UPDATE!!!!!! Mom brings child in this morning!! Says while I am searching through her hair. "We did end up finding several bugs in her hair after we treated." I just smiled!!! Step dad never came...
T-ROD replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School
We have this here as well. Something else I have learned. If you offer them water to wash out their mouth and they refuse it. They probably did not vomit!!
I have worked in the pediatric field for many years now. My first 10 years was spent at a group home for disabled kids. I got asked the same question nearly every day. "How do you work here?". I loved...
I had no desire to do nursing school. I went for Radiology and ended up applying for nursing because it was a lot shorter. I told myself if I got in the first time I would try to pass. I did. So I...
I typically do a set of vitals. Check pupils and tracking. We have a community police office on campus so if we think its possible they go see them. Honestly every kid I have ever checked if they was...
T-ROD replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School
We almost always do any reporting with a second in with us. A counselor, administrator, another nurse, etc.. Both are fully aware of what the reporting is regarding. Our community tends to lean...
Question for you all!!! What do you all use to screen for vision issues in the school. We currently use just the good old light box. E charts and such. Pre-K and K screenings we pull out the little...
OMG!! I am dying and I need to get this out!! SOOOO got a student that I have known is not in my district. I have been working recently on vaccination updates. I had sent this family some information....
I have two buildings so when I am in the lower building I stay out in front of my office. We do a scavenger hunt for the kids so the new ones get familiar with the building. When I go to the upper...
I am the only nurse in our district as well. PK-12. We have 2 buildings. PK-6 and 7-12. Roughly 850 student total. This is my 2nd year as a school nurse and my first year all by myself. The first few...
I am in need of some personal advice and who better to ask then all of you!! I have suffered from something now for going on 7 years. This something causes severe depression, constipation, dry skin,...
Can you tell me how your school goes about kids with severe allergies. I am talking the ones that if they touch oil left behind by a PB sandwich they can have a reaction. Our school has never really...
I have started a power point that I will go over at the district start up meeting. I also have training's set up for teachers on Epi pen usage. I am surprised though about the young age you allow them...