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I do ❤️ the stare-downs I get when I am on the phone and a student walks in. I give them a quick look (no bleeding, unlabored breathing, no bone deformities = you can wait). But they stare until I hang up. My son was getting assaulted by a bully at ...

I was a member of the teachers union when I was full time. They were useless in helping me when administrators ordered me to improperly administer a medication. As I was dealing with that, I called the union rep for a meeting. We agreed to meet duri...

I’m a Nj SN. I’m subbing right now. I’ve been in 4 different high schools and your situation is ridiculous. I don’t blame you for resigning. If you are open to another SN job, they aren’t all that bad! They aren’t easy - the issues, the paperwork, th...

I teach childbirth classes and parenting classes at my local hospital. But you could work prn with a home health agency too. They are always desperate for nurses and you can usually negotiate your hours. The agency I work for is happy if you just pic...

It’s frustrating! There was a mom in a local school who tried to get a sub teacher fired. Why? He was the 5th kid in a hour to ask to see the nurse (and the kid, of course, never asked to see the nurse). The sub said, “no.” He threw up an hour after...

I had a teacher who was so tired of sending me kids that she kept a cooler of ketchup packets in a cooler in her classroom. She had the kids put those on their eyes.

In my kids school they get a cookie. Seriously. Every month of perfect attendance = cookie from the cafeteria. My daughter was fighting me to go to school on the last day of Feb so she could get a perfect attendance cookie. Leaving 30 minutes ea...

Send her home!!! Uneven piercings sounds emergent. We need a big cut-out check mark ✅ to hand to kids. That way they can return to their respective classrooms and there will be no doubt that they have, in fact, been checked. They can come back beari...

Those are good documents!! I used the “when to see the school nurse” document and it did help. I should clarify- I was in my first school nurse job for 2.5 years. My first principal was very nice and tried to be supportive. He found that “when to se...

Does your state require any kind of certification to work in schools? In my state we need a bachelors and a post-baccalaureate certification in school nursing which teaches a lot about working in schools. My first job in school nursing was similar t...

I want to shake these parents. I used to work in an all walker district. I had 1 nervous teacher that used to send me a lot of kids. I didn’t think much of this one student coming in a 9am (school started at 8:30). 101 degree fever. I called dad. Gu...

No, not mean at all!!! I was in a huge school with a needy population. The “it hurts” were becoming overwhelming. The teachers would say, “I can’t assess” so every little ache would be sent down to me. I got tired. They wanted me to do something. So ...

I used them on the “it hurts” areas. That is, the areas where student didn’t bump, fall, or injury in any way. But they still expect you can take away that random hurt on the back of their finger!!! For some reason the “growing pains” explaination wa...

Oh and Monday’s CoTD came on a post it from a sub teacher: “upper bridge of nose aches.”

I had a student today give me a 10 minute explaination of how he tripped over the dog bed (story included pertinent information on picking up soiled puppy pad and retrieving new one) and hurt his knee. Steady gait. No limping. No signs of distress. M...

Ugh. I had an open fracture a couple years ago from the monkey bars. Apparently the nurse who was there when they installed the equipment was very upset she was not consulted. She took pictures which she placed in an album. I had no idea she did that...

Cleaned dog poop off a shoe. The teacher did a “drop and run” with the kid. I also created a tube of glittered healing ointment guaranteed to take away all hurts. It was actually just Vaseline and glitter but it worked like a charm.

You can call to clarify the orders. I would not hesitate to call for something like that. I had a student in a similar situation. The doses were ordered 2 hours apart. I called and the NP was surprised that she had the timing so close together.

So who would report you to the BON if you administered Epi to someone in severe anaphylaxis? Does the school have standing orders from a physician? I'd start there. Then I'd googled "Emergency Epinephrine in [your state schools" and see if you ca...

It's really a judgement call. The teachers have sick days so if they want to stay home, they can. But I wouldn't try to force a teacher home unless it there was discharge or they could barely keep the eye open. My kids ophthalmologist said it's not ...

I used to see this in the district I worked in a couple years ago. A lot of families came from Costa Rica. I believe the school year runs March to March down there? So we'd get families moving here in April or May with the expectation of starting ...

Eek! I was out one day when a staff member needed an EpiPen. Luckily my sub was a retired school nurse so she gave the EpiPen. I will say that I have given an EpiPen 3 times (all after that incident). Each time it's a struggle to make the decisio...

I love this! I am subbing right now in several different schools. My faker radar is pretty good these days. Since I am not the regular nurse, I sometimes have staff "help" me by telling me about a student which I absolutely appreciate but sometime...

Yes, I would pray with a student. I would allow the student to lead or ask the student how he or she prays. I consider this supporting a student and caring for a student holistically. It is different from teaching a child prayer or about religion. ...

I love baking desserts so I just brought a variety of treats in. I put it in the staff room with a note thanking everyone for being a great staff to work with!