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My last school gave me a card and gift. This school did absolutely nothing- not even a verbal anything. But they had a big cookout luncheon for teacher appreciation day! Oh well, I do it bc I love it.......

Have you talked with the counselor and principal about this. I work very closely with my counselor! She does the actually calling and reporting, I only answer questions with regard to my physical assessment if asked.

One of my 4th graders was vomiting one day, the teacher insisted that I needed to check his blood pressure. Instead of arguing, I checked it......and low and behold.....it was a little high.....hmmm I wonder why. Afterwards I explained to her that o...

I follow this procedure every time, especially on the younger children - it's policy. If there is a head injury- no matter how minor, must do thorough assessment, including pupils and many questions. Rest with cold pack for at least 10-15 min. We h...

I mostly do that same at my school as far as the nurses office, but our secretary has a big black bag that she keeps in the office full of more supplies and she takes that out as well (our offices are at opposite ends of the building), and if any of ...

UGH.....working at the hospital was a BIG wake up call for me. I used to have one idea about doctors, but now I know the truth....lol. Had one ortho doc yell at me for wanting an order to hold/decrease coumadin considering PT/INR was too high. He ye...

This is the main reason I quit floor nursing! I was put in this situation many many times.....and to top it off, most of the patients blamed me when I couldn't answer the call light the second they pressed it.....stress, stress, stress! It was hard, ...

We actually keep a Comprehensive Health Services Plan notebook in all the health offices. Included in it are a lot of Communicable Diseases from chicken pox to scabies to the common cold etc. which describe on each page the incubation period, mode(s)...

In the situation that the student had no medical reason for incontinence we would call a parent to school every time to clean the child up if they did not send clothes- pretty soon they quit forgetting to send clothes.

Another living example, had three stepchildren (16, 14,9), one of my own(3) and a newborn two weeks before last yr of nursing school started. Husband had a job where he was gone 1-2 weeks every month and I worked part time as an in home aide. Whew.....

Our school does not send letters home either. We can do classroom check if there are 3 or more reported cases from the same class within a limited amount of time. I always e-mail the teacher to keep a look-out and send any suspicious itching to me ri...

I agree that cleaning up "poo" is not and should not be labeled a "Nurse only job". Do we do it......yes! Do we have to like doing it.....no. Some of us probably don't even mind doing it......I was blessed to work for an awesome elementary school ...

Our teachers all use last names, our secretaries and lunch staff use first names.

Hi, I am a school nurse in a mid- sized town in Missouri. Our protocol for head lice is that if they have live lice or a lot of knits, then they are sent home. They are allowed 48hrs to take care of it without being considered truant. We give the...

Miss Amanda or Nurse Amanda. It was my preference. I am in my late 20's and really prefer using my first name!

That is funny that she would say that......i worked as a home health nurse before I became a school nurse. In my opinion, the only thing easier are the hours I work and the fact that I don't have to spend almost my whole entire day on the road. Sure ...

I think it depends on where you are from. I am a school nurse in Missouri and I have my associates degree. Here, they do not require a school nurse certification and when I asked them about getting it, they stated that I would not be paid any more t...

:uhoh21: isn't this just the way it goes sometimes. i just get so sick when i hear of these "senior nurses" demeaning the "new grads". i vow to never forget what it is like to be a grad nurse, and if i ever get short with a new grad once i am a se...

We had to take the HESI test twice, but just in order to see kind of where we were. It was supposed to let us know how prepared we were for NCLEX. Let me tell you, I passed the first time with flying colors and failed the second time. I passed NCL...