luvtobote

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I wanted to post an update on how I'm doing. I really took some of your advice to heart and so far, so good. my lunch is scheduled around meds and conveniently enough is from 12-12:30. I posted a sign on my door that says "Feeding Time To Prevent Nurse From Getting Grumpy" and the time closed. The kids actually read it and I hear them laughing...seems to soften them up a bit. I closed for the last hour of the day and for the most part, it is honored. When kids come down (you know they are still trying) I ask who sent them and return them right to class unless it is an emergency. there are a few teachers who are still sending kids down and when/if it becomes a pattern I will send them a friendly reminder to keep kids in the classroom Certainly they can let them put their heads down for a few minutes if they dont feel well. I also turn my lights out and put a sign on the door then too. I am in a fishbowl so everyone can see in-lights out don't seem as inviting. All in all it is working and I thank you for your help!

I've been doing this now for 4yrs and was a sub while still in the hospital for a few yrs before that-it helped. I had 5yrs SICU and 10yrs ER experience then went to School Nursing. Quite the jump but my ER experience was the best to prep me for this job. It is an urban community and very poor so often I am their only medical resource until I can talk them into further evaluations. The Emergency Dept. is a great place to gain assessment skills and really feel comfortable with who you are as a nurse. as another poster said, you need to advocate for your students, staff and families-sometimes between them as well and the ED helped me get there. Good luck!

Hi everyone! I am new to the board and relatively new to SN. Last year my supervisor (an RN) told me I should keep "office hours" and close the office to regular visits daily. This would allow me to catch up on paperwork, phone calls needing privacy and especially CPS reports. I see an average of 50 kids a day in a busy urban school district. I didn't do this last year thinking I was making myself more accessible. That I was-to students and staff. I ended up staying late in the day to get the pwork and private phone calls done and it was becoming a bit stressful by June. My lunches were a stab in the dark, unchanged from my hospital days, I might add. What do you seasoned school nurses do? Thanks for any advice!