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RNqueens

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  1. What is your absence policy ?

    RNqueens posted a topic in School

    The school I am at has a policy that for 3 consecutive days absent in addition to parent written reason, the student is required to have a doctor's note with a return date to school in order for the...

  2. Sometimes I feel not needed..

    RNqueens replied to mrsfoster601's topic in School

    This happened to me. Student comes down as soon as the school starts c/o headache. No fever doesn't not look under the weather let them rest and return to class. I offer the student to come back...

  3. New school Nurse, Struggling!!

    RNqueens replied to KSM-RN's topic in School

    Hey OP I am in my 2nd year as a school nurse and have 10 years of high risk ob. It does take time and self guidance to get use to the culture and environment of the school system which is very...

  4. Pertussis

    RNqueens replied to pistolchick's topic in School

    This week one of the teachers notified the princ. that they were infected. Princ. Asked my opinion about it. Reviewed the students in the school vaccine status and shared with princ. To my...

  5. Vent about teachers (as much as I love them)

    RNqueens replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    I have to say every time I'm having a bad day whether it's parents, teacher, students, or adminstrators I just come to this forum and makes me feel better! Its hard when you don't have someone in the...

  6. supplemental income

    RNqueens replied to crazynursebsn's topic in School

    Per diem night shift at a

  7. Anywhere in NY pay school nurses well?

    RNqueens replied to FloridaBeagle's topic in School

    I certainly cannot send my kids to college if I continue to do school nursing when they are that age.Even though we are on the teachers retirement plan is it doable at retirement age? Our scale caps...

  8. The return sore throat

    RNqueens replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    When they come to me because their arm has been hurting over the weekend and I go through the whole thing about did you tell your parents. I gently remind them that the health office is not an urgent...

  9. Sports clearances and clerical help

    RNqueens posted a topic in School

    Hello all! I am drowning in paperwork and junior high sports clearances that I don't even have a handle on students with new issues uughh. How do you go about sports clearances? Right now I have each...

  10. Sports clearances and clerical help

    RNqueens replied to RNqueens's topic in School

    Love you Farawyn . I just can't deal. My system is similar to yours expect for the permissionext slips and I'm responsible for the junior high school as well as high school. I also worked 5 days I...

  11. Is the student pregnant?

    RNqueens posted a topic in School

    Hello my fellow school nurses, I was approached by one of the HS assistant principals regarding a 12th grader who they think looks like she might be pregnant. Thie issue is that they want me to meet...

  12. Is the student pregnant?

    RNqueens replied to RNqueens's topic in School

    Thank you all for your support and thoughts. Like I said before this has definitely been a lesson learned as a new school nurse. All the concerns everyone voiced were my same concerned and made aware...

  13. Is the student pregnant?

    RNqueens replied to RNqueens's topic in School

    Update: The nurse in the other district sent me the lawyer guidance memo which does state that parents are to be notified if students under 21 are pregnant. According to NYSED that is their guidance...

  14. Is the student pregnant?

    RNqueens replied to RNqueens's topic in School

    I spoke with the guidance counselor today and apparently the school lawyer's have stated that the school is to notify the parents if the student is pregnan even if she is 18. So I guess I have to be...

  15. Is the student pregnant?

    RNqueens replied to RNqueens's topic in School

    @BeachyRN2Be those are my thoughts exactly. I have access to the students attendance record. I am going to do a little investigative work and contact her guidance counselor to see if the student is...

  16. Is the student pregnant?

    RNqueens replied to RNqueens's topic in School

    Hey Farawyn, I am well, miss you too

  17. Anxious New Jr/HS school nurse

    RNqueens posted a topic in School

    Hello, I just started as a school nurse for a JR/HS school with over 1200 students. I already had an almost 911 emergency which was scary ! There is very little guidance as far as policy and...

  18. AED Maintenance

    RNqueens replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    I check monthly. We have one on each floor. The 1st floor one is outside my office and the 2nd and 3rd are located in the same area right above my office. One in the basement, one in the back of the...

  19. Do you do "formal" teaching?

    RNqueens replied to CampNurse10's topic in School

    No, but I wish there was an opportunity to teach health. I'm finishing up my Masters in Nursing Education and it would be nice to apply the teaching skills I have learned (objectives, learning...

  20. Prinicipal Micromanaging

    RNqueens posted a topic in School

    Hello All, I'm in a JHS/HS setting. The other day we had a couple of students being kicked out school because they did not get their delinquent immunizations in by the final deadline set by the...

  21. Prinicipal Micromanaging

    RNqueens replied to RNqueens's topic in School

    Thank you all for your support and advice. @Blue_Moon yes the way I was spoken to was the real issue. From now I plan on asserting myself more and if it happens again I will definitely confront it in...

  22. Thermometers

    RNqueens replied to czab's topic in School

    Braun Thermoscan Tympanic Thermometer- love it! The covers are inexpensive and come 200 in a box. Before I got there the nurse was using a temporal thermometer. I didn't like it because I didn't feel...

  23. Prinicipal Micromanaging

    RNqueens replied to RNqueens's topic in School

    Farawyn we are cut from the same cloth . I too do not want to deal with that kind of management again and I am very disappointed since I do like the job itself. There has been 3-4 nurses at this...

  24. New York School Nursing Requirements....

    RNqueens replied to dee73's topic in School

    Congratulations! I am not familiar with NYC but, I work in NY not to far from NYC. I am also new to school nursing but, have been a nurse for 10 years in the hospital. This website helped me out a lot...

  25. sick (pardon the pun) of teachers

    RNqueens replied to mycsm's topic in School

    I've had a teacher send a student down twice for sleeping and each time I sent her right back. By the end of the day the teacher comes in my office saying that the student sleeps in the 1st and 2nd...