Ugh. Last week I had a student who was eligible to return from quarantine on Thursday not return because of persistent "allergies" that couldn't be COVID because, after all, they hadn't been...
JoJoGo replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School
Yup. Spring break starts tomorrow. I'm waiting on two pending tests that may quarantine a large handful of students the day before break-can you imagine the ? hitting the
54-The countdown is on! Full year in person minus a couple of quarantines for the entire middle and high school and one week extra over the holidays. I'm tired, but still amazed at how the year flew...
I hear you there. I'm leaving my current school nursing job because my husband took a job on the other side of the state. I'm tempted to work at Costco for a while. I did apply for an Occupational...
I'm pretty sure I'll be getting it next week. I'm administering it Monday-Wednesday because staffing issues are real during Christmas week at the Health Department and I worked with them all Summer...
You should just copy and paste from your local health department guidelines. Ours has a very clear algorithm to follow. I just refer all my parents back to that algorithm. I copy and paste the link to...
JoJoGo replied to cowboysandangels's topic in School
I think it is an interpretation thing. The county I live in "allows" household members to start their 14 day count down if the infected person is isolated to their own bedroom and bathroom, but the...
I wish we could do some surveillance testing. The health department says it may be coming, but it's probably not going to be soon enough to do any good here. We've got our K-8 population in the...
JoJoGo replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School
Does your local health department not have a template for you? This is what I send to our students:
You are receiving this email because your 9th grade student has been identified as a close...
I did it all Summer with the health department, and now I'm doing it for our school. Our health department is so overwhelmed that I've started putting our students into quarantine and telling them...
Oof, you certainly sound like you have a different set of parents/guardians than I have. My students' parents would be much more likely to thank me for not calling an ambulance so they wouldn't have...
That's only a 911 call if they suddenly lose conciouosness. Sounds like you did exactly what I would have done. I would have the child in position of comfort and then decide how to keep the arm in...
None of my teachers would touch one with a ten foot pole, so I have never had this happen. I have taped them on a post it note for a parent, however. I pulled one out of an eyebrow already this