jnemartin

jnemartin BSN, RN

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  1. First Day Back (no kids) - Emails and such

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    I knew someone would comment about the early state date lol! We do start so early here in AZ... I think maybe to save the kids/families from the extreme heat? Not sure. Our kids come back Aug 12, but...

  2. C'Mon Now!

    jnemartin replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Yesterday, a teacher sent a student to my office when he developed a bloody nose during a final. He had a bloody nose in class, but after wiping it with tissues it stopped almost immediately. When he...

  3. C'Mon Now!

    jnemartin replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    It's finals week for my HS-ers. I've had two come in, IN THE MIDDLE OF EXAMS, asking for bandaids. One for a papercut, another for a scrape, incurred 2 days ago, on his arm which he asked to be...

  4. Interesting Hiring Conundrum

    jnemartin posted a topic in School

    As I mentioned a while ago, I am pregnant and just officially announced to all my family and boss this week! I am 13 weeks, so this is pretty much the normal "professional" timeline of letting your...

  5. Interesting Hiring Conundrum

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    I know - you are totally correct. I just talked to HR and said I will try to pre-screen the candidates before next Friday, which is my last day, but after that I will be on summer vacation and...

  6. Interesting Hiring Conundrum

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Honestly, this was my first thought... but the principals both emailed us back and washed their hands of it. So who is going to do it? LOL. Maybe I could talk to HR and ask that he invite me to the...

  7. C'Mon Now!

    jnemartin replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    A student just came in asking for "medical tape" for her teacher. They are doing some sort of art project. I wanted, WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BODY, to say that my office is not the art supply store,...

  8. Dealing with teachers

    jnemartin replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    This is great! When kids come to me with c/o HA I ask what they've eaten, where is their water bottle/how much have they drank today, what class are they in, etc. For almost all of the middle...

  9. Dealing with teachers

    jnemartin replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    I've had about half a dozen confirmed cases of strep this year (with a total student body of about 300). When the parents call to let the school know their kid is out with strep this is usually how my...

  10. Field Trip Notification

    jnemartin replied to suzysunshine's topic in School

    Our school has a field trip protocol in place and one of the steps is that the lead chaperone must email the entire faculty with a list of the kids going, what time, etc. Other steps in the protocol...

  11. Dealing with teachers

    jnemartin replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    I get annoyed when kids say things like this because I am trying to teach them how to communicate their needs clearly, and these types of statements make them a passive non-participant in their...

  12. Current Situation: Symptomatic Asthmatic

    jnemartin posted a topic in School

    Advice please - I have an asthmatic student who has labored breathing, was wheezing but no longer, dizzy, fatigued. BUT sating at 98-99% RA. He's used his flovent and proair several times so HR was...

  13. Current Situation: Symptomatic Asthmatic

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Yes, and I come from an acute care background, so it takes a LOT for me to call in backup. Once, this same student desated into the 80s but was asymptomatic and after using inhaler, vitals returned to...

  14. Current Situation: Symptomatic Asthmatic

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    thank, you palli! as I read this the light switch clicked and I was like, No I cannot manage this here in school with no resources (other than those we have

  15. Current Situation: Symptomatic Asthmatic

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Thanks for the advice everyone - it was helpful to get the immediate feedback when I felt I was in a gray area. Of course when he had a "condition change" as described above, I knew I had to call, but...

  16. Current Situation: Symptomatic Asthmatic

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    So here's the update - as I said, he was vitals-stable, presenting better than yesterday but still symptomatic despite using his school-approved inhalers. He told me he was very fatigued (normal for...

  17. Current Situation: Symptomatic Asthmatic

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Thank you, there has actually been a change in condition and I am calling

  18. End of Year Prep

    jnemartin replied to SmallTownNurseSWL's topic in School

    I have a spreadsheet, too - with names and what is missing. But it might be helpful to have a visual when I'm looking at the physical

  19. What do teachers think about school nurses?

    jnemartin replied to nurselife13's topic in School

    I have a good relationship with the teachers and staff, but because of my crazy-high office volume I don't get to socialize with them much. So my relationships with them are not very "Deep." I know...

  20. End of Year Prep

    jnemartin replied to SmallTownNurseSWL's topic in School

    That is a great tip! I think for next year I am going to distinguish the exempt kids and any kids that are not UTD with a sticker or different colored

  21. Rules for next year

    jnemartin replied to guest464345's topic in School

    yep! we have an athletic trainer that wraps everything for the students and they all think it's so cool. Then they come to me expecting the same treatment, and it's a hard

  22. Rules for next year

    jnemartin replied to guest464345's topic in School

    HAHAHAHAHA! I totally agree with all the rules! Except, I do allow students to carry out ice packs because they LOVE to malinger in my office and I found that not allowing them to rest with the ice...

  23. Salting my ice now

    jnemartin replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    This is how my kids are, too. I hand out ice packs (not actual ice, but the frozen packs) and ask them to bring it back to me or drop at front desk. About 25% of them are returned, which I'm fine...

  24. Staff Needs

    jnemartin replied to ana010's topic in School

    Oh I forgot... I also have recently had two male teachers who requested eye drops and then proceeded (separate incidents) to act super dramatic about instilling them. One told me that he had never...

  25. Staff Needs

    jnemartin replied to ana010's topic in School

    At the beginning of the year (my first SY), I had a teacher and admin worker come into my office and relay their entire health history, in great detail, to me. The teacher told me that the previous...