jnemartin

jnemartin BSN, RN

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  1. Any Nursing Moms?

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    LOL! My front desk lady is also a mom and grandmother... I honestly don't know what's going through her head half the

  2. How to talk to parents..

    jnemartin replied to cjl_RN's topic in School

    And I always greet like this: "Hi, Carol, It's Jackie, the nurse over at [School]. NO EMERGENCY, but I'm here with John." And then I let them know my

  3. How to talk to parents..

    jnemartin replied to cjl_RN's topic in School

    I've learned to ask kids about vomiting vs regurgitation vs spit up (eg "when you threw up, was it clear and frothy or did it look like breakfast," etc). So I will make this distinction with parents:...

  4. Pink Eye Policy

    jnemartin replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    LOVE THIS! thanks,

  5. Any Nursing Moms?

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    I used to have a sign that had a little clock that I could set my exact "return time" (this was before pumping, and just for lunches, bathroom breaks, etc)... and I would invariably return at that...

  6. Any Nursing Moms?

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Our front desk lady is horrible at simple triage. She either gets the kids worked up over their issue, or calls me. A typical scenario is that she will pull me from a meeting to tell me a kid with...

  7. Any Nursing Moms?

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Thank you! I may switch to using the pumping room because I am told there is no cell reception in there... so you're really off the grid lol. I'm worried that if I'm truly off the grid, though, that...

  8. Nosebleeds

    jnemartin posted a topic in School

    Just curious - if you have a student with a nosebleed, barring any unusual circumstances or history - do they stay in your office until the bleeding has ceased, or do you give them instructions and...

  9. Got my P & G stuff today!

    jnemartin replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    is it just 5th and 7th graders this

  10. First day back after mat leave

    jnemartin posted a topic in School

    I'm back in the office after my 12 weeks off snuggling my baby and changing a million diapers! Surprisingly, it's not that bad! I've been busy but not annoyingly so. Even found some time to pump. One...

  11. First day back after mat leave

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    I drink the Mothers Milk tea, but I have never seen a huge increase in production. the only direct link i've noticed is when I drink more than 1-2 glasses of wine, then my production goes down quite a...

  12. First day back after mat leave

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    thank you guys for the tips! during mat leave i started subbing late night feedings with formula, and i was worried that coming back to work would just be too much to keep the milk supply up, given...

  13. First day back after mat leave

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    The transition was super smooth for the first day. My sub nurse really did an awesome job! I'm not sure how I am going to handle pumping... at home I would BF at 8, 11 and 2 (during school hours) -...

  14. First day back after mat leave

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    it totally depends on your school policies. My school does not have paid mat leave, but i was able to use my "short term disability" benefit (free through my employer), and they paid 60% of 5 weeks....

  15. First day back after mat leave

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    I hope I didn't come off as too rude to the student. I wasn't totally awful, but I wasn't exactly a peach about it lol. I was annoyed. Oh well, she'll be back next week. I'll be extra

  16. Pertussis Parent Notification

    jnemartin posted a topic in School

    What is your school's policy on notifying parents of a pertussis

  17. Pertussis Parent Notification

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    is one case an outbreak? i'm not asking for my own practice, i'm asking because another school *apparently* has a case, sent a letter to parents, and it ended up on my neighborhood facebook page (with...

  18. Down time (HA, sure...)

    jnemartin replied to k1p1ssk's topic in School

    audio books or regular books, I'll watch semi-educational things on

  19. School Nurse Salary?

    jnemartin replied to kegreat's topic in School

    Arizona, private school, no weekends/holidays/summers plus fall, winter and spring breaks (equals an extra month of time off), benefits are NOT good (maybe one year I'll move to public school where...

  20. Records Retention - Contact Cards & Vax

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    thank you! I have something similar posted on my wall (from the previous SN) that addresses specific school documents like attendance records, rosters, all kinds of stuff... but of course the medical...

  21. Records Retention - Contact Cards & Vax

    jnemartin posted a topic in School

    If your state requires paper-copy contact cards to be updated annually, how long do you retain past contact cards, or do you shred the old one each year? I'm in Arizona and can't find a good answer to...

  22. Do you look...

    jnemartin replied to chasinRT's topic in School

    I just ordered myself an otoscope from School Health.com! You can actually get them inexpensively on Amazon, as well as an otoscope-like device that actually hooks up to your computer and takes a...

  23. Early Flu?

    jnemartin posted a topic in School

    I am in my second week of school and have 3 confirmed diagnosed cases of flu, and three additional students who presented today with fever of 101.5+ and flu-like symptoms. Anyone else seeing so much...

  24. Early Flu?

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/09/18/cdc-flu-shot/ I knew it! Flu is hitting early and severe this season- CDC is recommending getting a flu shot

  25. All the nursing school posts

    jnemartin posted a topic in School

    I don't know about you guys, but I get a kick out of all the prospective nursing students who post in this subgroup about Nursing School questions, rather than "School Nursing" questions. Based on my...