Maine17

Maine17 has 29 years experience and specializes in Community Health,Pediatric, School nursi.

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1. Help with hand hygiene

   Maine17 replied to Guest219794's topic in School

   We actually has an incident 2 years ago when a K+ student drank some instant sanitizer-fortunately it was only a small amount. After checking with Poison Control (and notifying parents), we just monitored the student all morning. I agree with the p...

2. All School Nurses

   Maine17 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   Hi! I am in southern Maine. I started out working at Children's in Boston, lots of VNA and now 14 years of school nursing. Two years ago I moved from elementary to middle school. I am lucky to be able to work fulltime in one school with 550 stude...

3. Sharing students' medical info with teachers

   Maine17 replied to lcprnc's topic in School

   We have no audit ability or any way to know who is looking at our logs. The rationale the district uses to allow our logs to be read by the principal/secretary is that the principal needs to be aware of what is going on in their school, esp. if ther...

4. Sharing students' medical info with teachers

   Maine17 replied to lcprnc's topic in School

   This is kind of a followup question -something that has been bothering me. My school district (and many others) use a medical record system where the nurses log in each student visit. My concern is this system allows the principal, his secretary an...

5. 2000+ suspected cases on college campus...

   Maine17 replied to ONCRN84's topic in COVID

   I am a school nurse in Maine-550 middle school kids. School nurses across the country have been told to use fever as the primary symptom (for H1N1 screening), usually with cough, sore throat etc. The directive comes from the CDC-repeated attempts t...

6. Swine Flu in Australia/New Zealand

   Maine17 replied to indigo girl's topic in COVID

   The rapidly evolving situation in Australia is pretty amazing.

7. H1N1 Vaccine in October, IF all goes well.(that is a big IF)

   Maine17 replied to oramar's topic in COVID

   Thanks Indigo Girl for clarifying that info. It seems that we probably will have no choice but to go with adjuvants due to the need to make as much vaccine as possible (assuming the virus does not mutate). Wonder if this is something that the US sh...

8. How many out there actually are prepared?

   Maine17 posted a topic in COVID

   First I would like to thank Indigo Girl for the incredible amount of factual info that she has gathered and posted regarding influenza. Awesome job! The more I read about bird flu/swine flu, the more convinced I become that we are overdue for a worl...

9. H1N1 Vaccine in October, IF all goes well.(that is a big IF)

   Maine17 replied to oramar's topic in COVID

   I read the link about adjuvants, but it did not state why the FDA has not approved the use of adjuvants with the influenza vaccines in the past. Does anyone know why?

10. How many days until you're out ??

    Maine17 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Maine gets out June 17th. Cant wait for summer.

11. Field Trip!!

    Maine17 replied to pugmomrn's topic in School

    I am very lucky to be in a district that has a nurse in every building every day. I cant imagine having to be responsible for more than the 530 students I already have. God love all you nurses running from building to building!

12. New 504 eligibility regulations-anyone overwhelmed?

    Maine17 replied to Maine17's topic in School

    The 504 eligibility requirements have become so broad that almost anyone who has a health problem will now be eligible for 504 protection. The emphasis will switch from eligibility to the need for accommodations. Each nurse will need to look at her...

13. New 504 eligibility regulations-anyone overwhelmed?

    Maine17 posted a topic in School

    Has anyone out there started to look at what the new 504 eligibility regs will mean as far as volume of paperwork?

14. What is your head lice policy?

    Maine17 replied to cowgirlBSN's topic in School

    I agree completely with Artistyc1-we do the same thing. Cowgirl-Part of your job is not only educating your students/staff, but your administration also. Send them copies of what AMA, NASN, Harvard School of Public Health etc. all say about No nit ...

15. Teacher injury

    Maine17 replied to Rosie67's topic in School

    I guess I am not clear about "providing treatment to staff" aspect. If a teacher asks for Tylenol/Ibuprofen because their back is sore, would you say that you are 'treating' that teacher? If a teacher comes into my office and asks for some ice or a...