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I am only a second year school nurse so bear with me. I would write an incident report to protect myself if she continued to refuse to seek care. We can't make anyone go to the doctor/ER against their will. All we can do is advise. Now, if she be...

I have not been told that I have to do home visits but I am aware that I can do them if I see a need.

I just want to scream when I think about how many screenings I have yet to do. I am in a very large school and do not have an adequate place to do hearing. I have 1200 elem. students PK-6th. Last year I had screeners come in and do most of the scr...

I start out the year with a lot of donated clothes. As the year goes on, my clothing supply dwindles since some students parents do not return them. This year, I am sending home a large plastic Ziplock bag with a letter inside suggesting that paren...

What would you like your clinic to be like if you could choose any design features you wanted. Need some ideas before this Monday. My school is being rebuilt and my principal wants my input into the clinic. I have no idea the square footage or anyt...

Thanks everyone for all the helpful ideas. I met with the building planner. It's going to be good. I will have a separate storage closet, a large testing room with acoustics, a sink in the clinic and a full bathroom. It will be located across the...

For a whole year I visited this site and read the dialogues and benefited from what was posted. I didn't join the forum until a few days ago. I feel really bad that I just read and didn't bother to share. I just noticed that there are over 3,000 n...

Looking for someone out there who receives The Journal of School Nursing that may have these articles. I am not yet a member but I need to be. Thank you bergren.

It's ok if you don't know what you are doing cause that's what the forum is for. You could start a thread by asking a question. Most questions are the same questions that we all have. I am glad you responded.

I am still hoping that someone will respond and give me some input.

I'm waiting to see if anyone else will respond

Before you take the position, check and see what the student to teacher ratio is and how much the teachers help with all those diaper changes. In my school, I have a Life Skills class that has 4 students. They all wear diapers and most have to be l...

You did absolutely the right thing. Try to put it out of your mind.

I ask lots of questions about where the child goes, who the child spends the night with, who they may share clothing items. And someone mentioned to me that they had the hardest time with reoccurance until they treated the car area where the child u...

I put one pair of gloves, wipes, bandaides, safety pins, tooth keepers, pupil referral slips, and this year I included some peppermints.

The Special Ed class the child belongs to. If the teacher's assistant is out for the day, they call me to change the female student because the teacher is male. If I had to do that everyday I would be miserable. They are hard to change.

That is a very long drive everyday but you could try listening to a book CD or some educational CD. I use my drive time for worshiping God. Some of it's quite time/prayer time and some is worship music. I also catch up on news through NPR. I call ...

For me, it's parents sending kids to school sick. And parents who don't even own a thermometer but they know their child had a fever because they checked it with the palm of their hand or a kiss on the forehead.

Anyone who is a school nurse may want to seriously consider mal-practice insurance. I think we are at more risk of being sued than I ever felt as a hospital nurse. I had let my mal practice insurance lapse but I think I will feel better having it b...

I am brand new on the forum although I have been following it for over a year and it has been so helpful knowing there are other school nurses out there with daily struggles. I am a second year school nurse for a large elementary school in Dallas, T...

Here in Dallas, we had a few weeks of large numbers out with Flu like Symptoms but it has slowed down to almost nothing right now. I am thinking, but hoping not, that this may be the calm before the storm. I have been doing a lot of praying on the ...

In my school, each teacher has the students bring a large bottle of hand sanitizer at the beginning of the year. I noticed the teachers standing outside the bathroom at bathroom break holding a bottle of hand sanitizer and giving a squirt to each ch...

One place that I learned a great deal is from Nursing Perspectives. Just Google Nursing Perspectives. It is written by a school nurse and I found it to be extremely helpful.

I am a Dallas nurse working for Dallas ISD. If you are employed with Dallas ISD, they have a 3 year training program and a preceptor that visits you weekly and as needed. What is your greatest concern about being a school nurse?