Chilenurse

Chilenurse has 7 years experience.

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1. Vent !!

   Chilenurse replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   Hi from Frankfurt/Germany same here. This month is pretty bad. I send home between 2-8 kids and for me that is a lot!!! They come sick to School here!! The winter is very ruff this year, so no wonder every body got sick. In January I had to write a ...

2. Nursing Around the World

   Chilenurse replied to schlnrs's topic in School

   Hi I`m writing from Germany and I just saw your request today. You still want some pictures or is it to late now? Just let me know and I would send you some pics me at school. Greetings from Frankfurt and Happy Eastern Monica

3. Need your opinion

   Chilenurse replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   Hi My opinion is, we not doing anything wrong. It is just sometimes (actually mostly of the time) very hard to make the right desicion. Should we or should`nt we sent the child home!! I have K-12. I try to talk to the children first, but some of the...

4. Thursday Staff Doings

   Chilenurse replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   I was surpriced last week to read your thread. I can´t tell much. But in my school K-12 it`s not like that. And if they get sick with sick leave they don´t tell me, teachers have a speciall phonenumber they have to use. We have around 115 teache...

5. Missed a fractured arm?

   Chilenurse replied to jen42's topic in School

   In this 4 years as a School Nurse I had this happen at least 2 times. First time I felt very guilty, but now I know that it is very difficult sometimes by kids to see a fracture right away and even on x-ray sometimes they see it later. The most impo...

6. How would you have handled this?

   Chilenurse replied to radoncrn's topic in School

   I agree to all the others. I never would send a kid home without asking the parents before, special after this kind of happenig. After they now the situation and I would tell them all the risk, then I don`t think they would agree to put them child o...

7. To all School Nurses...

   Chilenurse replied to mygirlarely's topic in School

   I have been an R.N. since 1984 and a school nurse since September 2002. Before I did 5J Surgery/Orthopedic, 6J Emergency room, 1J Heart-clinic, 5J Private Nursing Service. I never worked with Ped. But I can say the experience at the Emergency room h...

8. Substitute School Nurses

   Chilenurse replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   Hi, in my school I`m alone at all. So nobody to help or substitute. 2 years ago I was 4 weeks out (sick leave) because of a operation myself. That time the school ask me to look for somebody, what I did. It was a coleger from my old ...

9. Front page USA Today article

   Chilenurse replied to bergren's topic in School

   Very interesting article. That would be good to translate and pass it to the germans authoroty. Here in Germany we do not have School nurse They just not exist! Just in very few private schools we have RN (or with pediatrician speciality), but with...

10. Frustrations !

    Chilenurse replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Hi, we do not have school nurses in Germany. I`m one, but my school is a private one and some private they do have (not all). But almost all german people does`nt know and are very surpriced when I tell them what I do. Normally the sick or injured c...

11. Frustrations !

    Chilenurse replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Martha, thanks for showing us this very interesting articles(websides). I read some of them. Greetings from Germany

12. School Nurses - "ouch reports"

    Chilenurse replied to BearLV's topic in School

    Send me your email and I can send you my form. Greetings from Germany

13. Procedures

    Chilenurse replied to bergren's topic in School

    Martha, would like to fill this out, but I`m in Germany and I guess it`s not helping you. Greetings from Frankfurt

14. Transporting Students

    Chilenurse replied to lavender's topic in School

    I`m in my second year as a School Nurse and in the beginning I really had the same question. Should I or shouldn`t I take children with my car. After I talked to many poeple I decided not to do it. I don`t want to have all my life a bad councient or...

15. Looking for software for school nurses

    Chilenurse replied to Chilenurse's topic in School

    That was a very good information you gave me. Thanks again. Now I found some companys and I`m in touch with 3. So, hopefully my school will agree to buy some softwork for the school. Greetings from Germany