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I went back 8/1 and the kids started 8/10.

I do not take anything with me other than my go bag. We have a fire station 2 blocks from the school and in the event of a true evacuation, who would take over quickly if needed.

Our policy states if it is not FDA approved, that we do not administer the medication.

Your pass does not belong on my desk. Ice does not help things that happened x days ago.

Does anyone have an Emergency Go Bag recommendation? The one I ordered does not work for my school. I would love something with pockets and ability to find what I need in a situation easily. I have looked at School Health, School Nurse Supply and ...

I use the Welch Allyn Otic thermometer for my kids K-8.

How does everyone get their prescriptions for their stock Epi's? I work at a charter school in Florida and the doctor who used to write our prescription moved out of state. I have checked with local providers and they will not write the prescriptio...

I checked with them and they will not.

We have spirit weeks maybe twice a year. What my school does is jeans and a type of shirt day as a fundraiser. Sometimes its a jersey, sometimes its a fall shirt, etc. I do participate in those. We are doing a book character parade on Thursday whe...

We have a no-nit policy. If a student is discovered to have lice during the school day, they must be sent home and treated. Students returning after having lice are to be brought in by a parent/guardian for evaluation from the nurse before returnin...

It's just me at my school. I'm in a K-8 Public Charter School with about 880 kids and about 90 staff.

The kids last day is the 27th and my last day is 6/1.

At my job, I was not even recognized for National Nurses Day or Nurses Week.

In my district, we have to go by the pharmacy label's expiration date.

What does everyone use for storing their supplies? I currently have 2 small kitchen cabinets in my office and 1 cabinet (locked) in the back of the main office. I have alot of my supplies stored under my cots. I have been given permission from my ...

I send a medication pick up letter home, and also put a reminder in our weekly newsletter. Thankfully, I would say about 98% of my parents pick up the students medication.

I have 4 cots, a sink, a bathroom. my desk. 1 large 4 drawer filing cabinet, 1 small 2 drawer filing cabinet, a bookcase (bolted to the wall), 2 cabinets above my sink/counter and 2 cabinets under my counter. I also have a small cabinet in the back ...

In Florida, new enrollments from other districts or states have 30 days to provide us with a physical dated within 1 year prior to enrollment as well as their immunization records. If a student enrolls from a different country, they may not begin sc...

Does anyone have any extra duties added to their job since COVID besides contact tracing? I am now in charge of all attendance updates, however, recently a secretary has taken it upon herself to begin updating attendance again. I have brought it up...

Our district decided to have the Nurses take over the attendance instead of the secretaries that were doing the attendance due to Confidentiality reasons with COVID.

I wear scrubs since I'm the only nurse in a K-8 school. However, on special occasions (dress up days, jean days) I will participate in those.

I have not due to respiratory issues in many of my students.

The only supervisor I have is the Principal (I'm at a Charter School). My contract is on an annual basis and I am not guaranteed from one year to the next. My principal however will come to any staff member with opinions she feels needs to be correc...

We had Friday off before Halloween due to conference's and on Monday we had a Professional Development Day. Which I was grateful for, however, on Tuesday I was slammed all day with illnesses!

We require that they are FDA approved, with the proper md order complete (my district has its own form), pharmacy label, parent permission slip signed and brought in by the parent/guardian.