RedKat

RedKat

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RedKat has 7 years experience.


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  1. What Has Been an Upside to Covid?

    Thank you
  2. What Has Been an Upside to Covid?

    My senior mastiff started having some issues in the fall, and in December was diagnosed with bone cancer. I was able to spend much more time with him than usual during his last month of life. I'm...
  3. Working from Home During COVID-19 Shut Down

    I'm in NY. The local health department is doing a live facebook feed this afternoon, so I'll watch that... plus the state hosts a weekly call-in Q&A session for all NYS healthcare providers, so...
  4. Nurses on field trips

    Thanks for the input! Sounds like I'm thinking along the lines of what most of you are already doing. My diabetic isn't going, and no seizure students who have meds. Mostly inhalers, epipens, and a...
  5. Nurses on field trips

    I'm in NY and having difficulty getting clear-cut answers on when a nurse needs to attend a field trip (middle school students). I had one nurse tell me that if any liquid meds will need to be...
  6. Teacher’s Union?

    I'm in the teachers union at my school. Most districts around here have the nurses in the civil service union, but mine and one other district put us in the teachers union. I don't know how it would...
  7. NCSN are you certified?

    I'm not. I'd like to be... but I'm currently still paying off my ADN, so it will be awhile before I can consider even getting my BSN. I would not get a pay bump for either getting my BSN or my...
  8. horrible immunization compliance rate

    Sorry you've been put in this situation! You've gotten some good advice from other members here. I also work at a private school. I think it's a somewhat uncommon situation - but I am actually an...
  9. Peanut allergy issue

    There's a student with the same issue in my district. Like many others here, I feel that a peanut-free school is not realistic. There could easily be times when a parent with good intentions sends...
  10. Teacher Frustration!!!

    Using a pass system definitely gets my vote. I work in multiple schools each day, and just instituted a pass system in the one school that didn't already have it. I haven't heard any complaints yet,...
  11. Typical day of a school nurse

    I can only speak for my district - but for us, the number of students you'll see in a day typically depends on what age group you're working with and what time of year it is (and of course your total...
  12. Salary?

    I'm in a very rural area of NY. I'm fortunate to work in one of the two districts around here that put the nurses in the teachers' union and follow that pay scale. I don't remember the starting pay,...
  13. Experience for School Nurses

    I didn't have ER experience (in fact, only 1 of the 6 nurses in my district did have it). I worked med/surg for 2 years, then a brief stint in home health care, then wanted to try school nursing so I...
  14. school nurse qualifications

    I'm a little confused - do you mean that you worked for 3 years and then took some time off? How much time? I don't know how it is anywhere else, but around here I think the most important thing...
  15. storing meds when I'm off campus

    I'm only in my office for the morning, then there's no nurse at my school while I go to other schools in the district for the remainder of the day. In my school, my office is locked when I'm not...