lifelearningrn BSN, RN

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    Lord- Coronavirus drama

    lifelearningrn replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    It's really not complicated at all. Hard hard is it for the teacher to let someone know she needs her sanitizer
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    Lord- Coronavirus drama

    lifelearningrn replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    OMG THIS
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    C'Mon Now!

    lifelearningrn replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Yesterday I had a fifth grade student who was absent the day before come to see me because she had a burning rash on her arms and a couple spots on her legs. She pushed up her sleeves and she had...
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    Gabriel Fernandez Docu-Series on Netflix

    lifelearningrn replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    This was my thought too. At one point he'd missed 13 days, and when he returned he looked like he'd been tied to the back of a truck and dragged down the street. At that point, as a NURSE I'd have...
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    Gabriel Fernandez Docu-Series on Netflix

    lifelearningrn replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    I watched this over the weekend and it was disturbing to the core. The teacher made multiple phone calls to CPS. At one point, a CPS working blamed the teacher, saying something along the lines of,...
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    Face masks

    lifelearningrn replied to SchoolNurse91's topic in School

    I think most people who come to work sick, don't do it because they don't want to waste their PTO. It's usually because there are unwritten rules that people show up to work no matter how much...
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    Parent Pick-Up of Sick Kiddo

    lifelearningrn replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    Its been stated over and over on this thread that communication is the key. We don't send kids home unless they are SICK (fever, explosive diarrhea, copious vomiting, FLS, etc.) There should always...
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    Coronavirus and Schools

    lifelearningrn replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    The Plague by Albert Camus (this was written in the 1940s and was assigned as extra credit by my Microbiology professor. It's what kicked off my fascination with epidemics and pandemics). The...
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    Parent Pick-Up of Sick Kiddo

    lifelearningrn replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    There are always times when the best plans fail. The only time that bothers me is if the situation is a true emergency (broken bone, asthma attack, 104 and rising temp). The office not checking your...
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    Coronavirus and Schools

    lifelearningrn replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    The president held a press conference last night and the night before. Two days ago, someone from the CDC stated all families should
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    Coronavirus and Schools

    lifelearningrn replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    YES! I thought that the timing was incredible. The show was very
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    "Can you do something about this?"

    lifelearningrn replied to Mavnurse17's topic in School

    My first couple of years I dealt with all of these issues in one form or another. My helmet kid was a hemophiliac and the doctor's DID not recommend the helmet (bicycle), but mom insisted he wear it...
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    Parent Pick-Up of Sick Kiddo

    lifelearningrn replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    I feel quite blessed to have had friendly, helpful neighbors when my boys were in elementary school, who could pick up the kids and keep them for until one of us could get home (work commute sometimes...
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    Coronavirus and Schools

    lifelearningrn replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    Full Disclosure- I am a fan of apocalyptic fiction, and have read a lot of novels/series' based on deadly pandemics. I also enjoy studying the history of past pandemics, such at the black plague,...
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    Parent Pick-Up of Sick Kiddo

    lifelearningrn replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    The role of parent doesn't pause from 0730-1500. Sick children belong at HOME, not at school. Nurses aren't in schools to take care of children with acute, contagious illnesses so their parents can...
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    Parent Pick-Up of Sick Kiddo

    lifelearningrn replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    It really depends on the parent. I have some that are here within 5 minutes and others that will say, "I'm on my way" and never show up until dismissal. I've had some that can't even be
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    Do you ever meet with parent lawyer?

    lifelearningrn replied to seedanurse's topic in School

    I had a lawyer call and ask me (as well as our registrar) to speak with her over the phone. We both declined, citing privacy issues. We were both served subpoenas to show up in court a couple days...
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    Attendance Overboard

    lifelearningrn replied to ChristmasNurse's topic in School

    Yes, we do. When I told a parent the 'fever free for 24 hour' rule, my administrator (at the time) told me that "why would you tell them that, parents will keep them home for a week!", I told her it...
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    Attendance Overboard

    lifelearningrn replied to ChristmasNurse's topic in School

    In Texas, funding is lost for every absence, even if it's excused for medical reasons. Those funds are usually in the tens to hundreds of thousand dollars a school year, depending on the average daily...
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    CBD Administration in School? Policy?

    lifelearningrn replied to SchoolNurse91's topic in School

    CBD is legal in my state too. We don't give ANY medication without a doctor's order and a pharmacy label, so unless Walgreen's or other licensed pharmacies are filling CBD prescriptions, it would be a...
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    CBD Administration in School? Policy?

    lifelearningrn replied to SchoolNurse91's topic in School

    Is there any evidenced based, peer reviewed research to back the use of CBD? I would consider CBD 'alternative' medicine and would be very reluctant to use it without a clear rationale from the...
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    Chronic Head Lice

    lifelearningrn replied to Purple036's topic in School

    CPS rarely investigates for chronic lice infestations, unless there is medical neglect along with it (open sores from scratching, infection going untreated, etc.) There usually has to be other signs...
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    Nosebleeds

    lifelearningrn replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    You have a hundred and three students, the nurse has, what, 1000+? I agree a profusely bleeding nose is emergency enough to send the child to the clinic. However, every teacher should know basic first...
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    Blood Disorder and Severe Bruising

    lifelearningrn posted a topic in School

    Have any of you ever had a child with a bleeding disorder come to school with constant new bruises to the face, arms, legs, etc.? If so, how did you handle
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    sending sick children home

    lifelearningrn replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    Ha! My first month as a school nurse, the admin overheard me telling a parent that the child needed to be fever free without meds for 24 hours before returning to school... She pulled me aside as...