AdobeRN

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  1. IHPs

    AdobeRN replied to Schoolnurse73's topic in School

    We have very vague guidelines - which is fine by me. I find IHP's for the most part useless and unnecessary paper work - basically a care plan written by me for me to follow. I do them on kids that...

  2. HS student with odor, call nurse?

    AdobeRN replied to guest83140's topic in School

    Off topic...just curious.... Do schools even require this anymore or have they ever required it?? I went to HS in the 80's we didn't shower - I think we had something like 5-7 minutes to change into...

  3. Hope parents don't send these to school!

    AdobeRN replied to Cattz's topic in School

    I have had a few bring these in for their child - I don't care for them or any cough drops for the kids at school. With these I make the kid sit in my office at eat it - I hurry them along to, no...

  4. Is the flu in your school?

    AdobeRN replied to Jacquipals's topic in School

    We are finally back to our normal average absent numbers - I hope it stays that

  5. Am I overreacting?!

    AdobeRN replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    We are supposed to keep our doors closed and locked - fire code issue - they do a yearly check with us - walk thru the building making sure everything up to code from the amount of paper on the walls,...

  6. Transferring Medicaid from one state to another

    AdobeRN replied to iggywench's topic in School

    If you are in Texas the child should be able to go to their local county health department for a low cost visit and they will also be able to help them get Medicaid/ChIp started here in

  7. EMS talking down to Nurse

    AdobeRN replied to heynurse1996's topic in School

    Our EMS/firefighters are friendly for the most part - the only issue I have with them is that they really don't care about my "report" to them when they arrive - or at least that is the feeling I get....

  8. Private Duty Schedulers: Why are they so deceptive?

    AdobeRN replied to erroridiot's topic in Private Duty

    It happens the other way around also - drives me crazy when the family has notified the agency of a hospitalization, a planned or last minute weekend trip etc and the agency waits until the night...

  9. Parents keep medicating their febrile kids in the morning

    AdobeRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    The last hospital I worked at actually had a "sick care/day care" program for the employees kids. It was nice - they accepted children up to age 18 - I think they charged $7-8/hour, you could drop...

  10. Did you replace a school nurse?

    AdobeRN replied to OldDude's topic in School

    I did but she had only been with the district 5 years and got tired of school nursing & dealing with parents and decided to move onto something else. One of our head nurses retired 2 or 3 years...

  11. Heads up - P&G program

    AdobeRN replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    got mine

  12. ETR/IEP vision and hearing

    AdobeRN replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    I don't know about state mandates. In our district if students are going to be tested they need to have had vision/hearing screening done prior to testing. If the students do not pass, referrals are...

  13. Tired of School Nursing?

    AdobeRN replied to Avill's topic in School

    ^^^^^THIS^^^^ except my days are spent hiking, backpacking and camping :) My youngest graduated in 2016 - but it was a blessing to be in the same district as

  14. Telemedicine

    AdobeRN replied to Glitternurse's topic in School

    The local Children's hospital in our area is starting to do this with some of the lower income schools. I have mixed feelings about it - as a working parent I think it is a great idea - my kid has a...

  15. Students using cell phones to call home sick

    AdobeRN replied to hobiehobie's topic in School

    I am at Elementary so we don't have this problem often. The only thing I have to use to discourage this is that if a parent comes to pick up a student who used own phone to call home "sick" it is not...

  16. Do you have albuterol standing orders or a respiratory distress protocol?

    AdobeRN replied to great_lakes_expat's topic in School

    We have basically the same policy. It has cut our EMS calls down for the district. I have had to use the emergency albuterol at least 4-5 times thru the year since implemented. I like having it...

  17. Doctor notes

    AdobeRN replied to peaceful nurse's topic in School

    I have never called a doctor's office - I call the parent and tell them the issue and they can correct/clarify it if needed with the doctors

  18. Peds Med calculations during a code

    AdobeRN replied to Guest1059175's topic in Pediatric

    With all admissions our charge nurse printed a "code sheet" - had patients admit weight and all medications dosages used in a code calculated out - we would tape it to wall above head of bed. I want...

  19. Dexcom

    AdobeRN replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    2 of mine have the dexcom but I do not have the app on my phone. Occasionally I will get a call from the parent asking me to check on student since they were alerted to a low BG - most of the time...

  20. Is the flu in your school?

    AdobeRN replied to Jacquipals's topic in School

    It has hit my campus about 2 weeks ago - went from 5-8 diagnosed cases for the week to 50+ in a week. Now the teachers/staff are being hit hard- today is my first day back since being out since last...

  21. Stocking OTC meds at elementary school level

    AdobeRN replied to nursetlm's topic in School

    No stock medication. Parents must supply all meds. I like it - office visits dropped drastically after this was implemented - cough drop requests would drive me bonkers. I do encourage parents -...

  22. Does your agency still use paper charting?

    AdobeRN replied to Crystal-Wings's topic in Private Duty

    the agency I work for just converted over to computer charting. They set up a tablet device at the patients home - it stays there. I have a love/hate relationship with it - haha. Love that I no...

  23. Lost my husband on Holiday Break

    AdobeRN replied to guest83140's topic in School

    so sorry for your

  24. School Shootings

    AdobeRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Is this with kids in school? or just a staff day? Just curious to how parents react to this. We have such high maintenance parents at our school - this type of drill would not sit well with them if...

  25. Parents who are Doctors

    AdobeRN replied to missriss65's topic in School

    Not private school but I have a couple of parents like that (one is NP and will throw that in my face every time I talk to her) they will pretty much listen and pick their kid up if it is a policy...