AllieEmerson

AllieEmerson has 11 years experience and specializes in School Nursing.

Latest Activity

1. Residential Medication Error/Refusal Reporting

   AllieEmerson posted a topic in Pediatric

   I'm not sure if this is the right category for this topic. I recently started as a nurse at a residential facility for youth. They did not have a nurse for quite a while before I started, so I have...

2. Sick Student Policy

   AllieEmerson replied to AllieEmerson's topic in School

   Thank you so much for the replies. This is helping a lot as I'm getting a policy together to get staff on the same page at my school. It does seem to be best to take a "better safe than sorry"...

3. Sick Student Policy

   AllieEmerson replied to AllieEmerson's topic in School

   I do understand those precautions for children with fever or any respiratory concerns. It just doesn't feel right to me to demand that a parent keep a child home for 10 days OR have a negative test...

4. Sick Student Policy

   AllieEmerson posted a topic in School

   I am a new school nurse, and I'm trying to come up with policies for how we should handle children returning to school after being sent home due to illness. It's especially difficult during this...