geminiwanderlust

Working as the only medical person in a school setting is giving me a case of second guessing myself itis. Every time an emergency happens I question if I did everything right. Today I had a kiddo bust their mouth open—blood everywhere. He ended u...

Sometimes I’m not sure I am cut out for this job. I have been a school nurse for two years now and I am just feeling like maybe I’m not right for this position. I struggle dealing with parents. I’m trying to work on my communication skills but it f...

Zero of my ten years of other nursing experience counted when i became a school nurse. I was started on step zero of the teacher salary scale. I have heard that other nearby districts give 1/2 credit for years experience; I even tried to negotiate w...

My first seven months as a school nurse have been quite an adventure. The first three months, I spent significant time wondering if I had made a huge mistake. At this point, I am feeling slightly better on that front. Today I learned that forever...

I was you six months ago. I even wrote a post with a very similar title. I began in March at my current position with almost zero training and juggling four different schools. Prior to this I was an OB nurse--which was helpful with my puberty talk...

I too am new at this. My only experience was subbing for a large district school--that had tons of guidelines and organization aid in place for one day a week for the start of this school year to getting hired full time by my local district, jugglin...

I've been working as a school nurse for a little over three weeks at my local district. I am juggling four schools. My previous experience is limited--I was a substitute school nurse one day a week for six months at a larger well organized district....

Ok this made me feel a lot better!

Well unfortunately I am not allowed to structure my own days very well. My schedule is set. Monday and Wednesday I spend 1/2 day each at the two boring small schools. Tuesdays I am at the busy school all day. Thurdays I am at a medium school. And Fri...

I am replacing a nurse that had been here for ten years who left in the middle of the school year because she was frustrated at having to juggle four schools after being at one previously. She left things in great shape. All screenings done from wha...

You guys are not alone. I am in Ohio and also in the first funding preference. My GPA is 3.5, I have already completed 1 1/2 years of nursing school. I only have 2 semesters left. My credit is decent. I was also very optimistic until I read this...