We do Halloween here, but it was celebrated Friday in conjunction with our end of the 1st quarter rewards party, had movies, class parties, kids got to dress up in costumes (staff too - our floor were...
A dr. appt or event a couple months out, I usually don't have a problem with. I have two subs and both are willing to pick up those kind of days and then will schedule their lives around it. But...
It's Red ribbon week here too. Only today is "yellow shirt and sunglasses" day?? Friday we are supposed to wear red. Only Friday is our Halloween fun day, and my floor informed me we are dressing...
Eleven011 replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School
Love the new name! I go through Epi Pens for Schools also. They have all the paperwork you will need and I believe sample policies too. I got the program started at the end of my 1st year here....
What Wine said. It's on me. We get emailed a "weekly activities calendar" that will list all field trips and what time they are leaving. I can also look ahead on the school websites main...
We had a run on mono at the beginning of the year. My high school kids passed it around like candy. Now we are seeing strep and head colds/sinus infections. And of course the dreaded hangnail in...
We don't have any requirements for a PE in elementary, and only need them in HS if they are playing sports, so that doesn't really affect my screenings at all. I screen everyone in K-6th. I screen...
Congrats on the job! Must be fate to have all that work out like it did! I worked in Dialysis for a short time. I too was interested because my youngest had E.Coli causing HUS when he was 4 and...
And generally, we tell nursing students who post in the School Nurse forum by accident, that they should find the right forum. I was just trying to answer her question. To the OP: This is the...
I have "not busy" times and then "down time". When I'm not too busy, I'll file papers, work on inputting screenings, research topics for my newsletter, organize or clean the office. If I have...
I was allowed to update the Health section of our handbook at the end of my first year, and this is what I put in for vomiting: Vomiting: Student who vomit in school (witnessed) will be excluded and...
We have PT Conferences today, so non-teaching staff have a work day. Ya for getting caught up on filing! Everyone is off on Monday, so looking forward to the long
We actually have very full bike racks from kids riding them to school. Also in summer, bikes can outnumber cars on the roads by the city pool. Small town
I don't have much advice since I'm no where near Cali, but we school nurses have our own forum here on AN under the Specialties tab. Come join us and I'm sure someone there can help
Eleven011 replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School
I had our Lion's club come and use their Spot Screener for vision this year. It works great with the little ones. Sorry I can't help with hearing - our SLP's do