And if they dont have a physician for their child then we do not need to be "blanket treating" a could be serious health condition by dealing out OTC meds every other
Ive printed every other school around my area and in my states med policies and they all follow the laws. Has to have a physicians order! Of course my district is the only one that isnt in...
See thats why I come here and vent. Cause yall get it and I feel like I scream it all the time here and everyone just looks at me crazy. They even say "thats just stupid a nurse cant give a Tylenol...
*Admin please dont post on social media* Do any of you have colostomies in your schools? If so do you train staff to manage and empty them? Do you change them or can staff do it? I have one and no...
The assessment and changing of it is my job. All they are responsible for is emptying it and in my state that can be delegated. They do not have to do any care to it other than emptying and we see...
We are going to try to restructure our school nurse program next year so I need some advice. Right now there are 2 nurses divided between 3 campuses and the county is roughly 3500+ students. I have...
ABRN2012 replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School
Thats awesome! Latest one... K student rubbing stomach K assistant:she says her belly hurts Me: Well probably because yall just ate lunch and its digesting the food. K assistant: Yeah she says she ate...
You are so right. I guess it just disturbs me that they think so little of what I do that it is "nothing" to pull me away from my schools and my students to drive 25 miles to a school and sit there...
Thank you. Right now its more of a power struggle thing with the small school and not a medical need. We were just going to be on call for nurse services and the admin there said it wasnt fair the...
ABRN2012 replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School
I wonder the same thing! This week Ive done nothing but look at 4 day old scabs, 2 day old bruises, bug bites from this weekend and of course this is all stuff from at home. In my staff email for...
It sounds like the cafeteria food may be the problem. I do like the others said and I give them a cup of water. It sounds bad but if they are gonna throw up they usually will right after they drink...
I get asked all the time and it is awkward no matter what age. In a high school setting I do find it easier as they can most of the time take care of the problem (wash their clothes, take a shower,...
Oh he does this at home. Pretty much he takes the bag off and plays around in it during the night and they give him a shower in the morning and sing his praises all the while doing it. There is the...
I have a student with a true seizure disorder that has started this. They called me last week because she "just felt weird. They wanted me to let her sit in my room all day. Um no we cant prevent a...
Yes I thought about a 1 piece shirt idea. But mother is totally against any kind of cover. We basically told her she had to try the abd band because we were out of options and it had to be covered....
No I dont change diapers. And they get a diaper supplement but refused to empty the bag and went to principle about it. He told them it was just like a diaper and their responsibility so the teacher...