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I also think you should just finish out the school year. Legally you may only need to give 2 weeks but with only 3 weeks left, I think they would be very unhappy with you leaving them without coverage the last week. That gives them the summer to hire...

I'm suddenly feeling very lucky! !8 days for me. We start mid August :)

I deal with this alot, not necessarily in special ed students, but with my younger grades. Plus, once the teacher starts the "Aww, you don't seem to feel good" doting, the kids really don't have a reason to "improve". Lots of teacher attention and th...

I know that here in Texas, public schools do not give OTC meds without MD auth, parent permission, etc. Below is a post I put on RNsights so I apologize for those who see it twice. I stepped into a private school nursing job several years ago and the...

This is helpful and I am excited to start working on guidelines. Thanks!

Thank you! I agree that I don't want to do away with OTC meds altogether, just hoping to find some middle ground. If a child has regular migraines or has an ear infection and needs pain control a couple of days, I would like to have specific instruct...

I have also called parents to let them know their child is suddenly using their inhaler daily. Lots of times, the parents don't know because the child is never "needing" the inhaler at home/ on weekends. I express concerns about overmedicating if the...

Don't make them too comfortable! They will never leave :)

Pretty much the same thing here, plus requesting homework assignments for absent kids. I've never been to a school where this is a practice. But here, when parents call in the absence, they can request the days work be sent to the office. I email tho...

Maybe I am under reacting but my thought is you can't force them to take her in. Although vision is important, it is not life threatening. I agree if it is affecting her academically, then maybe the parent will be more likely to take action. Otherwis...

I think you did the right thing! I also would never deny care to something emergent but you don't want people to just assume you are there anytime something is going on on your campus. I like the "no ice after school". I learned early on that the ear...

I think it is a bad idea, but it's an ongoing battle here. Kids can definately be allergic to guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, etc. One teacher here actually had ferrets as class pets! The entire hallway stunk by the end of the year. Administration fi...

I only send home for a fever. I may let a parent know if the throat just looks terrible (spots, patches, etc) but leave it up to them in regards to a pick-up. I will mention though, that we have had a run of kids with strep without fever, so fever ma...

Just yesterday a little boy came in "hyperventilating" because the boy next to him kept farting and the stink made him hypervetilate

mc3, If you send me your email address, I will send you a copy. We get them printed as a duplicate ay office max. I'm [email protected]

I also call if there is fever 100+, vomiting or a serious injury. On occasion I will call on a non frequent flyer who makes a few visits in one day or truly seems ill. Unfortunately, we have lots of parents who shuffle complaining kids out of the car...

I don't have any advice, but wondered how the interview went and what kind of questions they asked you. I am a school nurse thinking about making a job change before the next school year. I worked for years as a social worker before nursing school so...

You are in a tough situation. I am in a private school so I also started with very little guidance and no other nurses to call on. I agree with Flare in that you need to take it one day at a time. You will quickly learn your "frequent flyers". I am r...

I also think you did the right thing. It's not so much the time it takes to put an earring back in as much as it is setting a precedence. I've learned the hard way that doing a little "favor" one time can quickly turn into "the nurse does that". Next...

I am in Texas and plan to start applying for CM positions in the spring. In looking at job listings, it seems like there are lots of position with major insurance carriers like United and Humana. You may want to look that direction. Good luck!

There are a few other posts that addressed this so you may want to look back on this forum. In general, most public schools pay on a teacher salary scale and don't take into account any years of nursing experience prior to being in the education syst...

There are LOTS of nurses who want to go into the aesthetics field and can't get a job. Consider yourself lucky and take the job :)

We didn't make any changes, per se, but tried to assure parents that we would be diligent in enforcing the policies that were already in place. Reminders that all parents/visitors must check into the office for a nametag. Anyone without a name tag sh...

I'm at a private school in Texas and I make $45K as an RN after being here 6 yrs. I m assuming in public school you will start on the same scale as the teachers. They ususally don't count your prior nursing experience. You will start the pay scale as...

I am also in a private school and my kids actually attend here. I can't go to a school program or anything without kids (and parents!) coming up to me to say they have a headache, etc. Seems like common sense would say that maybe I am at my kids prog...