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  1. Bladder Scanning

    nurse__ab19 posted a topic in School

    Hello! For context, I work with high school students. I recently had a student complain that they had not urinated in 24 hours - they came to my office within the first 20 minutes of school...

  2. Not Your Average In-Service Day Topics

    nurse__ab19 posted a topic in School

    Need some in-service day topics that aren't the basics (seizure, EpiPen, DM, CPR, first aid, etc.) I go over these topics at the beginning of the school year and have another in-service day I have to...

  3. 504 case management

    nurse__ab19 replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    That's awesome! Just for curiosity's sake, how involved are you with the IEP/504 plans? We have a staff member specifically to manage all of those. I am never involved with the meetings (unless...

  4. High BP in High Schooler

    nurse__ab19 posted a topic in School

    Hello all, I have a student in our high school that will have bouts (I'm thinking anxiety) where their HR shoots up to the 140s - 160s, BP like 200s/100s. No substances involved, no caffeine,...

  5. What's something you never thought you'd have to deal with as a school nurse?

    nurse__ab19 posted a topic in School

    Curious what things you never thought you'd see or deal with as a school nurse. My naive self never thought I'd have one of my high schoolers come in c/o a hangover....no I cannot send you home...

  6. Preparing for the unthinkable

    nurse__ab19 replied to Jacquipals's topic in School

    Whoever sets off the PA system for our active shooter alarm is to announce where they saw the shooter. Our school's plan/policy is that depending on the shooter location, the teachers and students (we...

  7. Preparing for the unthinkable

    nurse__ab19 replied to Jacquipals's topic in School

    Bringing this thread back up because one of our local schools' active shooter alarms went off a few weeks ago on accident which sparked a discussion amongst us nurses at the various schools in the...

  8. What's something you never thought you'd have to deal with as a school nurse?

    nurse__ab19 replied to nurse__ab19's topic in School

    Like clockwork the week after prom in our high school and everyone is convinced that they're pregnant. I can't give out pregnancy tests, but I refer them to our local Planned Parenthood/ health dept....

  9. High BP in High Schooler

    nurse__ab19 replied to nurse__ab19's topic in School

    They are, as stated in the last sentence of my original

  10. High BP in High Schooler

    nurse__ab19 replied to nurse__ab19's topic in School

    I agree, but also parents never answer the phone, and I cannot call the squad 3-4 days a week and run to the hospital with them every single time and sit there all day until a parent decides to show...

  11. Bladder Scanning

    nurse__ab19 replied to nurse__ab19's topic in School

    Yes, I have also noticed this. I had kids give me a laundry list of things they're "diagnosed" with and respond with "Wow, none of that is listed in your forms. I will call mom/dad and discuss this...

  12. Bladder Scanning

    nurse__ab19 replied to nurse__ab19's topic in School

    Chat gpt, tiktok...IDK. My cynical take is that this generation loves the victim roll. They all have "trauma", and all have some sort of health problem - this is not to take away from the children...

  13. Bladder Scanning

    nurse__ab19 replied to nurse__ab19's topic in School

  14. Required Vaccines

    nurse__ab19 posted a topic in School

    If your state allows exemption from vaccines for school (I'm in Ohio, we allow good cause, religious and medical exemption) do you readily provide info that parents have the option to exempt their...

  15. Menstrual Cramps

    nurse__ab19 replied to Jollysox's topic in School

    I don't offer to call parent's right off the bat, unless obviously its emergent. Our school offers basically any OTC medication you could dream of....don't ask me how I feel about this 🙄 I want to...

  16. Tired of kids coming to the nurse...

    nurse__ab19 replied to Nurse ABC's topic in School

    I'm in a high school as well and I unfortunately have one of these; MINIMUM 3 times EVERY DAY!! Brought it to the attention of the teacher and he doesn't care, administration aware, have had 2...

  17. Pregnant Students

    nurse__ab19 posted a topic in School

    SOS First year school nurse here. How do you guys handle pregnant students? I have ZERO background with OB and have never had kids. Every time I had to deal with OB patients in the ER, I got...

  18. Ketones and Diabetic Students

    nurse__ab19 posted a topic in School

    Hello all! Just curious if you have any advice about this. Some background: I have a diabetic student who is a very sweet kid but has been known to use their diabetes as a "get out of jail...

  19. Do you feel kid are sicker today than before?

    nurse__ab19 replied to sergel02's topic in School

    This is absurd!! Educate the first time that this is not appropriate and then any time again after that and I would absolutely have security escort you out! That is such a huge patient safety

  20. Do you feel kid are sicker today than before?

    nurse__ab19 replied to sergel02's topic in School

    This 10000%. I work in a peds ER on the weekends and holy cannoli. Parents bring their kids in for every crossway fart and scratch expecting a diagnosis. Now I totally understand and sympathize with a...

  21. CLIA Waiver.... Do you have one?

    nurse__ab19 replied to k1p1ssk's topic in School

    Had never heard of this until now. I emailed our state department of health and from what they explained, any testing (fingerstick, urine ketones) that the nurse "interprets" the results and makes a...

  22. If you could go back, start-over, change majors, what would you do and why?

    nurse__ab19 replied to AlpacaTraveLlamaDNP's topic in Nursing Humor

    I often wonder what it would be like to be a nurse "back then". Maybe not even the '70s but just pre COVID. I became a nurse right as COVID started and the unit I hired onto turned into the primary...

  23. Transgender/Non-Binary Students

    nurse__ab19 posted a topic in School

    Hello everyone! I am a school nurse at a high school and have a lot of kids who identify as trans or non-binary and don't go by their government name and use different pronouns than what are...

  24. Transgender/Non-Binary Students

    nurse__ab19 replied to nurse__ab19's topic in School

    Just attempting to make my office a welcoming place to all who enter.

  25. If you could go back, start-over, change majors, what would you do and why?

    nurse__ab19 replied to AlpacaTraveLlamaDNP's topic in Nursing Humor

    Absolutely I would change career paths. While nursing has been good to me, it's not my passion in life. It's always made me feel guilty listening to other nurses talking about how they live to be a...