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    Field Trip PRN Medication Delegation (Texas)

    I could be wrong, but in California we can delegate inhalers, at least where I work. Now, the RN is in charge of training and doing the Care Plan and Emergency Plan on what to look for. There...
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    That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    I didn't wear pink but it was pink adjacent. It was so busy this week that I'm exhausted and still have two more
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    School Nurse Preliminary Credential California

    Sorry for the late reply. You can look at this link specifically https://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/school-nurse-services-credential-(cl-380) I believe you have to create an...
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    School Nurse Preliminary Credential California

    I have to take a look but I believe I emailed mine in but I had to create an account on the CTC site
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    Extreme Emergency Preparedness

    I swear I never knew how much was under the umbrella of school nursing until I started the job. The NASN text book is like over 1200 pages. Not that I'm complaining though, I like to keep...
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    Extreme Emergency Preparedness

    Ooh when I become a member I'm going to see if I can take that class. Thanks for the tip! edit: just looked at the price, and $90 is a little pricey for a short class but if the info is...
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    CSN role vs LPN

    My state has a REALLY good chart about breaking down what a credentialed nurse can do, and what others can do. You can try browsing the database your state
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    School Nurse Services Credential Nurse in California

    I believe so. I have to double check again
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    Extreme Emergency Preparedness

    My state (or maybe district) has CAT tourniquets by every AED. I don't think we've been trained on them though LOL. I did try one and THEY HURT....which is fine since it stops the blood. I...
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    School Nurse - Calling Parents

    This was a tough things when I first started (and still is). Nurses in my district don't always run the health office either so we can get rusty. One of my schools wants to call for everything,...
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    California School Nurses - vaccination record question

    I do worry for people in states with less strict vaccine requirement. The CDC now is starting to study the link between vaccines and autism (which there is none) which will just fuel the antivax...
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    California School Nurses - vaccination record question

    Hmm I wonder if that influenced their decision to move. We've had parents get super angry about vaccination requirements, even with education about why it's so important for the health of their kid...
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    What to have nursing students do?

    I found out I'll be having a BSN student for the first time next month, and I'm wondering what I may show them to help them learn. Most students stay with their school nurse for 12 weeks but I will...
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    What to have nursing students do?

    Thanks all! I'll only have for a couple weeks so maybe not enough time to do a presentation but maybe a poster, but they do have a lot of projects this semester. I actually haven't made a poster as a...
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    Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome?

    This reminds me of kids during fire or earthquake drills. The alarms can overload them and they start vomiting. During planned drills they can prepare for it by using noise-cancelling headphones, but...
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    California School Nurses - vaccination record question

    Hmm yeah the only exemptions that are allowed are medical, no religious or personal ones. My districts gets many students from other countries who have different records or different...
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    These Parents...

    I haven't had too many parents on either end of the extreme just yet but it will happen. I feel like parents of kids with diabetes are either super attentive and reasonable or the complete...
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    High school nurse fears losing skills

    Picking up per diem may help. Especially anything IV related like infusion nursing, since school RNs don't deal with IVs. I would also ask if there are other schools in your area you can work on,...
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    Pregnant Students

    Does your district have a Teen Parent Program? Many in my area do and usually there is an RN or two assigned who have
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    Conference Presentation

    All are interesting, though with the current political climate I feel like the last one or maybe the second option are most
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    Considering a school nurse position

    Some of the districts near me use agency staff as sub nurses who are basically per diem. It lets both the nurse try out how they like it and the districts as well. The role of the sub nurse tends to...
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    C'Mon Now!

    Ooh thanks for this it's a really thorough resource! I may have to save it in case the site is ever lost. Learning how to use an otoscope is pretty neat since it's so different than what we learn...
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    C'Mon Now!

    Speaking of otoscopes, we're supposed to be getting some but I realized....I never learned how to use one. A lot of nursing schools never covered it either so many of us don't know. I'll...
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    Appropriate assignment/caseload

    In districts I know of, agency stuff does the 1:1 but the office nurse (if there is an LPN or LVN) or the RN covers during short staffing. The understanding is they can not do anything else at all...
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    PEARS vs PALS vs BLS

    This is now making me wonder if I should just take the class on my own to be better prepared, or at least buy the textbook. The class is like $200 near me but the book is only $40. What...