mattfd37

mattfd37 has 5 years experience.

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1. Non-compliance procedure

   mattfd37 replied to mattfd37's topic in School

   Yea it's with the Influenza shot I believe. All letters to parents have to be approved by the BOE!

2. Non-compliance procedure

   mattfd37 posted a topic in School

   So we just got SNAP (had Health Master) and we are doing immunizations and are finding non-compliance in a lot of students all over the District. The Supervisor would like us to call to MD's office...

3. How do your students address you?

   mattfd37 replied to River Song, RN's topic in School

   Nurse

4. Puberty class

   mattfd37 replied to Amethya's topic in School

   You do the males? In all 6 of our ES's, the 5th grade male teachers do it. I'm used as a backup only because they've been doing it for years. We use the pgprogram as well. The videos are pretty good...

5. Do you ever say "no" to an inhaler request?

   mattfd37 replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

   Absolutely! We have kids that come in and say they need their inhaler and when asked why "I just think I need it". If their lungs are clear in all fields, they sit with water and are rechecked after a...

6. Head Injuries

   mattfd37 posted a topic in School

   Just curious if you guys have policies/procedures for teachers/staff to follow when a child has a possible head injury. I had a call where the child fell on the play scape and couldn't move. I got...

7. Do you wear scrubs?

   mattfd37 replied to Jacquipals's topic in School

   I wear scrub pants and a navy blue t-shirt with RN/Caduceus on the chest and NURSE on the back. Sometimes I'll wear scrub

8. Facial Drooping in Adolescent

   mattfd37 replied to Tencat25's topic in School

   This happened to me 2 months ago while at school, it was Bells. I waited til school was over and went to ER and got tons of Prednisone for 10 days. As far as EMS, we would just take vitals and drop...

9. How many students?

   mattfd37 replied to villageRN's topic in School

   I float, but the HS has 2LPN and 1RN for 2000+, 2 MS's have 1LPN and 1 RN with 800+ and the other 8 ES have 1 RN except for one that has 800 kids which has 2 RN's. Only RN's can have their own school...

10. BOE Misfits

    mattfd37 posted a topic in School

    So we are under the BOE, which means someone on the Board has to oversee us. Traditionally, no member wants us, BUT it went to the Head of Special Ed. As we all know, every Board member is uniquely...

11. Anyone work in two different buildings?

    mattfd37 replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I'm the float for the District, so I travel to all 13 schools. I'll start at the middle schools and work my way to a smaller school if

12. Calling EMS

    mattfd37 replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    Unless you have a 12 lead, IV's and a lab, how can you be 100% sure of what you have? EMS has some of those tools, but even we err the side of caution and transport the patient. Yes, we might roll our...

13. What do you wear to work as a school nurse?

    mattfd37 replied to verdeacres's topic in School

    I wear scrub bottoms and Navy colored t-shirt with RN on left chest and NURSE along the back that I made at customink.com (3 for $100!!!) rip off but they should last for a while. Other nurses in this...

14. What computer program do you use?

    mattfd37 replied to mattfd37's topic in School

    Thanks for your input! It's interesting how many programs are out there. Now rumor has it we are going to SNAP, and by looking of the responses might be the way to go. I hope it can integrate with...

15. What computer program do you use?

    mattfd37 posted a topic in School

    Our District uses Health Office 5.7 which is seems soooooo archaic. It has some potential, but also has it's limitations. We also don't use it 100% of the time. Many nurses continue to write on paper...