Nurse2Kids

Ours do use lanyards as hall passes, as that's how they get through security buzzers (must swipe pass to get through door). I do understand how you feel about these! They're contaminated weapons! This year I cut neon orange paper in half, printed "N...

Oh my word!! It says so much about you that you were able to maintain cool composure after their behavior! Have a great weekend!

Printer in the nurse's office seems like a horrible idea! My vent over a recent event: I told office staff one morning, "If ____ _____ comes in to see me, make sure you call me". Student has serious health hx and mom called that morning to discuss s...

Just yesterday.....called too another campus, "We need you to come over now!". "I'm dealing with a possible concussion right now. Is it an emergency?". Their reply, "Yes, I have a little one with a tick in her head, and she's freaking out". If I h...

This is my second year as a school nurse, and I honestly had no idea how much paperwork would slow me down. The documentation (mostly manual for me) is so time consuming! As far as the frequent flyer, maybe try a different approach with her. Is the b...

Nothing at all on my walls. It's a tiny office, and I feel like I'm always wiping everything down. I don't have a window to the outside, so thought about buying a wall decal with a scenic window, just to make it feel a little less closed in. Our masc...

2 schools (520 total), 1 nurse (campuses across the street from each other, and I go back and forth about 5-6 times a day on average.

We have no sub nurse for our school district, and looking to have a few available for emergencies. Can you please share a list of things you share/provide to the sub? How do they get their orientation? I have several students with health conditions...

Glad you stopped in Old Dude! You know I'll always appreciate the advice you gave me in accepting my position in our district. I'm still very glad I listened to your advice. So great to hear from you!

do you have a special form they must sign to release records? would you want to share that form with me?

Thank you everyone. I don't have a problem at all sharing the records, but just didn't know if there was a reason I should have them sign they were receiving the records.

If you're retiring from the forum as well, you will certainly be missed. You gave me life changing advice when it came to my biggest career move in years. I'm forever grateful to you. I wish the best for you. Enjoy your retirement!

The school hasn't provided me with a phone. All the staff uses their own telephones. I only use with staff, not parents. If I had a school provided phone, could I send photos to parents when they're requesting to a have photo sent to them? What ab...

I love this, and feel the school would most likely provide me a phone, if I presented the idea the right way. May I ask how you obtain consent? Do you gather consent on every student at the beginning of the year, or on a prn basis throughout the year...

I was out of boys pants, and hit the jackpot at a local yard sale. I told the lady what I was buying them for, and she sold me all the nice boys pants/shorts she had. I think I paid $6 for 24 pair. Yes, it was my money, but if I went to admin to ask ...

This is my first year as a school nurse, so not sure what to do for principal's day? I have an elem and middle school principal. The elementary principal has jumped through hoops for me, and is basically the reason the district created my position.

I've had the same bulletin board all year, and it's cute. The board is HUGE/LONG. The principal puts a yearly calendar on one end. The other end is for the office/health office. I just did a cute healthy kids theme that the secretary helped with, and...

This is my first year as the school's first ever nurse, so they're figuring things out as I am. I'm the ONLY nurse, so scared to take time off when the students are in class, as I don't want someone to make a mistake (give a wrong med, not do clean ...

I do give ADHD med prior to school. The buses start their routes so early that the med was wearing off before the end of the day, so caused struggling and difficulty focusing in the last two periods. I give as soon as student unloads off bus. Schedu...

I'm a first year school nurse, and this is the first time the district has EVER had a school nurse. They've done without a nurse for years, so tend to do things their own way. We're making strides, but not completely there yet. I had a situation tod...

Calling all school nurses, here's my situation: I have no school nurse experience other than what I've studied extensively over the last few weeks, and it's A LOT! I do have years of experience in the hospital setting with kids and adults. I was offe...

I was looking back at some of my older posts, and saw this response from you. Great advice! I have a student who frequently comes to me c/o feels like bugs are in her hair. It's just enough to cause mass hysteria. Fortunately, it's not lice. Unfortun...

I often think of this response you sent, and so glad I went with this advice. Thank you!

I love this!

So I had a middle schooler fail all of my hearing screens, was referred for professional evaluation and failed that as well, so was being referred to a specialist a few hours away. Mother voiced her concerns with me about student's hearing ability, s...