Just needed to vent to someone today. It is hard being the only "Medical" minded employee in a school. I am happy with my job so please don't take me wrong but.................I am so tired of the non-medical stuff that I am about to blow a gasket....
Our school has a policy that OTC meds can be given if the parent provides them and if they have signe the Administration of meds form upon enrollment of that child. Otherwise,,no, they don't get anything from the health office.
:bugeyes:I had an incident this week that woke us all up to an intersting fact!! Just wondering if anyone else has ever had this to happen. A 5th grade student came in around 9:00 with a bad headache (her mom works here at the school and told me to g...
:nuke: The teachers here in our elementary school add things like bandaids, hand sanitizer, kleenex etc to the school supply list at the start of a new school year. This helps out a lot. Even though not all parents donate items to the health offic...
Hi, I just keep a daily log, I use a generic sheet and fill in the blanks. I keep them divided by the month in a notebook on my shelf. I am alone in the office so there are days that it piles up on me and I get behind, but I try to document every li...
I would also like to know if this works better! I have had to use old homemade ones for certain diagnosed chronic illnesses. Would love to hear how other school nurses get the appropriate care plans. thank you:banghead:
Wow, you did have a really bad day!! So sorry that it turned out that way. I do understand how we as the medical professional feel isolated in the school system. I just finally had to get used to it and suck it up!! I go to work each day and do my j...
Believe it or not....I was a welder!!!! Dirty job!!! all that smoke and once i caught the hem of my jeans on fire.......think nursing is a safer option for me!!!
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Ok! I had one today that I just have to share with you guys. A second grade girl came in and said her teacher sent her to call her mom. I asked her why and she told me it was because her panites were bothering her!! Well, because of past dealings w...
ugh..this one about had me gagging!! here is goes.. I had a first grader come in telling me he felt like he was gonna "fro up" so I asked him if he had eaten that morning and his reply was "yep, my sister made me eat a booger at the bus stop!" I had ...
GRAMMYTAB replied to Keepstanding's topic in School
My biggest pet peeve is the student who shows up with a papercut and it isn't even bleeding but the teacher sent them anyway...I did slow this down a bit by responding with a box of bandaids sent back with the student for the teacher to apply to the ...
I had worked in home health, the hospital, and then several years for an internist/pediatrician. You should have a couple of years experience under your belt because you truly are on your own in the school nurse setting. I cam in and had to put this...