MHDNURSE

MHDNURSE

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  1. What is everyone cooking for Thanksgiving?

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    We were lucky enough to get invited to a friend's house this year, so I am making my Jiffy Corn Casserole, a French chocolate silk pie, and a chocolate pecan pie. I always love hearing what everyone...

  2. This is a new one

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    Insert GIANT eye roll So I am manually entering all of our Kindergarten students into Power School and I catch a student who still needs DTaP #5, MMR/Varivax #2, IPV #4 and ALL Hep B. She has had all...

  3. Silly rant, but people keep steeling my tissues

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    And it is driving me CRAZY! I leave mid-day, so people are in and out of my office even when I am not here to grab band-aids, ice packs, and apparently TISSUES!!! Seems like an annoying, petty...

  4. 504 for students with Chron's?

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    Hi, Wondering if any of you have students with Chron's, and if so, do they have 504's? None of my students have a Chron's diagnosis, but if they did, I am sure we would make any accommodations for...

  5. So happy, had to share

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    Some of you might remember I shared many frustrations with a mother of a Type 1 diabetes student earlier this year. While I continue to have some frustrations with her choices and follow through on...

  6. Epi Pen Organization

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    I am wondering what you do with your Epi pens. Are they always in your office? We are in a unique situation in that we are on two floors of a large public building, so I have the epi pens (and 2...

  7. My school doesn't "do" Halloween

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    And I just arrived and about 1/2 of the students showed up in costumes anyway. Letters were sent home a few weeks ago reminding parents to please not send them in costumes. Parents never read...

  8. If you have filed a report for Medical Neglect

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    What was it for and how did you decide it was time? I have a student here who is possibly nearing that point. I have a meeting scheduled with his 504 team and have several staff aware and involved,...

  9. What are you seeing in your office?

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    I'm in the Boston area and have had a few Strep Throat, a few bronchiolitis, several pneumonia, stomach bug, and several high fevers/sore throat/cough viruses. It's

  10. Just taught my 2nd Grade hygiene class

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    One of the teachers approached me and asked me to teach the class because she has a couple kids in particular who definitely could use the class. I found it really interesting that one of the "key...

  11. If lice can't jump or fly

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    then why is my entire class getting lice? This is what a teacher asked me yesterday. Last week, two of her students had lice. Yesterday she brought me three more to "check their heads". I calmly...

  12. That teacher that is totally paranoid about lice

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    Just asked me to check her head and she totally has lice I started another thread about how she was stressing that two of her students had it one week and then another three got it and she was...

  13. Funny story from last night

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    My 10 year old daughter does youth cheerleading and I was one of the "helpers" at practice last night. There is a girl on the team who always looks miserable, you know the one with the permanent...

  14. YOUR Childhood School Nurse memories

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    I was a total frequent flyer, especially in 4th and 5th grade. My parents had recently divorced, I was in a new school and my mom was never around so I needed TLC. We didn't actually have a real...

  15. These parents are killing me

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    So I get an email last night from one of my new K teachers, telling me that one of her students is to have "no dairy products at all, under ANY circumstances", per mom at pick-up yesterday. I of...

  16. So annoyed/offended right now

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    As you all know, I have been dealing with a very difficult, non-compliant mother of a Type 1 diabetic. He was finally able to start school yesterday, but there are a lot of issues going on. Mom is...

  17. My husband who is an allergist has a question

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    Do you have any families who are refusing the "adrenaclick" epi due to an exposed needle? The Epi-pen rep is at his office right now and is claiming that, and he is curious what you are seeing in...

  18. New student with T1D- mom no-showing to our meetings

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    Just need to vent. New student to our school starting next Tuesday. He had T1D, is 6 years old, in first grade. This is our first T1D kid, so naturally, there is a lot of planning and prepping we...

  19. This is gonna be a loooong year

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    See my previous post about the T1D student no-showing to meetings for background information. So he was supposed to start yesterday. Staff was trained Friday afternoon (I stayed 2 hours late at work...

  20. No insulin at school

    MHDNURSE replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    What ended up happening? Did you call her? Did she put out a hit on

  21. My husband who is an allergist has a question

    MHDNURSE replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    He's pretty sure the rep is full of bs anyway...so I guess the rep is trying to say the school nurses are the ones refusing it. I told my husband that we basically throw a party when the family...

  22. New student with T1D- mom no-showing to our meetings

    MHDNURSE replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Yeah, part of me wants him to just not come at this point, and the other part would be so mad if he

  23. health polices

    MHDNURSE replied to ceelopez12's topic in School

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  24. Please help! New substitute school nurse!

    MHDNURSE replied to catlovernurse_x's topic in School

    Hi and welcome! That's very typical of school nursing, where you really are thrown into it with very little training, guidance, or support. I am in my third year and remember feeling like you are...

  25. Type 1 Diabetes training for teachers

    MHDNURSE posted a topic in School

    I am doing a training for my teachers on Friday at 1:45. First grader, diagnosed last year, new to our school and he is starting Tuesday. This all happened very quickly as he was on our waiting list...