kilbylake

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1. Confidential Health Lists

   kilbylake posted a topic in School

   I began working in a new school district that has still been handing out typed Confidential Health Concerns lists to all teachers. My previous district had parents sign a permission form at...

2. 1st person care plans

   kilbylake replied to kilbylake's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   an example would be something like this: my name is jane doe, and i am 85 yrs old. i am diabetic, so please offer me sugar free snacks. my blood sugar tends to drop in the late afternoon, so please...

3. 1st person care plans

   kilbylake posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Has anyone heard of, or use, care plans which are written in the first person? I heard of this through a fellow worker, and thought they sounded great. Very specific, user friendly, brief, and easy...

4. Keep Your Wits Not Your Nits

   kilbylake replied to LucyGoosey's topic in School

   My school district abolished it's no nit policy this year, and I am proud to say that it was largely in part to my investigation and presentation of the facts regarding head lice transmission. The...

5. Thinking about changing major from pharmacy to nursing

   kilbylake replied to nyshmaster's topic in Illinois Nursing

   Drake's program must be tough. A good friend of mine has a son in his first yr there for the pharmacy major and he is switching to nursing also. In fact, I thought maybe this message was from him at...

6. We Are On Strike!

   kilbylake replied to MomNRN's topic in School

   Good Luck to you and all your fellow strikers. I am a school nurse in Sterling, IL and our support staff contract is up this year also, so it will be interesting to see what happens with that. I...

7. Just how many nurses from IL do we have here at allnurses?

   kilbylake replied to jadednurse's topic in Illinois Nursing

   Here too-I am from a small town 2 hours west of Chicago on I

8. Difficult Principal!

   kilbylake replied to lavender's topic in School

   Sounds exactly like my former principal, but I don't think she moved to Texas! Maybe it has something to do with the gender thing, and trying to prove herself. Anyway, you didn't mention if you belong...

9. vision screening and referral

   kilbylake replied to sweens1205's topic in School

   We are fortunate to have a local hospital who supports our vision screening by setting up a program, funded by donations, grants, etc., which will pay for eye exams and glasses through participating...