gets used by
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    The mile run-- hold me!

    aprilmoss replied to nmr79's topic in School

    I don't disagree. When I went through high school, PE was a drudge. We had to put on these really dumb uniforms and then participate in acitivities not overly interesting and extremely competitive...
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    The mile run-- hold me!

    aprilmoss replied to nmr79's topic in School

    We don't do square dancing here, but we do have Tinikling. I remember that from when I was younger (can't remember if it was PE or Camp Fire Girls). I'm pretty sure we didn't have that name for it...
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    Christmas break, when do you start yours?

    aprilmoss replied to mag426's topic in School

    You guys are killing me. We still have to wait until Friday. At least it's been quiet
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    Help Me Decide

    aprilmoss replied to Rizowe's topic in School

    I moved up with in the schools about coincident with my children getting older. I found it fit my lifestyle better. When I got to high school I just stayed (my kids are grown now). I like it,...
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    Christmas break, when do you start yours?

    aprilmoss replied to mag426's topic in School

    We are in school until Friday 22nd and back on Jan 2. I'm working to have the cath kids excused to my office toward the end of the last period so both they and me can be on our way in short
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    school health office records

    aprilmoss replied to tdean13's topic in School

    Iron Mountain sounds like what we use, but we tell kids when they leave that if they want those records they better request them because they don't get archived forever (I thought it was a year form...
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    Guys....!

    aprilmoss replied to Amethya's topic in School

    It hit too late here to be an issue for us on Friday. They've closed the buildings for weekend activities. We'll see if there's enough left on Monday to even get a delayed opening. My favorite...
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    Chronic Pain Issues/CRMO

    aprilmoss replied to IDNurseTiff's topic in School

    504 refers to the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which requires schools to provide educational support the disabled. It's similar to an IEP, but covers a broader area of disabilities where the...
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    Vaping in School

    aprilmoss replied to peacockblue's topic in School

    Vaping is by policy illegal on campus by anybody. We indeed treat it identically to smoking. While vaping may be safer than smoking, it's from benign and it's contraband for the kids to have....
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    school health office records

    aprilmoss replied to tdean13's topic in School

    Most records I archive at the end of the year. They get dumped when the student leaves the system (graduates high school or transfers). I think they keep them a year in case anybody wants to have them...
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    New building design – looking for examples, thoughts, likes/dislikes

    aprilmoss replied to ladybugsea's topic in School

    I got lucky a few years back. They renovated our building and some of the space (part of the old gym complex, of course the new construction provided a new gym) was renovated into the health suite....
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    Snow Day!

    aprilmoss replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    Nothing on the horizon here. Not even a delayed opening. Long range forecast looks like we'll be on time until Christmas
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    Employee Health?

    aprilmoss replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    Yep, the district has a wellness program that they administer for all the employees. Technically, I don't have any responsibility for other than the students, but I'll obviously handle minor first...
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    First day back

    aprilmoss replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    Now we're into december. We've got three weeks left (we're out Friday the 22nd). I'll have a long day on the 21st I'm
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    Almond milk

    aprilmoss replied to scuba nurse's topic in School

    When my son was younger the schools were pretty much "milk or nothing." I had to fight to get some sugarfree something into the mix for my diabetic son. Of course that was before the "bottled...
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    How do you get over the boredom/monotony?

    aprilmoss replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    How about rotating through the trenches? Offer to spell a school nurse so they can do some personal development or
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    First day back

    aprilmoss replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    I was expecting a run of Monday morning malaise and was just finishing my before-homeroom trio of students needing catheters placed when they started sick started arriving. The first was a child...