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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The rapidly evolving situation in Australia is pretty amazing.

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...

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...

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?

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

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!

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...

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 ...

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...

Great idea-I think I will try that!

I agree with the last two posts. Students come first, but I am happy to assist a staff member if I can. The nursing role in a school is usually an individual position-the nurse needs to build her own 'team' within her school. Every encounter with ...

I think that any school that are using lay people (including nonlicensed nursing students) to assess student health problems runs a significant liability risk. I would recommend that if a nurse is not available, parents make the final decision on th...

I just read Purple Scrubs reply. She is right-if there is any drainage, then send her home and to the doc.

If the student was at the elementary level and had those sx, I would send them home. At the high school level, hopefully they know enough to wash their hands if they touch their eyes(???). If dad is planning on taking the student to physician after...

I agree with you regarding the student just coming in to the HR for a nap-not an appropriate use of the Nurses Room. What would happen if you had to leave the nurses office to go to a student who had fallen/had a seizure etc? Who would watch that s...

Nurses just by their training/experience know how to prioritize. If a nurse has dependents (young children, elderly) at home who need care (and spouse cannot provide), then the nurse will most likely stay with his/her family, otherwise I believe most...

Hippy.... If you left patients during a crises-it would be called "abandoning" and I believe you would lose your license.

Many of the school nurses in my state have been expressing concern that students that have been sent home ill from school with symptoms that could possibly be swine flu are not being seen by their physicians and not staying out for 7 days. The resul...

If you are providing home care service to Medicare patients (for whatever company) who you KNOW are not homebound, then YOU are participating in fraud. Get out now and report them.