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The National Association of School Nurses site is http://www.nasn.org Lots of information and free online continuing education. Click on the state affiliates link and find out if your state has a summer school nurse orientation.

"3-4 hour interview during which I present a lesson, meet people and have them ask me questions and let them get to know me so they can make a decision" You were obviously a top candidate. They cared a great deal about making the right decision and ...

Medication exam questions: -missing information on the order - calculations: right dose for the child's age and weight - off label uses - experimental drugs - expired drugs - how to dispose of medications - what to do for field trips - epi pen quest...

Do a search on the entire forum on interview You will find LOTS of great suggestions and questions to anticipate.

I hope you are able to find a position in a district that cares about the value you bring.

I have never been bored. The job is what you make it. See the thread up above on what to do if bored on the job. The jobs I have had have been challenging. Although school nurses are the lowest paid of all the subspecialties - I have always made a...

The ratio is supposed to be calculated like an algebra formula - see the Garcia, A. (2009). Convincing my district to lower the nurse ration to 1:750. NASN School Nurse, 24, 198- 199. http://nas.sagepub.com/content/24/5/198.citation How have the...

My NICU and early childhood special ed experience has come in very handy. So you should be able to use the skills you learned in your newborn screening job . Any amount of inpatient or outpatient peds is extremely healpful. Assessment skills are th...

Pediatricians who refuse to treat unimmunized children works too http://www.sedgwickcounty.org/healthdept/fact_sheets/Parents%20Pediatricians%20and%20Vaccines%203-7-2011.pdf

There are a lot of right avenues to good outcomes, School nurses are one of them

- Registered nurses in schools who interact with parents are correlated with increasing immunization rates (Ferson, MJ, Fitzsimmons, G, Christie, D, & Woollett, H, 1995; Salmon et al., 2005) - Salmon et al. (2005) found parents were significant...

If it was me, I'd use a separate sheet. If you get a certificate at the end of the training, I'd put on resume. CPR certification etc, I would put in the resume. But CE only for CE units, I would put on a separate sheet, include all pertinent CE. I...

Below is a citation from an article 14 years ago in the Journal of School Nursing about how one school approached lice by providing hair care and delousing. This article predates JOSN's electronic journal articles. It is a beautifully written articl...

Thank you for advocating for this child and family and for your wise principal who is balancing school policy and the realities of life for your students and families. She understands that we are dealing with people's lives and employment, and for ...

You could include a sheet with all the CE you have taken that would in any way benefit the school, children, public health. I would also mention it in the cover letter too and say that you have been preparing for such a position. The National Assoc...

Congratulations to you too, and all who have completed degrees this year. A lot of hard work!

"It is my thinking that the facility would be better off contacting the parent and not calling the teacher at the school for medical advice for the child. " Ah, yes, absolutely - like what are they thinking?????? "don't know if there is a cut-and-dry...

You go girl!!!!

Has the vomiting been worked up by the child's pediatrician? What is the pediatrician saying? Does your district have a school psychologist, a school based clinic or are one of the school nurses a mental health clinical specialist? The research sho...

I have popped back and forth between school nurse jobs and acute pediatrics several times due to cross country relocations. Each time I had anxiety, and it was always easier than I thought it would be. It comes right back to you.

Sally Schoessler, BSN, MSEd, RN, SNT, who will serve as Interim Executive Director at NASN when Amy Garcia moves to ANA later this month, will be appearing on CBS Early Show on Monday AM. She was asked to speak to the issues that were outlined in the...

Welcome to school nursing!@@! If there is a school nurse orientation in your state, I would recommend attending. They are frequently offered by either the state school nurse consultant or the state school nurse organization. If no orientation, I wou...

What happens if you don't do it?

Some school districts only use agencies for these positions. If that is the case, call the local school districts and ask what agency they use.

What are are school nurses in Missouri doing about getting rid of a regulation that violates USPSTF recommendations? The recommendations states school scoliosis screening harms students. It is not just that the screening is a waste of valuable inst...