LHartnett01 replied to LHartnett01's topic in School
Thank you for helping to round out the image! We are also responsible for those tasks in my district. When I was writing my list I was imagining teaching community nursing to a class because new...
The perception of school nursing, even within the nursing community, is of a retired older nurse passing out ice packs and bandaids and maybe reading magazines during down time. Truthfully, there are...
LHartnett01 replied to LHartnett01's topic in School
Thank you all for your comments! I found it interesting that positions can be so different in pay and in daily workload. This thought has inspired me to write another article because it is common that...
Experienced school nurses, we've all had that frightening moment. You have vomiting Vanessa in your office and you need to call THAT parent to pick her up. Her mother had used profanity when you...
LHartnett01 replied to nursekoll's topic in School
After doing this for many years I can tell you that nothing beats the old fashioned phone call to say, "Pick up your student's inhaler/Epipen/Glucagon!" Notes and emails are simply not read and often...
LHartnett01 replied to Urologynurse's topic in School
I have been a school nurse for a long time now and my interpretation of this question relates more to population variables than the actual nursing care. In the same school you may have middle class or...