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Hi everyone, I worked as the camp nurse at an overnight girls' camp last summer. It was a very good experience and they have asked me to come back. I'd like info, if anyone has it, on what optimal camper-nurse ratios are for a camp that's geared to...

Any ideas for good resources, both for the family and the class as a whole? Child is only 3 1/2.....I contacted the school the older sibs attend to see if their social worker would work with me to make a plan for all the kids (we have no mental heal...

We have no guidance dept.....I'm pretty much it.....The parent died last night. The family is out of state for a week for the funeral, etc, so we have some time to figure out our school's response. Thank you for the help and advice.

Thank you both for responding! I asked the arts and crafts director to switch my red sharpie for a black one, as that seems like the easiest way to go this. Really appreciate the help!

I've been a camp nurse for 4 years but this is the first time I've had a camper whose meds are individually packaged (https://www.campmeds.com/). I know some camps require such a thing, but mine doesn't. I have privacy concerns when throwing this k...

Wow, Spidey's Mom: big pat on the back!

In my state (MA) I just call the doctor's office and ask them to fax an Asthma Action Plan over. Then again, I am pretty sure it's a law here, and if it's not a law where you are..... Good luck.

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What a great opportunity to speak with parents! I would talk about --when to keep a child home --handwashing (after my yearly handwashing talk with the kids, I always have teachers tell me they wish their spouse could hear me). If you have/can ge...

I give notes for students to return to class. Says the time they left my office (b/c some of them can walk mighty S...L...O....W) and any f/u the teacher should do/watch out for. I have worked hard to get the kids to know that, aside from emergenci...

I don't have a second job yet, but am looking. I have an interview scheduled for February re being an adjunct professor of pediatric nursing at a small local college for Fall 2014 We'll see .

YES! Any parent who doesn't have a 504 for their child with diabetes should get one!!!!

Preschool student with mild asthma, usually triggered by uri. Mom says she "always knows" when he will need and will send inhaler to school if necessary but she doesn't want to spend $ on getting another one just for school "which he will probably n...

I wish I had input, but this is more of a "me too" post. My school is age 2 through grade 8, and the practice that was in place before I got here was that the preschool has a list up in all classrooms of every preschooler with allergies or asthma. ...

I borrowed this from my library my first year: School Nursing: A Comprehensive Text: Dr Janice Selekman: 9780803614031: Amazon.com: Books It was very helpful! Also, the major children's hospital in my state has a conference called "Summer School for ...

Very good point, Esme!!!!!

We had no strep in my school for over a month, I'd say. Then one preschool kid about three weeks ago came in. It's been really fascinating to see how it spread down the school floor he was on (first a case or two in the classroom across from his, t...

Yeah, I had a feeling I wasn't inventing the wheel here! Thanks, Flare. Thank you, NH Nursie. While I don't have any fancy software, I certainly have Excel!

How old is the student? I have had a few refusals in my whopping two years of being a school nurse, so I don't have tons of experience here, but I found that all the refusals were from the very young kids (my state starts screening at age 4). For th...

I agree with all that has been said. And, yes, oftentimes I don't get a chance to eat. The other day I worked the whole day without even going to the bathroom.....

I kind of doubt it, but they do live in a very rural area and have a number of animals and just do not seem to bathe as much as we would consider "appropriate"....

I have an infrared temporal artery one that I like. I do feel like it consistently reads low, but I LOVE that it's no contact and I can almost-instantly go from one kid to another: Amazon.com: Professional Clinical Large LCD Non-contact Infrared The...

I would be very tough: "if you can't be here in five minutes, I'm calling 911". I think parents who have never seen how bad asthma can get and how quickly it can go south, sometimes don't think it's such a "big deal". Good luck.

That's funny b/c I use temporal at my school and I feel that it, quite consistently, runs low. Almost every afebrile student has a temp in the 97's. Once a kid had a 102 on that thermometer and I joked with him that I almost wanted to take a pic of...

I have a 4th grader who did not pass vision screening recently: 20/40 and 20/50 for her far vision. She passed near vision. I sent home a referral letter, and today emailed to follow-up. Her mom responded, "her doctor thinks she can wait another ye...