pineappleupsidedowncake BSN, RN

I had a parent try to have me administer prednisolone to her child. The prescription was once a day for 5 days and the reason was for an asthma exacerbation. However, for several reasons, we decided that she should administer this medication at home....

I typically don't mind "difficult" parents. Most of the time I can sympathize because I understand anger mostly comes from parental concern. But flat out - rudeness - (screaming, cursing, etc.) is what I HATE about this job. Why do some people ...

I'm sorry if someone already posted about this! I haven't seen a post dedicated to covid-19 policies for the new school year. Has anyone's policy changed from last year? Or is it generally the same? Despite asking multiple times, my school (a p...

Me too! A lot of just sneezing/runny noses are coming back positive. But I have also been seeing a lot more fevers than last year as well.

Hello! I’m a relatively new nurse (going on year 3). Currently I work in a school setting, and before that I was on a med-surge/ortho unit. I really like working in a school (especially during covid!), but I don’t feel like there is much room for gro...

Regarding a student fainting (lasting less than a minute, with no other symptoms) would you always call 911? I had this situation last year and I called EMS - although she ended up not going to the hospital. However, I read somewhere (I don’t remembe...

This happened to me today ? It was a faculty member experiencing nausea/vomiting. They asked me to take their BP, which was high (PMH of HTN). It wasn’t high enough to be considered a “hypertensive crisis” but my mind automatically went to cardi...

I ended up leaving my first nursing job early and breaking my contract. Why? I was sick of being constantly understaffed and felt very unsupported by management. I also simply realized that I hated adult med-surge. I was also very anxious. I'm not tr...

Does anyone have a specific pink eye policy they would be willing to share? This has become the bane of my existence. As the pollen increases, the number of students coming to me with "pink eye" has sky rocketed. The teachers always think that ...

I don't send home every headache. Our current policy is that a new onset severe headache must go home, especially with a fever (this is based on the CDC recommendations). Sometimes it is hard for me to distinguish a severe headache when in comes to t...

I'm trying to hang in there and stay for at least another school year. This was my first year as a school nurse, and a crazy one at that d/t covid. Still, even the worst days in the school setting were FAR better than a normal day at the hospital. Ho...

This is very helpful, thank you! I'm not sure why I have never heard of that rule of thumb, but it makes sense.

I have an elementary age student with history of asthma complaining of "throat" pain (he points to the center of his neck) when he breathes in. I gave him his albuterol, vital signs look good, lungs sound good, and there are no other symptoms. He sta...

No cough, but mom did say she gave him robitussin yesterday... so that is definitely possible!

I was wondering if anyone has any nursing "hacks" to deal with things like eczema, bug bites, etc. I think its ridiculous that I am not allowed to have petroleum jelly or lotion in the clinic (not even with a verbal consent, it needs a WRITTEN PRESCR...

I know this has been discussed many times before... but the "every kid with any symptoms needs to go home" thing has been really bugging me. Am I a bad nurse? At my school, the policy for sending sick kids home has always been what the CDC has recomm...

Thanks for all the responses! I really have tried to be super cautious, and the only students I have sent back to class have been those with one symptom who stated they felt completely better after a few minutes. But now I’m thinking I should just...

Part of the trouble is that I work at a small private school, and the policy has been evolving constantly since August. But fundamentally it is similar to yours. For any of these symptoms (fever, sore throat, cough, difficulty breathing, diarrhea or ...

That's a good idea!

Woah, that's pretty cool.

Let me first preface this by saying I am new to school nursing, let alone new to pediatric nursing. I had this happen way too many times this year, with a few of the same asthmatic kids. They come from PE having an asthma attack and no albutero...

I worked at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville... maybe the lowest paying hospital in Jacksonville but I do think it is a bit easier to get a job there compared to hospitals like Mayo Clinic. I didn't love it, but I wasn't in the ER. The Beaches ...

This may not be exactly the advice you are looking for, but I did a Summer of camp nursing right after graduating nursing school. Of course, this all depends on covid and the area you live in. It was a medical camp, so I did gain some experience AND ...

I work at a small (~384 students) Catholic school in Florida (in a pretty urban area). Our students can be back on campus FT or online learning, but more and more students come back every day. We have only had 2 covid cases (one student and one teach...

update: They started treating him for seizures. He started Keppra and has an EEG and MRI coming up. No episodes since he started he medication, and hopefully no more to come! Thanks for all the advice and confirmation, its so hard not to doubt yourse...