jnemartin

jnemartin BSN, RN

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  1. Interview Questions

    jnemartin replied to nycNurse2b's topic in School

    I always go in to interviews with a few pre-prepared scenarios that I can loop into various questions. For example, I might think of a specific scenario where I had to think on my feet and...

  2. rant Bulletin Board...ugh!

    jnemartin replied to Nurse2Kids's topic in School

    I have two bulletin boards in my office - one is decorated from the previous SN, and the other was totally blank until two weeks ago when the kids were out on class trips and i had LITERALLY nothing...

  3. Some Friday Fun... School Nurse Starter Pack

    jnemartin posted a topic in School

    I saw this and laughed so hard. So... if there were a School Nurse Starter Pack - what would be in it? I'm going to make

  4. The Gypsy Rose Blanchard Story

    jnemartin replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    The Gypsy Rose story is pretty extreme, but in my school where the population is extremely affluent and lots of resources and time to focus on health issues, there are a lot of borderline cases... as...

  5. Should Philly school nurses be able to send home unvaccinated students? District says no.

    jnemartin replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in School

    We have a law here in Arizona that requires exclusion from school for unvaccinated kids UNLESS (1) parents provide an exemption form - the exemption can be "medical" (immunocompromised) or...

  6. The Gypsy Rose Blanchard Story

    jnemartin replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I have a family that has raised my red flag for a while, and it was actually watching this show on HULU that helped me put the pieces together that the parents' "strange/overbearing behavior" may be...

  7. How many students do you see per day?

    jnemartin replied to Cas1in72's topic in School

    YES! I actually stopped opening my office p/t first bell at 7:55. Before, I would have students coming off the bus and straight to my office for bandaids, HAs, injury from last night that "needs ice."...

  8. Some Friday Fun... School Nurse Starter Pack

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    I know! I've been trying to figure out a way to incorporate Pink

  9. Some Friday Fun... School Nurse Starter Pack

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    OH, this is funny! I've never seen this

  10. Some Friday Fun... School Nurse Starter Pack

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    I'm trying to find the perfect image of a nurse looking skeptically over her glasses. You know the look... The... "You are telling me you can't breathe...? or the "So you vomited twice on your way to...

  11. Field Day!!!

    jnemartin replied to AdobeRN's topic in School

    I'm in a hot state and we already had our field day. This is my first year and I wasn't familiar with the schedule, so I actually requested it off! Happiest accident in a loooong

  12. Texas school sets dress code for parents

    jnemartin replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    A little off topic, but my BIGGEST parenting pet peeve is when adults/parents nonchalantly sexualize their children like this, or even by saying "my sexy little guy" or things like that. My best...

  13. When nurse is needed outside of the clinic

    jnemartin replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

    I'm preparing a Nurse Presentation for the fall staff orientation, and I'm putting this image in under my communication portion -

  14. C'Mon Now!

    jnemartin replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Is is summer yet? Here is a visit note I just wrote. On one hand, I'm so proud of the teacher for trying to divert the student from an office visit. On the other hand... C/O SUPERFICIAL SCRATCH, NO...

  15. Managing allergy symptoms

    jnemartin replied to ConnecticutMassRN's topic in School

    update, I'm sending out the letter with a few edits to include info on headaches. along with this photo and caption: (Actual photo of a student just before visiting my office – hah! Just kidding J)...

  16. How many students do you see per day?

    jnemartin replied to Cas1in72's topic in School

    I used this study (link below) as part of my "I am asking for a raise" package. It states that the average American school nurse sees about 3-4% of the total student body each day (including daily...

  17. Managing allergy symptoms

    jnemartin replied to ConnecticutMassRN's topic in School

    Welp, the PE teacher, who is holding an outdoor class today, just sent me THREE CHILDREN AT ONCE: c/o HA, sore throat and "feeling out of breath," respectively. Looks like I will be sending this...

  18. hot glue guns

    jnemartin replied to jess11RN's topic in School

    The bane of my

  19. Texas school sets dress code for parents

    jnemartin replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    I read an interview with the principal who stated that the code was put in place to help foster a "real world" atmosphere in the school - i.e. this is not a place to goof around, going to school is...

  20. Swollen fingers

    jnemartin replied to SmallTownNurseSWL's topic in School

    In this case, they casted it and then he wore a brace for quite a while. I don't remember the specifics. I work in a very affluent area, so any tiny break that you or I would not normally treat very...

  21. When nurse is needed outside of the clinic

    jnemartin replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

    I'm so glad I am not the only one who gets this from staff! I have one PE teacher in particular who calls me and says "Hi, can you come down to the gym. I have So-and-so here." Cool. "What is going...

  22. Swollen fingers

    jnemartin replied to SmallTownNurseSWL's topic in School

    This was my approach at first, but early in the SY I did this with an injured finger, and as soon as I sent the kid back to class (PE), the teacher called home and had mom pick up. It was, in fact,...

  23. "Heating Pads"

    jnemartin replied to CanIcallmymom's topic in School

    I removed the heating pad from my office at the start of the year. I come from a hospital setting, and heating pads were not allowed on the floor (med/surg-tele) due to risk for injury/burns (we would...

  24. Speaking of summer...

    jnemartin replied to BluebellRN's topic in School

    I work year-round PRN at a SNF. They don't need me much, but they like me and find me shifts when I ask. I committed to working every Wednesday night over my summer break, but I think that's probably...

  25. Countdown to SUMMER!

    jnemartin posted a topic in School

    There, I said it. ? 28 working days for me (not including today... today is already done in my mind