Nicole21191

I'm new too, so I don't have a lot of knowledge to give, but one book that has made me feel a lot better is School Nursing: A Comprehensive Text by Janice Selekman. It has entire chapters about emergency readiness as well as chapters about how to respond to common complaints. For example, it will give information about stomachaches, the assessment you should do, questions you can ask, and the nursing interventions you can do. I highly recommend it!

Thank you, this is helpful! Is there anything you wish “out of district” nurses would or wouldn’t do?

Luckily I only have about 60-70 students, but this is what I was thinking too. If they're from a district where they've never even seen the nurse, I can't just accept that they're going to take care of it. I'll let me supervisor know I'm going to be getting copies of all physicals and immunization records. Thank you!

Thank you! This is perfect!

I'm going to be a school nurse this year at a school for students with behavior issues. All the students are sent to my school from their home district. It is a fairly new school and I think that the nurse before just worried about daily and PRN meds. The supervisor doesn't have a lot of information as to what I need to have as far as information from the students. I was told that their home districts take care of immunizations and physicals, but I feel uncomfortable just letting that be done by a nurse that doesn't know the students and might be as far as an hour away. I just want to make sure that I don't let any kids fall through the cracks. So what do I need to do to start the year? What forms do I need to send home? What do I need to make sure I get accomplished? Sorry those are some big questions, but any advice would be welcome! I feel overwhelmed and unprepared. Thank you! (also, I'm in NY if that effects any laws or practices)