I had a teacher at the beginning of the year call me in a panic because as she was showing a new aide how to use the epi pen one of her students kept in the classroom, and she accidentally injected...
Here in the dakotas it takes ALOT to call school off. Basically a full blown, can't see your hand in front of your face blizzard before its called off. Plenty of 2 hour late starts to let the plows...
I almost always get lunch, but don't get any type of planning period. I guess school is dismissed at 3:20/3:26 and I stay until 4, so I get a bit of time without
I see 15-25 usually, up to 40 on a full moon day. I also have 20 daily medications and one diabetic. That's not including the masses that come in for hats/gloves/snowpants/boots on a daily basis...
Eleven011 replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School
I feel very lucky after reading this thread! We have two full time counselors - one elementary and one jr/high school. They are awesome and handle many of the emotional issues. The most I do is...
I visit the NASN website often and get a daily digest of their forums where they talk about some very interesting topics. I also visit my state chapter, but they are much less active. Also the...
Eleven011 replied to Supernrse01's topic in School
I will have kids come in from recess in snowpants/boots/coats/hats/gloves and cheeks as red as apples asking for icepacks from falling down and getting a random bump! Umm..your as cold as your gonna...
I do a combination. I chart visits on a google docs sheet on the computer, but chart medications on paper. Health screenings are inputted into our schools computer software program. I am hoping...
I was just looking around at nurse.com and seen they had some you could take, in fact there were 66 listed under school nurse! I have never used them before though, so you might want to check it out...
Eleven011 replied to HumbleRN35's topic in Home Health
I work in the school system, so I have summer's off and I do HH prn. I worked for them for 8 years prior, so I am comfortable doing prn now. My Home Health agency is a little different than most (...
Happy Sunday to you! You've wandered into the School Nurse forum as many do. Please check with the student nurses forum - they will have much better advice for
Eleven011 replied to cdgoldilocks's topic in School
Welcome to our corner of the world :) I'm fairly new too, just started this august, so I'm learning stuff every day. It's quiet in here on the weekends, but stop back in on Monday and it'll get...