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  1. What does your school do for Halloween?

    AdobeRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Texas

  2. New to this school nurse thing but...

    AdobeRN replied to mrsfoster601's topic in School

    Yep...same

  3. What does your school do for Halloween?

    AdobeRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Nothing...my district hasn't allowed anything for Halloween in

  4. Don't arrive early, don't leave late

    AdobeRN replied to iRNman's topic in General Nursing

    In private duty home health I tend to stick with the same patient for awhile - I have been a PRN nurse for my current patient for a few years now - report does not take long unless there is a new to...

  5. Child bitten by another child

    AdobeRN replied to 100kids's topic in School

    I assess the kid first then admin makes the call, admin will forward whatever I say to the parent unless the parent wants to talk to

  6. Don't arrive early, don't leave late

    AdobeRN replied to iRNman's topic in General Nursing

    The company I work for is the same way. I am almost always 10-15 minutes early - I just sit in my car till 5 minutes before my shift is scheduled then walk in. Don't know if it is the right thing to...

  7. Vision/Hearing Notice

    AdobeRN replied to VN2016's topic in School

    Elementary level here....Only required to do Vision & Hearing screenings - I do not send out notices. I will write a blurb for our quarterly newsletter stating the screenings will be starting and...

  8. A first grader just brought the following for lunch

    AdobeRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    We are not allowed to take a student lunch away and make them eat the school lunch nor are we allowed to tell a student what to get thru the lunch line. Only thing I can do is call a parent and make...

  9. Did You Know the Specialty You Wanted to Work In Before Clinicals?

    AdobeRN replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    I found out real quick in nursing school that I wanted to work with kids - at first I thought I would love to work with all ages from NICU-nursery- regular pedi patients - that changed after I started...

  10. Splinters - To remove or not to remove

    AdobeRN replied to halohg's topic in School

    If I can grab it with the tweezers I will remove the splinter - but if it looks like I will have to dig for it - nope, I will clean it & put a bandaid over the site and let parents

  11. How often do you go to the office?

    AdobeRN replied to devi's topic in Private Duty

    I am PRN at my office - We can mail our notes in or drop them off, they do have a drop off box for after hours. I use the drop off box once a week to turn my notes in. I will go into our office once...

  12. Teaching classes

    AdobeRN replied to ann_kristen's topic in School

    Elementary level here....I may go into a class and give a brief talk about handwashing but that is about it. We do have our annual "puberty/hygeine" lesson for 5th grade - I just play a video for...

  13. New Head Lice Treatment......

    AdobeRN replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    Great article - I started to give this to my parents and staff when I have a case of lice

  14. Student with Forced Intercourse Report

    AdobeRN replied to amleah10's topic in School

    I would be making a call to CPS and the

  15. How do you feel about going on field trips?

    AdobeRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I have a few diabetics and a student requiring cathing - I go if their parents are unable to

  16. How did you spend your first nursing paycheck?

    AdobeRN replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    Coach purse - I felt I had been "poor" for so long I deserved something nice

  17. Vision/hearing

    AdobeRN replied to Nurse.jen's topic in School

    All of the above are great suggestions - I would just see what works for you. I do all of my own screenings - elementary K-5 ~750 kids. We screen K,1,3,5 + any new students to the district. I start...

  18. Student Growth Objectives

    AdobeRN replied to Stitchy's mom's topic in School

    LOL...me too! It's bad enough I have to do IHP's on students - care plans, written by the nurse for the nurse to follow - since I am the only one "allowed" to view

  19. What do you wear to work as a school nurse?

    AdobeRN replied to verdeacres's topic in School

    Scrubs - solid colors (my choice - not a fan of crazy designs) M-Th; Fridays - jeans with a school or district Tshirt. I am allowed to wear casual clothing but sometimes it gets messy in my office...

  20. Stranger in a strange land

    AdobeRN replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    I feel I have good working relationships with majority of the staff - I am good friends with a handful of them. The ones I am good friends with started a few years ago - our sunshine committee would...

  21. Do you have a sub nurse

    AdobeRN replied to tonih79's topic in School

    We have a sub list of nurses just like the teachers do - they are hired the same way teacher subs are. Our district uses AESOP, so if we know we are going to be out we can put in the absence into the...

  22. What "hats" do you wear at work?

    AdobeRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Nursing duties are my priority...staff & admin are aware of that. Every now and then I am asked to assist in cafe during lunch, set up chairs for events, outdoor morning duty - assisting kids...

  23. frequent vomiting, any ideas?

    AdobeRN replied to BeckyESRN's topic in School

    I Had a student that did this often, mom finally took child to a specialist and diagnosed her with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. We had a supply of Zofran for her in my office - the only problem with...

  24. Hearing and Vision Screenings

    AdobeRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    We do K, 1, 3 & 5 and any new kids to the district, I think we have 120 days from start of school to get them done. If a parent gives me documentation (not more than a year old) from an...

  25. What do you document...

    AdobeRN replied to Bevp's topic in School

    I also document everything - occasionally I will miss a bandaid or ice pack, but pretty much anything walking thru my doors gets documented. We use E-school so there is a drop down menu to quickly...