CrazySchoolNurse LPN

Do you have a Pink Eye Policy that is written on the books or is it an assumed policy? I just "assumed" that it was common knowledge that Pink Eye is highly contagious. I had to explain this to the parent and told them that once the student was s...

It sounds like we all are experiencing the same symptoms. "Stupidity and ignorance of others" I recently received an email from a student regarding on of their classes, students won't wear masks and teacher does not enforce the mask wearing ...

itching due to the bite of bedbugs

I have been doing the contact tracing and contacting the exposures since the beginning of the school year. Luckily we are a small school. Our health department has been overwhelmed, it finally got to the point where they told me just tell the...

At the risk of sounding trite... Non medical admin. really need to stay in their lanes. Things go sideways and we have to try and set it straight. It takes one penny to derail a train and takes several cranes to put it back on its tracks.

I feel you! I can't seem to catch up and I do work from home and weekends, it is the Never Ending Story, or Ground Hog day. Every morning when I wake up I try to stay positive then I get to school and normally by 0730 am I am already swamped with ...

We too have been open full time since August and I am right there with you. I am so tired of COVID this, COVID that, why are you picking on my child, why doesn't that child have too, why should I tell you that I am positive, it is none of your ...

Because communication is soooooooo wonderful (you hear my sarcasm right).... I pitched something to my principle. How about/ Can we put a button on our website that the parents can push to send a message directly to me when their student is sick. ...

@Eleven011 We are a small private school so we are fortunate enough to provide computers to every student. As bad as this is to say I have a lot of spoiled teenagers that go to this school who run their households not the parents. The ho...

Fortunately or Unfortunately our student never had snow days/ inclement weather days. We have been doing Digital learning for years. They do at least one a month just to keep up with it. So when the pandemic hit they didn't miss a beat. Even...

Having to follow up with every student that sends a note/email stating "attending virtual due to illness.. not feeling well.. I'm sick" Is anyone else doing the same? Do you have a standard message that you use? We are back in school 5 days ...

We also did letters for volunteer self quarantine and positive test result. Close contact: Dear XXX This letter is a follow up to our phone conversation regarding your student’s recent verified exposure with someone who has tested po...

Well I just became "that nurse" we had a student test positive over the weekend. Student (frequent flyer) came down with no real complaints and nothing to even send up a red flag. I sent him back to class and didn't see the student the rest of the...

I too work in a private school and the teachers try to get more information than need. My principle sometime pulls the Loco parentis part of FERPA. When that happens I just say I still can't tell you since I can't even tell their parents since we a...

This has been a crazy/ stressful year. I am willing to bet that more than half of our "illness", "not feeling well" and "sick" are I just don't feel like coming in today. The worst part is that the parents are the ones enabling them to do this. ...

we are doing the same and it is a nightmare! They were given the option if they stay home due to "not feeling well" but can still attend class they can do it virtually, So I am finding that almost everyday I am contacting someone as to why they are...

If I have never talked to the parent I am calling the first time, but after that it is an email getting them to explain what the illness is. I am starting to get repeat "offenders" that just want to stay home cause they aren't "feeling it today" and...

We too are requiring a Doctor's note for students who can't wear a mask.

I have been having a hard time finding PPE, thermometers that are decently priced. Everyone is capitalizing on this pandemic to increase the cost to consumers when it comes to medical equipment. Non touch Thermometers that once cost less than $60 ...

I too was having problems with ordering PPE. In fact I ordered masks in April and I still have not received them and they may not even be here in time for school to start in late Aug. However I have been able to find decent prices on Amazon and fas...

I am at a private school with no affiliation with a clinic/ doctor. I was asked about keeping OTC meds. Could anyone tell me how I could go about this? I was asked to ask one of the parents if they be willing to do a standing order. Currently wha...

I think your family and my family are in cahoots with each other.... I always get it wasn't me it was "so in so" which usually means their 3 year old brother who can't even reach the top shelf of the pantry even with a stool. Sadly my other childre...

Apparently it is just as hard for the teachers to let someone know that they are running low on clorox wipes. I just got a call from my principle to see if I had any wipes cause teachers are complaining that they don't have any. Did anyone care to ...

The one I use is a Mobi I found that this is pretty accurate considering that it is infrared. I had to replace mine since the ones that were in the clinic were from the stone age and didn't work. Limited budget and non- contact that was the best ba...

Our students (high school) are making a hand washing video to put on our morning news. The Biology class is making it for extra credit. I am sure it will be much more enjoyable then listen to me talk.