1/2 day on the 23rd then off until Jan 4 here, week at winter break and spring break and 4 day weekend at Easter. Can you tell I'm looking forward to all of
100kids replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in School
I'm Mrs. Last Name but since I have 3 nieces in my building who call me Aunt First Name some kids have said they think it's only fair if they can too. I told them I could live with
Put a few snowmen out in my room, an elf countdown on my door and a few ornaments strewn around, that's all I have time for. It looks a little fun but not over the
This makes me CRAZY! Or when a parent posts of FB that their darling is home sick and another parent comments with "Oh that's going all around school" REALLY? We have had 2 cases, let's not alert...
How much orientation did you get when you started? none, the last nurse left about 2 months before I started and we are a 1 school district so there was no one to do an orientation Do you work with...
Ugh! Monday mornings kill me. Had a 1st grader throw up on the bus, the bus driver calling school frantic so I could meet the child at the bus, other kids throwing up from the smell or threatening...
Awww it's hard to let go when we worry about these kids and really see them as our own. Of course we know they're not really ours but they become such a part of our life and we just want everything...
100kids replied to loveschoolnursing's topic in School
I had this but for a much younger student. Her doctor wanted the nebulizer used because she was not able/willing to use an MDI properly, even with a spacer. This student was a 1st grader. She is...
In my school this would be your biggest stumbling block towards getting paid more. All of the staff here that are considered professionals (teachers, counselors, speech therapists, administrators)...
I get a call every few years from local school nurses asking me what I make. You could try that. Also I see you're in NY if you know the names of some local school nurses look them up in the NY...
Last week I was interrupted at lunch with an emergency-a student needed a cough drop! SERIOUSLY people? Whenever it gets really bad I threaten to leave the building during my lunch and take my 30...
WOW! 25 years! I am 5 years in and I tell my husband all the time I can't work 20 as a School Nurse. I love the kids and my interactions with them make me smile every day but there are too many...
Good luck! Negotiations are never easy. I have no union here and negotiate my own contract each year for the following one. I would say a big issue here is Attendance. How many kids are not...