Eleven011 replied to it'snotatumor's topic in School
Every student has a health file in my office. There we keep each years Health History form, immunization records, any hearing or vision evals done, doctors notes, etc. I also file away each year...
I don't go on field trips either, I send along the little fanny packs like the other said, filled with first aide supplies. Any meds the kids need also are set up in envelopes and put in the front...
All staff are issued laptops here. Vinyl letters are used to label them with the owners name. So all the teachers, aides, counselors, etc. laptops have their names on them. Guess what mine...
Eleven011 replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School
The first year I was here, my desk was in the middle of the room and the cot behind my desk. I quickly figured out I didn't like it that way! So first chance I got, I rearranged and put the cot...
I few of my med kids (ADHD) have shown me theirs. I don't think they are so plentiful they are causing problems at my school yet. My son showed me a video just the other day and asked if I'd seen...
Eleven011 replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School
He jumped to his death He could no longer live with the fact that he was the most hated bug that ever lived on a precious snowflake. Also, the mean school nurse had earlier taken his wife's life,...
Eleven011 replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School
My oldest son, who is a computer programmer, gave me a trick to creating (and remembering) those horrible passwords that require everything under the sun. Think of a word or phrase from your favorite...
I think it gets better with time. This is my 2nd year and last year was pretty stressful as I didn't get much orientation and never knew "what was around the next corner" so to speak. This year...
I really think that is excessive. An ambulance for a child in NO distress, who *may* have taken an OTC pain med (I'm assuming tylenol/motrin)? I think it would have been parents decision to...
Eleven011 replied to Apples&Oranges's topic in School
I send a note home a few weeks before school ends, letting parents know that I have _______ meds left in the office for Billy. Then I have a space for them to sign to either send the meds home with...
LOL Vienna Sausages where my Favorite lunch to take when I was a kid! I can't count the number of times I cut my finger trying to get that first little bugger out of the can! And I was/am a very...
I try to remind parents that unless a limb is hanging at a 90 degree angle where there isn't a joint, not even a doctor is going to tell you its broken until they do an xray. I usually go the "if it...
It is unseasonably warm here right now, so I hope to soak up the nice weather - or at lease open up the doors while I clean house! Saturday my daughter has a band contest where she will play with...
This year I am sharing my board with the counselor. Its on the wall between our two offices. She has something up right now, but in a few days I'm going to put up my "keep calm and countdown to...
Eleven011 replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School
I work in a PreK - 12 school so I have all ages. I greatly prefer the younger ones to high school. My older kids here don't want ice packs or crackers or any of that jazz. They know what they...
Sorry that the current nurse has made it seem like having your child at your school is a drawback. Hard for me to understand as I bet 80% of our staff have or have had kids going to our school. I...