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  1. What to wear to outdoor field trip

    bergren replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in School

    What are the teachers

  2. What do you wear to work?

    bergren replied to asp40's topic in School

    I did!!! Thanks for the

  3. What do you wear to work?

    bergren replied to asp40's topic in School

    Mrs H, thanks for your post and your viewpoint, but please speak for yourself and not the generation. You are two years younger than me and I have never seen a cap worn in any clinical or K - 12...

  4. What do you wear to work?

    bergren replied to asp40's topic in School

    I wore washable collared shirt, slacks or skirt and had a lab or scrub coat I put on for the dirty stuff. I also kept a sport jacket hung behind the door for meetings. The only thing I changed about...

  5. New Nurse needs advice and support

    bergren replied to asp40's topic in School

    Interact with them as much as possible. Keep them engaged. The first day of class collect their anonymous ideas of what they want to learn. My 8th grade health teacher every week handed out a paper...

  6. New job, really need advice:)

    bergren replied to beccanurse's topic in School

    So if the normal load is 5 classes and you are teaching 4, you are only a .2 school nurse. The recommended ratio is 1 FTE RN:750 , so the school nurse job is already a full time role with 800...

  7. What do I need for my office space?

    bergren replied to Tina, RN's topic in School

    I was just asked the same question by someone else, and this is my list in order of priority: Join NASN http://www.nasn.org Lexi Comp Pediatric Dosage Handbook AAP Red Book AAP Managing Chronic Health...

  8. I was offered the job!

    bergren replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in School

    I think preferring the little kids or middle schoolers is a personality thing - plusses to both. Your assessment skills have to be better for the young ones. They cannot always articulate what they...

  9. School nursing for inexperienced RN?

    bergren replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in School

    "They are hiring nurses for most of their campuses and I don't know why. Is this a bad sign? " That is a good good sign, not a bad sign. Were you interviewed by any nurses? So interviewed by people...

  10. Cost of medical insurance!

    bergren replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in School

    That sounds unusually

  11. What's on your walls?

    bergren replied to amnesiac1c's topic in School

    - diplomas - National school nurse certification - just a nurse poster - http://www.suzannegordon.com/?page_id=28 - a 30 year old poster "nurses still make house calls" - Sigma Theta Tau nurse...

  12. Coming back to school nursing !!!

    bergren replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in School

    Please tell us how things work out - good for you for increasing your education!!!!! Welcome

  13. What do you wear to work?

    bergren replied to asp40's topic in School

    I have never worn scrubs outside the ICU or OR. I was in 3 airports this week - all the cleaning people wore scrubs. I do not see students in my school nurse job right now, but when I did I wore...

  14. Don't need a brain to be a School Nurse?

    bergren replied to ahintonRN's topic in School

    I am going to quote a boss I had: "Everyone thinks they know what a school nurse does because they have been to school." Your "support group" has no idea what a school nurse does. And they don't know...

  15. School Starting Soon HELP!! (vent)

    bergren replied to Sweetiejujy's topic in School

    The administrators are trying to save school nurse positions. They are being

  16. i'm sure this gets asked alot but.....

    bergren replied to septvirgo03's topic in School

    I have actually had to do this when changing state licenses, track down each employer and supervisor. It took me 3 days. It is not unusual for pay rates to be based on full time work experience,...

  17. School nursing for inexperienced RN?

    bergren replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in School

    If you decide to take it, find out what kind of support and mentoring you will be getting? If you need help or a second opinion, will another experienced RN be available to take your

  18. It's official, I'm now a school nurse

    bergren replied to crickyRN's topic in School

    Congratulations@@#!@@

  19. School Starting Soon HELP!! (vent)

    bergren replied to Sweetiejujy's topic in School

    Show up in the front office with your suitcase of work, antibacterial hand wipes and a smile and dig in. If this is the only way to save your job, make the best of it and it might be a great way to...

  20. Return to Hospital from School Nursing. Any experience with this?

    bergren replied to Trueblood83's topic in School

    My husband relocates often for his job. Three times I accepted acute care positions after being in school nursing or quality improvement, out of the hospital setting, the longest stretch was 6 years....

  21. August 2011 Journal of School Nursing TOC

    bergren posted a topic in School

    The Journal of School Nursing Online Table of Contents Alert A new issue of The Journal of School Nursing is available online: 1 August 2011; Vol. 27, No. 4 The below Table of Contents is available...

  22. College nursing

    bergren replied to jlynn2303's topic in School

    No words of wisdom. But HRSA includes college nurses as school nurses:

  23. Should men be school nurses? Have you ever heard of any?

    bergren replied to ImThatGuy's topic in School

    " The only thing I imagine would be a bit odd is to have a male nurse midwife in OB." My OB nurse faculty in nursing school in the 70s was a male nurse midwife. He was

  24. $15 an hr for a school nurse in Miami??!!

    bergren replied to noreenl's topic in School

    Same!!! It is great to put a face to a name - thanks for speaking

  25. $15 an hr for a school nurse in Miami??!!

    bergren replied to noreenl's topic in School

    The average 2008 school nurse pay for an RN is $46,416 a year.