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  1. Spinal Screening First Timer

    cooties_are_real replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    May look at doing it in spring next year. Finding time around football practice and games have proved a little difficult, but my coaching staff has been

  2. Spinal Screening First Timer

    cooties_are_real replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    After I sent out the letters notifying the parent that screening was going to be done, I had one mom come in and tell me she was glad we changed it. Her daughter had an rapid onset scoliosis over the...

  3. Spinal Screening First Timer

    cooties_are_real replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    That has been my issue, but I have a great coaching staff and they are working with me to complete them during PE and Athletics. I do have to pull some out of class, but I made sure it was non-core...

  4. Spinal Screening First Timer

    cooties_are_real replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    We are required to do it. There was an option do do it 5th & 8th, but due to us getting a new school we changed it up. It really hasn't been to

  5. Happy Weekend School Nurse People !

    cooties_are_real replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I also hear tell of another district getting a winter break in Jan/Feb. I could only dream of fall/winter breaks. Have to wait until Thanksgiving for the next

  6. New Head Lice Treatment......

    cooties_are_real posted a topic in School

    Just wondering if anyone has had episodes of parents coloring their students' hair (yes, even in elementary level) to get rid of (or cover up) lice/nits? I called a male student to preform h/v...

  7. Most off the wall complaint

    cooties_are_real replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Little Darling (9th grader) came in and said, "i need help with my earring. It came out." What!? I asked her why she could not put it in herself? "Oh, it's a loop that you have to insert into the...

  8. Things that make me grumpy

    cooties_are_real replied to Flare's topic in School

    Chronic complainers. I have 2 that I am think of right now that make me grumpy. I am maker of fact with them, however they keep coming in for things I can not take care of. They both have worn out...

  9. This friday is dragging......

    cooties_are_real replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    Pep Rally Friday makes a really slow day. Created a new document earlier and that took a little bit of time this morning, but this afternoon has really dragged

  10. Ridiculous Reasons to See the Nurse

    cooties_are_real replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    I had a student come in and ask if I had a pair of flats her friend could wear because the shoes wore was picked out by the friend's mom and did not look

  11. Death of a student

    cooties_are_real replied to missnursejodi's topic in School

    Listen, wipe tears, and let them know it's okay to cry and be angry or sad. I have been through 2 deaths of active students and 1 of a student who had just graduated a year earlier. Each one was in...

  12. Question about normal temps being lower for some?

    cooties_are_real replied to jbrmdr's topic in School

    Our policy states a fever 100.0 or greater is concidered a fever. I have had parents tell me that when their student is sick his/her temp will go down to below 96.0 and not up. I would instruct them...

  13. Non-Compliant Student

    cooties_are_real posted a topic in School

    I was wondering if anyone has a protocol for discontinuing medication a student refuses/forgets to take at a scheduled time? I work in a high school and the student I am referring to is 18 years old....

  14. Non-Compliant Student

    cooties_are_real replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    Thank you for your input. I have since this post enlist help from one of her teachers and spoken with her about the alarm on her

  15. Funny & Cute Things Our Demented Patients Say

    cooties_are_real replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I worked in a long-term facility over 10 yrs ago that all the residents had some sort of alz, dementia or paranoid schizophrenia and some times a combination. Here is only one of my story's. Ms....