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I am in a similar situation. My school is 5 floors and I fear if something happened in the classroom, it would take too long to get an epipen from my office there. Parents are made aware that if they provide just one epipen (or any emergency medicati...

When we had this situation, we just asked the staff member to provide a note from the doctor okaying them to return. The rash was in a coverable area as well.

I've had a parent (who was a doctor!) send her 10 year old with cold/cough medicine to take at lunch (and did not tell me or the teacher of course), and when the teacher noticed it and asked him, he told the teacher he is supposed to take it 4 times ...

I had the same issue when I first started. I was new to working in a school, and at the same time my son started preschool full time and my daughter started day care full time - all 3 of us bringing germs from 3 new places. It was ROUGH! The three of...

Hello everyone - Quick question for anyone who might have experience with this. We had a staff member diagnosed with shingles. I I have phoned parents of any immunocompromised students, but is it protocol to send a notice out to all staff and/or stud...

Thanks - we did notify our one pregnant teacher and luckily the rash was not in an exposed area too!

Hi all - I have just taken on a new role where I am assisting in identifying students who qualify for 504s for medical need. We have approximately 40 students with epipens in schools and a couple who take their inhalers regularly for asthma. How do y...

Hi everyone, Just curious how/which accidents you report? We have a computer system to track all visits, and I put most everything in just so I can keep track of frequent flier visits and just in case anything seemingly minor needs to be referenced. ...

Thanks everyone for the feedback - just wanted to confirm I'm not crazy and doing too much. I don't feel like I have that many visits compared to most schools either. I see 10-20 students a day (more than 20 is a BUSY day), and we have about 500 stud...

YES - bloody noses! It's either bloody nose time of year, or it's not. And lost baby teeth for some reason. Most days I have none, one day last week 7 in one day, and 4 just yesterday alone!

ALL Auvi-Q injectors are being recalled! Not sure about other schools, but I would say we have almost as many AuviQs this year as Epipens! https://www.auvi-q.com/

Hello, I am a fairly new school nurse and just want to see how you generally dispose of unused medications that parents have refused to pick up? I've searched, but am having trouble finding guidelines (Illinois). As well, are expired, unused Epipens ...

Thank you everyone for the great feedback! I would love to donate the epipens, but from what I've researched, most places cannot take expired meds at all. I might still hang onto a few for demonstration purposes - great idea! I'll continue looking i...

Thanks! Your question didn't come up for some reason when I searched.

Hi all, I was just wondering if any of your schools are communicating with parents regarding ebola or taking preliminary precautions. We have had a couple of parents ask what we are doing at school and just wanted to get an idea whether other schools...

Hey all - Just wondering who else was accepted into Depaul's Masters Entry program? I just found out I did last week! Who else got in and is starting in the fall? Just want to meet my soon to be classmates! :)

Thanks! :) I'll take a look over at the Illinois board!

I filled out my intent to enroll form on Thursday and just got a reply via email today. It just said that they had received it and I am set to matriculate in the fall! Woo hoo!! Congrats to everyone else who was accepted - see you all in a few months...

Hi there - I am considering applying to nursing school. Long term, I am looking into becoming an nurse practitioner. I was wondering if it matters whether I get my BSN to start with or if I start with an AS and then work towards a BSN once I've start...