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How often do these end up making the mass spread? Should you always do this procedure if an endoscope cannot access the mass (on outer wall instead of internal wall of stomach)? Is it ever advisable to wait and see using follow up imaging to note changes in size or proliferation?

Hi fellow school nurses! Does anyone here have experience using Paid Family Leave in NYS? I am having a baby next month and my school has never utilized this benefit before (I had to tell them about it). Because of this HR is not very well versed. What I want to know is how I get paid during school breaks and how taking the leave periodically works. Anyone with experience or advice is much appreciated!

Hi all, hope everyone is doing the best they can during these unique times! I have a question regarding an observation I have noticed in my school since we returned from pandemic closure. The teachers in my school have been frequenting the nurse's office with self reported "panic attacks", "something feels off", "I think my pressure is low/high", the list goes on. I of course under normal circumstances try to accommodate everyone however these visits have shot up drastically and have been adding even more to my plate amidst all the already overwhelming new normal we are all trying to navigate with our school nursing roles/responsibilities. Because of this I sent out a flyer saying our responsibility as school nurses is first and foremost for the students and teachers should only visit our office for emergent symptoms only. Apparently this caused some ruffled feathers as the previous school nurse had given free reign to the teachers to come down whenever and for whatever they wanted. NOw I am being asked to attend a meeting with the principals and our Chief of Academics (I'm in a private school). My question is if any of you know any legal/RN practice act/scope of practice statement I could use to fortify my position regarding our teacher problem. This is my first year as a school nurse so my scope has been so different here versus the hospital but it seems like I would need to be working under/reporting to a doctor in order to be assessing these teachers. I'm under the impress that in public schools the nurses don't even take a blood pressure or anything for faculty for that very reason. Any input/suggestions are much appreciated!!

Same thing here in my NYC school *rolls eyes*

Unfortunately since my school is a private school we do not have the child care licensing requirement like the public schools do apparently. But we SHOULD.

It's so interesting to hear how this is handled so differently depending on the school. I did actually volunteer to do a training which the principal replied "yes that would have to be a whole other thing but in the meantime this is how we are going to handle it". I just hated the feeling that it was just a passing the buck thing. I mean of course no one WANTS to clean up after toileting accidents but in the interest of the safety of the children/rest of the school, I was hoping the logic would be to keep the school nurse available for actual medical situations/issues.

Oh, they used that excuse as well! This is a private school and apparently unless you have a "contract" perhaps everything falls on you. Where's my contract?! It's really a shame.

Hi all, Just polling how many school nurses assist/toilet students when they have accidents in school. I am the only nurse in my school and I had a huge back and forth about this with a pre-k teaching assistant (who adamantly defended they were not "trained" to do this citing something along the lines of using proper precautions to do this) and later with the principal. I had to defend my view on why I should not be leaving the office to toilet an accident in pre-k as I feel I should be available in the nurse’s office to take care of students who have actual medical needs. Thoughts?

I'm sure my "new school nurse" sign is showing, but can someone tell me what sleep means in this instance?

I love this, thank you!

Hey everyone! So I'm 2 months into my very first school nurse job and I'm loving it! I was wondering if anyone had any ideas or resources for signs or posters that you hang up or distribute for student/teacher education such as the 5 B's for coming to see the school nurse. I was looking for a teaching tool to empower some of my students to initiate self assessment of a fall, ect. Any good resources are much appreciated!

That's awesome! Is this a public school system in CA?

Hi all, I was hoping you had some suggestions for an updated resource guide for a brand spanking new school nurse who needs a lot of brushing up on assessment skills, disease education, nursing indications and treatments for common situations faced in the school nurse environment (asthma, diabetes, anaphalaxis, seizures). I did find the Manual of School Health handbook for school nurses but it is 10 years old. Does anyone else have any go to resources or suggestions? Thanks!

93k for 184 days? What city is this in and what type of school? From what I’ve been reading this is astronomically higher than average school nursing pay. What is everyone else doing wrong?!

Are you factoring in 4 weeks (20 days) paid vacation and 9-10 national holidays that wouldn't count as working days at a regular job into the 262 when you are calculating salary?