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OK guys! I need some help form the veteran school nurses. The majority of my kids that come in are complaining of a tummy ache. My rule is: If you vomit, I have to see it. If you flush, it doesn't count! I can tell the sick ones from the fakers. What...

I am a registered nurse, and someday would LOVE to become a flight nurse. Where do you even begin to make that happen? I am sure there is more schooling, but what all does it intell?

OK...I am not trying to sound whiny...but OMG! If I see one more kid sent to me for NOTHING I am going to scream! lol I think teachers sometimes think that school nurses have no other responsiblities than to apply bandaids and handout ice packs! Why ...

Yes! Mine is located by our front doors. We also have on in the gym.

Ok fellow nurses, I need you to help me out! My brother is 19 and very healthy male. Not overweight, doesn't drink or smoke. He does dip, though. Back in February, he had episodes of blurred vision, headaches, chest pains, and high blood pressure. He...

Ok fellow nurses, I need you to help me out! My brother is 19 and very healthy male. Not overweight, doesn't drink or smoke. He does dip, though. Back in February, he had episodes of blurred vision, headaches, chest pains, and high blood pressure. He...

Ok school nurses! I need some creative thinking here. I have a 1st grader that was known for coming into the clinic all the time last year (I wasn't here then). Tummy aches, sore throat, stuffy nose, vomiting... The school nurse last year told her to...

POOR THING!!! It would be so hard for me not to have a talking to with kids!!!!!!!

LOVE IT!!!!! Kids are so funny, but so right sometimes! When you ask what's wrong you better prepare yourself to hear anything from my ear hurts to "I duked my pants!" :rotfl:

Oh this breaks my heart! It sickens me when I see bullying, and I may overstep my boundaries...but if I walk by and kids are teasing and the teacher is saying nothing, I step in! My special ed and special needs kids are like my babies! For the most p...

I like the teeth one! And the yogurt one! Great suggestions! I have been sending her back to class everytime. I don't call mom with her in here. I don't want her to think that everytime she vomits I am going to call mom. We will see! :)

24 for me!!!!!!! YYYYYAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

All school year long I have been asked to give girls that think they are pregnant, a pregnancy test. I have said from the get go, "absolutely NOT"! I always tell the girl to talk to her mother. I am not sure if this is right, but I refuse to test the...

I COMPLETELY AGREE! I have 3 kids of my own. I try to put myself in the shoes of the parent as well as my shoes. If I even think for a second that this may come back and bite me in the rear, I refuse. I treat all of these kids like they are mine. I a...

I knew you all would back me! It is really a shock when they even ask me to do such a thing. I even had a teacher ask me to explain the abortion process to an 8th grader that was going for one on that Saturday. Ummmmmm>>>NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO...

I have SEVERAL of those!!! lol I refuse to give one teacher anymore health referral slips...I told him he was wasting them! HA! I said the kids he sends to me do not need anything to go home to parents! I was hoping he would catch the drift of him se...

How do you all do your spinal screenings? In the gym, all at one time? My high school principal says that I can either do them during athletics or during a elective class. I can't pull them out of a core class. I want to get this done as soon and qui...

OK. I get a call to come down to middle school to check a boy's head that they think has lice. So when I get down there, he is sitting on the bench holding something in the palm of his hand. I ask him what that is, and he says that he got it out of h...

I was needing some input from all you school nurses. This is my first year, so I learn everyday. I was wanting more information about SHAC (school health advisory council). I know there has to be four meetings a year and 51% of those member have be n...

I want to have an anonymous survey for 7th-12th grades. Appropriate for the ages of course. I want to do a survey about STDs. I want to know if they are sexually active, having unprotected sex...etc. Help me think of some survey questions PLEASE!!!! ...

I have been asked to zip a 5th graders pants!!! The teacher sent them to me TWICE in the same day. Really???!!!

Ok, I need some help. My elem. principal is wanting me to talk to the 5th grade classes on personal hygiene. Do any of you have any advice or suggestions. Have any of you ever done anything like this?

What is everyone doing for Red Ribbon Week?

Can any of you give me tips on how to get these kids all caught up on immunizations?? I have sent out a letter. I am sending another tomorrow (if I get the ok from the superintindent) that is a little more stern! LOL Also, any advice on your SHACs wo...

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