SchoolNurseBSN

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  1. Just a little laugh for ya!

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    A teacher broght a student because she had a really bad bloody knee! Yep, red marker!!! Seriously? I didn't know it took a nursing degree to tell the

  2. Am i burned out?

    SchoolNurseBSN posted a topic in School

    Is it me or are children today getting whinier and whinier? I am just astounded at the missed class time for paper cuts and tiny drops of spilled white milk on a white shirt! Kids get upset when I...

  3. Tummy Ache ideas??!?!?

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to blackscrubs's topic in School

    I always do a medical referral after 3-4 visits for the same complaint. I also speak with the teacher and get the counselor involved. I agree that many of these kids do have psychosocial problems and...

  4. Communication PLEASSEEE!

    SchoolNurseBSN posted a topic in School

    Sorry! This is a plain ole VENT! I had a Pre K kid come down with no note, no pass, nada! Can't tell me his name, his teacher's name.....just looks at me and holds up a long gauze dressing. I look and...

  5. Communication PLEASSEEE!

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to SchoolNurseBSN's topic in School

    My biggest fear is that i will have to call 911 on a kid and I will not even know his name. I have had nightmares about

  6. New job, really need advice:)

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to beccanurse's topic in School

    Just my 2 cents. When I am in the middle of a "school nurse dilemma" I ask myself this question - How would i handle this situation if I still worked on the floor of a hospital. That being said. If i...

  7. New School Year Resolutions

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    Purple Scrubs - stealing this one from you, it's a good one! - 1. Try to be less jaded with the frequent fliers and assume that there really is something bothering them, be it physical, emotional, or...

  8. New job, really need advice:)

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to beccanurse's topic in School

    Sounds like they want a 2 for 1 special to save money! Nurse to 800 kids IS a full time job. 6 diabetics ALONE will take up a lot of your time. Do you have an aide trained to cover for you in the...

  9. How do you respectfully tell a teacher ENOUGH ALREADY!

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to tictac's topic in School

    I definately agree, I always talk to the teacher first. At the beginning of the year, I give all of my teachers a list of what is appropriate to send to the clinic and what is not. Attached is a...

  10. Last week

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    Best of luck and YOU WILL BE really

  11. My district has gone from 14 nurses to 3.5 in 5 years

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to geocachingRN's topic in School

    The phrase that frightens me most is "and the job description hasn't changed in that time." It is IMPOSSIBLE for 1 nurse to do the same work as 14. Why don't we go ahead and have just 1 math teacher...

  12. Scabies? Letter to all students or not?

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to lissaq10's topic in School

    Ditto. 2-3 cases is not an OUTBREAK in my book. Sending letters home tends to throw everyone in panic mode, which is just

  13. Training non-nurses for shot records

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    I would just hate to hear the backlash of trying to bring students up to compliance. "But that other 'nurse' said everything was fine." I just feel that the more we delegate to non-medical staff, the...

  14. New to board and seeking guidance

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to Xatiayn's topic in School

    The daycare is a separate entity from you, your school district, and the teacher. I believe any health communication and planning for this student should be between the day care facility and the...

  15. It's Official!!

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    CONGRATULATIONS!

  16. Heartbroken

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    I see a lot of lack of supervision by AND a lot of bullying between the adults in campus' I have been to. What can we expect, when we set such bad examples

  17. It's that time again!

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    23 BABY!!!!!!!! I love May so much..........I am just doing clinic traffic mostly. Screenings done, immunizations done, referral follow up almost

  18. districts cut RNs

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to katynurs22's topic in School

    I agree, if you work around kids daily......you should be CPR / first aid trained. I at least, give everybody in my buiding a brief overview of the AED - how it works, where it is located, etc. When I...

  19. districts cut RNs

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to katynurs22's topic in School

    I am assuming you are requiring your aides to be CPR / first aid trained. Not the case in the district that I posted my response about! I certainly did not mean to step on your

  20. no no no and more no!

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to rdsxfnrn's topic in School

    If I had a dollar for every student who brought me a bag of meds, unlabeled with not even a parent note this time of year OR yelled at me for not providing their child medicine.....wow, I would be...

  21. districts cut RNs

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to katynurs22's topic in School

    Wow, task trained in an independent setting. It just blows me away. I think of the days that I have had to use every bit of my nursing education and critical thinking schools to figure out a plan for...

  22. Pregnancy Test????

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to blackscrubs's topic in School

    I know that we are advocates for our students and should be available to give medical information.......However, there is a VERY FINE LINE. We are not these kids parents! Parents have a right to...

  23. Testing Madness

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    Good one for you! Just had a kid finish his test a few minutes ago. Turns out, he has had a rash on his neck since Sunday but he just now got sent to me because they were prepping on Monday and...

  24. Testing Madness

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    My district freaks if a kid is excluded on test day. Right after attendance is taken, they start calling kids who are absent. I have had kids with 103.0 fever or chicken pox that they wanted to come...

  25. Pregnancy Test????

    SchoolNurseBSN replied to blackscrubs's topic in School

    Unless your district provides the tests AND there is a written policy - JUST SAY NO! I am in elementary school now, but when I was a middle school nurse this came up a lot. Teachers would want to buy...