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    What do you and don't you like?

    Whenever other nurses' opinions of what I do and how easy it is bothers me I just remember how much I'll be smiling this summer sitting at the beach with my kids EVERY day. No weekends, night,...
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    How do you answer this question?

    I had a lot of scenario questions in my interview as well. I also think a lot of their questions they were more interested in "fit" for their culture than straight forward knowledge. Just be...
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    New School Nurse: VENT

    1-there was no training for me before starting here. Just thrown in and figure it out. Heck there wasn't even any paperwork on how things are done around here. I have asked a lot of questions on AN,...
  4. Just wondering what procedures you have for field trips you will not be attending and if you do or do not attend most school field trips.
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    How/What do you prep for field trips?

    This sentance describes my school
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    Gave my notice yesterday.

    I hope you do stick around. You have helped me a lot. Enjoy the next chapter in your life and maybe you'll be back amongst us in a few years in a better
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    Let the COUNTDOWN begin!

    25 days til summer vacation. Wow! I still have a lot to get done in that
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    Do you keep your door open or closed?

    I guess I should answer my own question. I always leave my door open (unless I am doing screenings). I like it open because I still feel like I am part of the school and I can hear things happening...
  9. thanks for the
  10. thanks Flare. Did you chart the #s she had put in her log book for your school records or just if she had a high/low or
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    How long do you keep your records?

    We have a record retention policy that mirrors what the state requires. Some things we are required to keep for 1 year, some 6 years after they leave the school, some records forever. I would check...
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    Happy School Nurse's Day!

    Thank you all for all you do for your school kids and all the help you have given me starting in this wonderful arena of School Nursing! I was happily surprised this morning with a Happy School...
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    Did you learn IV in NS?!

    no IV training for us but we did do catheters and trach care. One of my clinicals was 6 weeks in a VA hospital where 80% of what we did daily was trach care. Next clinical on a med-surg floor in a...
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    Did you learn IV in NS?!

    in my BSN program we were not allowed to start IVs in clinicals or on one another. They never taught us the skill at all, said it was something we would learn once hired. Our clinicals were done at...
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    Let the COUNTDOWN begin!

    Minnie-I sent you a new PM with a different email address. Sorry you had problems with the 1st
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    Let the COUNTDOWN begin!

    me
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    School Nursing Emergency Medication Administration

    You would need to have non patient specific standing orders from your school Dr to do
  18. thanks Flare! Just what I thought. I am the new guy and they're willing to let me do all the things they don't want to, both the parent and the teacher. Will have to work on
  19. I am asking because of a situation in my school. We have several kids with food allergies. I have complete allergy histories, Epi pens, bendryl etc in my office and have trained the staff in their...
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    Do you keep an ongoing tally of visits?

    The existing system is to write down each student that comes in, time in/time out, complaint, treatment and whether we called home, sent home, retruned to class, etc.. This is on a clip board. I am...
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    What you wish you could say to the staff at your school

    I get a 30 min unpaid lunch. Up until 2 weeks ago I never left my room for it and saw kids during the entire time. Now I started taking a walk outside just right around the building. I put a sign...
  22. Big pet peeve of mine. What can I possibly fix as the buses are pulling
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    What you wish you could say to the staff at your school

    I am laughing so hard at these. I am in a small school so there are so many things that fall on the nurse. I am definitely these kids' mother at school. Being new I have to make sure I don't take...
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    Let the COUNTDOWN begin!

    Since this is my 1st year as a School nurse and I didn't even start at the beginning of the year can anyone share some of the things on their "Get it done" list so I am not scrambling at the last...
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    How to fund going to School Nurse Conferences?

    that's great! Enjoy the