No, unfortunately there is no hand book that they have to sign. They should have some common sense though! As per my supervisor If the parents refuse to pick up a child with a fever or one who...
I don't usually send kids home unless they are puking or have a fever and of course unless they have some injury that needs to evaluated by an MD. I am a working mother of 4 kids. If the school...
Many times the students dont come back. There are quite a few students that are often kicked out of class for misbehaving and they think that they can hang out in my room. I know because I am on the...
The health department does not allow us to apply any creams, oinments, etc. Therefore I don't keep it in my medical room. Sometimes I have smarty pants students come and ask me for some bacitracin...
I have the same problem! When I first started in my school, I told the principal that I will not any student with out a note from the teacher unless ofcourse it is an emergency. Principal agreed. I...
I have been a school nurse for the past 6 months, and I have come to find that some parents are so irresponsible and ignorant. I have students that come to me with fevers 101, and more sometimes...
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Hi, I just started the orientation for the school nurse position. It seems like there is so much paperwork that needs to be filled out. Any NYC nurses that can tell me what is there day like? how...
I waited a couple of months before they replied. I think that if you find a school that needs a nurse you can have them write a letter to DOH stating that they are interested in you and that should...
Hi everyone, I passed my interview two weeks ago, was offered a job. They told me that in NYC it takes a couple of weeks for someone to get in touch with me to get fingerprinted, a few weeks of...