BrisketRN BSN, RN

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    Holiday Travel and Mandatory Quarantining?

    BrisketRN replied to Queen of Icepacks's topic in School

    My city has a travel order. We enforce it. Parents get mad. I say "it's not up to my discretion if we follow it or not. We have to follow what the city health department tells us to do if we want...
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    Just a vent- BIG parties over the weekend

    BrisketRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    That sounds like something the families at my school would do. I'd love to have a couple extra weeks remote because I haven't seen my 92-yr-old grandma in person since January! Just hasn't been safe,...
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    What do you do when a kid refuses to wear a mask?

    BrisketRN replied to turtlesRcool's topic in School

    @noneYet My preschool & kindergarten students have had no issue with masks. Our teachers will adjust the ties to fit better so there's no sliding down the nose, but the youngest of our kids are...
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    Quarantine violation & preschool attendance

    BrisketRN replied to noneYet's topic in School

    Why are admin making these decisions? The local or state department of health should have guidelines to follow. If those guidelines are unclear then admin (or health staff) should contact the DOH...
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    2020 small achievements

    BrisketRN replied to guest464345's topic in School

    Curly girl method! My hair is naturally wavy/curly but takes 2 hours to dry and I can't quite figure out the diffuser, so my curly hair is reserved for breaks &
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    Red Ribbon Week

    BrisketRN replied to iggywench's topic in School

    I don't think I've thought about Red Ribbon Week since my own junior high years
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    CDC Has Changed the "Close Contact" Definition

    BrisketRN replied to k1p1ssk's topic in School

    We've been following this definition since the beginning of our school year. This basically means our staff has to be hypervigilant about keeping all students 6 ft apart and keeping themselves 6 ft...
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    How Are You Passing Time?

    BrisketRN replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    Our school gifted us Yeti Tumblers last year which is awesome, but I have also had an Ello Campy Mug for 3 years. $18 on Amazon & keeps my coffee hot for at least 4
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    How Are You Passing Time?

    BrisketRN replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    I'm personally drowning, but have you checked out NASN's data points to track for COVID? I've been tracking
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    Called 911 - anything I could have done better?

    BrisketRN replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    I'd rather feel silly when the paramedics arrive than feel deep regret when a child is in critical condition (or worse) because an ambulance wasn't called. You listened to your gut and the child is...
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    Are your kids back to school full time in person?

    BrisketRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    While I'm sure @NutmeggeRN meant no harm against the arts, when schools went virtual many had to decide to cut (or make optional) classes that aren't tied to standardized testing and state/federal...
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    2020 small achievements

    BrisketRN replied to guest464345's topic in School

    Woo hoo! The loud, massive printer that was put in the center of my office during a construction project in the Summer of 2019 has finally been taken out! I complained about it for a year to no...
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    Sierra lifecare?

    BrisketRN replied to Maki777's topic in School

    Check out reviews on glassdoor too! My first RN job was 1:1 trach/vent peds. I went to school with some of them (but they were young so only a few hours of school). I loved it, but I was also at a...
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    What do you do when a kid refuses to wear a mask?

    BrisketRN replied to turtlesRcool's topic in School

    At our school non-compliance with mask wearing is a disciplinary issue--quite severe discipline including being banned from in person learning if it becomes an issue. Did the school release any sort...
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    Are your kids back to school full time in person?

    BrisketRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    My school has been fully open for 6 weeks. We have had one COVID case, which caused 16 students/staff to be quarantined for 14 days. We have had several families have a case of COVID within their...
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    Dealing with Our First COVID Quarantine - Siblings!

    BrisketRN replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Right? I was proud to hear how well the teacher handled it. New, young teacher
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    Staff getting overly involved

    BrisketRN posted a topic in School

    OK, weird complaint, some of my staff is getting overly involved in COVID/illness stuff to the point that it's making my job harder. I've found middle school teachers making their own COVID/illness...
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    This week's laugh

    BrisketRN replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    I've had a few who vomit as soon as they're upset or if they start crying, but I'll never forget the year I had a preschooler who would throw up if he saw ranch
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    Dealing with Our First COVID Quarantine - Siblings!

    BrisketRN replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Another small private school nurse here. Yes, our policy is that if a student is being quarantined then their sibling may not be at school. The idea is that since a person can be contagious up to 2...
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    Sending Home Any Covid Sx?

    BrisketRN replied to schoolnurse1118's topic in School

    This is our policy also. Students can return as soon as they have a negative PCR test. If no test or any positive test (PCR or antigen) then out for 10 days after the onset of symptoms, 24 hrs fever...
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    Staff getting overly involved

    BrisketRN replied to BrisketRN's topic in School

    It's complicated. I honestly don't understand all of the complexities of it, but the school lawyers basically said just follow the standards set by FERPA and we'll be fine. I'm going to ask my...
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    Staff getting overly involved

    BrisketRN replied to BrisketRN's topic in School

    Our policies have changed on which COVID tests we accept, when siblings stay home, and our state/city added different symptoms to the list. It's the testing that they get very confused about yet...
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    Staff getting overly involved

    BrisketRN replied to BrisketRN's topic in School

    We're a private school with no federal funding so no FERPA or FERPA training. I wish we had FERPA training. We do follow similar procedures and with medical info I act as if we do have
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    Vague Absence Notes of illness

    BrisketRN replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    Agreed. For once I've found that if I just commiserate with them a bit and say "I know, it feels crazy sending these kids home with mild symptoms when last year I would have told them to go right...
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    N95 masks for school nurses?

    BrisketRN replied to tdean13's topic in School

    We could only find NIOSH N95s, the FDA N95s are hard to come by. I didn't fit test just did a seal