Is anyone willing to share the med alert form (or whatever you use for communication) they send to the classroom teacher of a student with allergies or other medical information they need to know? I...
I don't have any other Nurse's in my district. The nurses from 2 other local districts and I all serve as a sounding board for one another at times. I always make sure the student could not be...
The nurse before me was here for about 7 years but when she left they had subs for about 2 months before they found me. We are a 1 building district so I was on my own from day 1 which was very...
100kids replied to LikeTheDeadSea's topic in School
I just picked one a long time ago because I hated seeing it blank. In my mind it's me all sweet and smiling on the outside even when people are driving me crazy and I'd love to give them a big shot...
I am officially responsible for first aid and referral out to their doctor but that's it. I have done blood pressure checks, an eye exam for a driver's license and a TB check but I am not required to...
I work in a small school and wear many hats as well. One of those being Attendance. I do not worry about each period of the day attendance, just homeroom. If attendance is not in the system by a...
I created most of my own Health curriculum for grades k-6. I find that no one else does it the way I want it. I like to google health curriculum or health lesson for each grade and then I start with...
100kids replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School
Epi pen for School program here as well. They have the info on what you need on their site. Our School Dr. was willing to sign standing orders and write a prescription for me. The whole process was...
School Nursing is not for everyone but based on all the School Nurses I know (IRL and on AN) I'm guessing you won't be bored for long. Yes in School Nursing it's not always emergency here, problem...
We have to do one in NY as well. I found out about it 2 days into my new job all those years ago because I started in November and the Health Department was calling to find out why ours had never...