NASN Nurse to Student Ratio Toolkit http://www.nasn.org/Default.aspx?tabid=367 NASN presents this toolkit, reflecting the most current resources and information on this topic. It is NASN's goal to...
NASN : http://www.nasn.org/Default.aspx?tabid=525 Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, of New York, introduced a bill on June 5, 2008 on behalf of herself and Rep. Lois Capps of California to reduce the...
With a score that close, you should do just great the next time. The new Certification Prep book should help as well as a study group. When I took the exam I had a flight to make and could not use...
There is a job board at the Region 2 Education Service Center http://www.hr.esc2.net/f_general/Job_Bank/default.asp The are no school nurse lsitings posted at this time. Region 2 includes 42...
Alicia I concur that the Harvard Public Health Website has the clinical state of the art on Lice. There is also the American Academy of Pediatric Policy:...
If I were you I would try to get some weekend work in the hospital - maybe ever Sunday or every other weekend and then try to do hospital work over the summer. Thank you for the sacrifice you and your...
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We talled about giving adults injections in school last April and I posted the following response: Is staff health part of the school nurse job description? Is there a doctors order? Can it be...
The certification preparation book is in print: If you order today, it will arrive just as the immunization compliance deadlines are passing, giving you plenty of time to prepare for the February...
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I think what the supervisor wants is to meet your objectives for your learning. So, given what your career goals are, what experiences would you benefit the most form? Are you interested in ICU or...
bergren replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School
The health history provides 85% of the information leading to a disagnosis (Gundy, 1997). Get the details on what happened too. Fall, how far, any witness, lose conciousness, rate head ache scale of...
"What about the use of water in a camp setting. The water is potable and used for drinking, but the spickets are outside in locations around the camp, and easily accesable. I feel it is okay to use to...
To write this government endorsed clinical guideline, a systematic review of all of the available literature was used to locate the best evidence, the best practice. Then their findings, their...
hydrogen peroxide is not used for wounds any longer and your district procedure manual should be revised if that is still the protocol. there is an evidence based wound care clinical guideline...
You are going to need to identify your present work load with data. 900 kids with a full time assistant is not that bad of a work load, so if this particular school has greater needs than that number...
In some states only certified school nurses can legally use the title school nurse. However, under no circumstances should an RN be given or accept a job title that misconstues and undermines the...
I agree that scrubs may frighten children who have a bad history with office procedures or hospitalizations. Someone above equated scrubs with pajamas, and I think that has implications for the amount...
The passing score should be in the website: http://www.nbcsn.com I think it is a 78 or 79% I would go over the study questions in the book - it gives you an idea of your strengths and weaknesses....
For information about school nursing: http://www.nasn.org For Colorado school nursing: http://www.coloradoschoolnurse.org/ They ahve some area reps listed:...
Selekman, J. & Wolfe, L (2008). School Nursing Certification Review. http://www.nasn.org/store/ I assume it will be available elsewhere, but it just came out and is only available through...
The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) is now accepting Abstract Submissions for the NASN 41st Annual Conference: Transforming School Communities: Partners for Student Success to be held in...
I agree. Arrange to volunteer or sub. The community aspect and the health promotion aspect of school nursing are great. There is some peds involved. There are many kids with acute needs in...
It sound like they are bored. And sounds like detention person needed a break from them. Sounds like even as exasperated as you are with them, you are nicer to them than the detention person. This...
What state are you in? Do the certificate courses count toward a masters degree? Have you volunteered in a school health office? Some nurses just hate school nursing. I think you should shadow or...
bergren replied to SchoolNurseBSN's topic in School
So glad you are there for the kids. "We have lots of free medical / dental resources - there is really no excuse!" What are the barriers to those resources? Are they the clinic sites ( short hours,...