MelissaJaneRN

That is a lot of debt to take on. There must be cheaper options?? She might have a MSN at the end of the program, but at the end of the day, she is still an entry level RN.

Hi All I just moved to WA from DE and am now a SAHM. I am thinking of just letting my license expire and then in a few years, when I am ready to work, go through the route of re-activating my license to a WA license. Just wondering how many hours yo...

Yes same thing in DE, have to work so many hours to keep an RN license active. So then I would have to a WA license to work in WA. That's not very many hours over a 3 year period but it's more than I want to work :)

Parents are the absoulte worst part of my job. It seems like there is always someone complaining about something! And its not because I am a bad nurse! I go above and beyond in my job to do a good job for the kids, the teachers, and the parents. Some...

OK- thanks for that :)

Hello! I am relocating to the DC area this summer. I am currently a school nurse x 3 years and before that did LDRP x 3 years and med/surg x 1 year. I am thinking of getting into NICU nursing and I see there are quite a few openings for NICU nurses ...

Thanks! I wont be looking to start till the fall so I'll check the website late this summer.

Hello Again :) Just wondering if anyone works at either the NIH or Walter Reed? We are relocating to DC for my husbands job so I will be looking for work as well once we are setteled in. Just wondering what it was like to work at NIH or Walter Reed.....

I wear street clothes. I used to wear scrubs but decided I liked wearing street clothes better. I am thinking of wearing a lab coat but havent made that commitment yet My daughter attends the same school as I work at, so we have the exact same sched...

Agreed with everything stated- my two cents- Teachers collect the emergency cards at the beginning of the year which have a space provided for parents to write in medical issues. I know this only applies to the classroom teacher and for parents who f...

Get your ADN now as thats what you can afford to do. You will not have trouble finding work with an RN from an ADN program. Many colleges now offer RN to MSN programs.. Enter the program as an RN, you skip the BSN part essentially, and come out of t...

Depends on what state laws are. Its worth asking though!

You can try calling your state school nurse association or the national association of school nursing. A good book you can get from the national association of school nursing is "Scopes and Standards of Practice: School Nursing" and the new textbook ...

All above advise is great. I advise going into your local school district office and asking about becoming a school nurse substitute for your district. If your law requires a school nurse in every building, like Delaware, subs are a must. Also check ...

It is different in every state. I would find the website for the School Nurse Association of the state you move to. The website might list it or you can contact someone. In Delaware, we have the strictest requirements and New Jersey just followed sui...

I try very hard to schedule my office everyday. I schedule my lunch when I do not have medications or treatments scheduled. I try to also keep a half hour window of time, with nothing scheduled in my HR, so that if I have to start my lunch late- I ca...

I started in April as a new school nurse coming from L&D and Mother/Baby.. So I did two months, had the summer off, and just started back in August. I am having a hard time of it. I really miss the other nurses and I feel no one in the school has...

Ditto to ALL the above! I also hate it when parents call the principal to complain I didnt call home if their precious baby skinned their knee or had a similar non-traumatic injury at school. I find that very difficult. I also am dealing with a teach...

Hello, When we do our vision screenings- how many letters/symbols on a line can a student get wrong to fail? Or rather how many to get right in order to pass? I am very technical and I need to know the exact details of everything! This is my first y...

OK that is what I was thinking. Miss 1 and pass, miss 2 fail that line. I gotta remind myself it is only a "screening" and not a comprehensive eye exam

Every state is different. In some areas, the school nurses actually work for public health. In other states, your principal is your boss. We have a state health coordinator who is not really in charge of the nurses, but she gives us lots of informati...

In Delaware, I found out the requirements through the Board of Education website. You must have 3 years experience and have your Bachelors. You must become certified through the state within 3 years. I started the certification before I was even done...

Thanks guys =) The other nurses in my district are great. I knew them all because I subbed all last year and thats how I landed this job in April. I also subbed in 2 other districts to network, learn if I really liked it, and just generally learn som...

How is the new job going? I started in April as a new school nurse coming from L&D and Mother/Baby.. So I did two months, had the summer off, and just started back in August. I am having a hard time of it. I really miss the other nurses and I fee...

I just started working this April in an elementary school and took the place of a nurse who was there almost 20 years. I am new to school nursing. She never used teacher referral forms but I desperately want to use them because I feel I am being gro...