JenTheSchoolRN BSN, RN

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    Middle school goes to remote learning after 1 measles case

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Emergent's topic in School

    Folks who only got 1 MMR vaccine are more likely to have waning immunity. Revealing my age, I know (I'm an early 1908s baby), but when I was a baby, the MMR series was 1 injection at age 1. Now...
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    Sexual/Reproductive Health Curriculum

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NurseK12's topic in School

    For 6th graders, I use:
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    Should Have Called 911

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Sxhoolnurse1991's topic in School

    Was the student also unconscious for a period? And found under the swings? With no nurse there to even assess? I would 100% stand by calling 911 and applaud the staff for doing
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    Puberty talk

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to heatherrmp's topic in School

    So, I teach health for grades 5-12 in my school and have for years. Grades 6-8 focus on puberty and comprehensive sex education. Grade 5 is hygiene and puberty. I teach for 8-9 classes. We send...
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    Things I should not have to say...

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to BatcampRN's topic in School

    To staff x1000: "Vomiting is not an emergency. I will not race upstairs to a bathroom if a student is vomiting. Let them finish vomiting in peace and then send them my way." (And so many of these...
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    Should Have Called 911

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Sxhoolnurse1991's topic in School

    I haven't been around much in the forum lately, but logged on today and just realized the nugget I shared with the last three school nurses I've trained (I'm now the school nurse leader for my small...
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    Head Lice

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to jonnysangel777's topic in School

    If live lice are found, call home, work with parent on plan for treatment. If parent would like to pick up student, they can, but if they can't, student can remain in school. As the CDC states, lice...
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    Faking sick

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to nursekoll's topic in School

    A pouch you place your cell phone into and it locks. It can only be unlocked using a strong magnet. Comedy shows use them sometimes to prevent audience from recording, but schools are now using them...
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    Teen Pregnancies: Crisis in Schools

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Julie RN retired CDE's topic in School

    Which state are you in that does abstinence only education? I'm a school and health teacher - proud comprehensive sex educator for 9 years! I love teaching it and giving students information to...
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    BP Cuffs - standard or electronic

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to linda1959's topic in School

    I'm super old school school and nothing beats a manual for
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    Faking sick

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to nursekoll's topic in School

    This. But also, water, sit for 5-10 minutes. If it is real, often that water will come right back up or they will look like it will. Same for diarrhea - if it is that real and gross frequent...
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    School Nurses Getting Sick

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to RNwhohasgoats's topic in School

    I got COVID - twice! The first time was January 2022. I was shocked it too this long, honestly, given how prevalent it was when I am (MA; we were still fully masked at the time). It happened at...
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    Counseling Staff Members On Sick Leave

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to k1p1ssk's topic in School

    I'm curious as to why you have to have the heart to heart talk? Is this as a friend? Or as a co-worker? Due to COVID, the line blurred a bit for staff and me re: health care advice. Because of...
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    Medication Expiration Dates

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to arlingtonnurse's topic in School

    End of the month. But would I use an very recently expired Epi-pen if needed vs no Epi-pen at all if I truly needed it? 100% of the time. Epi-pen expiration dates have also been extended in some...
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    Postural Screening And Trans Gender Children

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to arlingtonnurse's topic in School

    This. I screen all students in T-shirts. We wear uniforms at my school and I do this screening on a student's gym day during the warmer months when they all wear lightweight T-shirts (usually...
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    18 year old student will not share info

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    To what everyone said above, sharing info with us can only HELP the child. We all want the same thing. We also respect a student's privacy. But knowing if ibuprofen is indicated for supportive...
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    Mask Mandate in MA Schools Ending on 3/1

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Oh, it is same here. Nearly all my unvaccinated students have gotten COVID. Vaccinated kids, yes, I did see a huge increase, but there are plenty of vaccinated kids that didn't get COVID as well to...
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    Mask Mandate in MA Schools Ending on 3/1

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    We aren't dropping ours on March 1 - city I'm in isn't dropping their mandate just yet either. Honestly, dropping it RIGHT after February break is a terrible idea. Why couldn't the state just at least...
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    Eastern University??

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to La16's topic in School

    Why I'm not moving, even though I am originally from NJ
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    Office Testing

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

    This x1000. At least at the MD office, they will send the culture out if rapid is negative but it still looks a lot like strep. And even prescribe antibiotics in the meantime. We would not be able to...
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    Determining Day Zero

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to arlingtonnurse's topic in School

    So, this can be tricky. No two situations are ever the same and I really look at it case by case. Symptoms can the day 0, but for some folks a baseline for them is a daily headache/congestion...
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    Elementary vs. Middle School Nursing

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to icepackstat's topic in School

    I mostly work with grades 7-12. And I love them. MS kids are the most challenging, but honestly, also the most rewarding. Puberty is such an awkward time, and it is phase where kids can be, well,...
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    Eastern University??

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to La16's topic in School

    Honestly, I was so done with school, but did want further certification, so I went the route of taking the national certification for school nurses. That is an option in my state vs getting my masters...
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    Body Odor

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Lbarba84's topic in School

    So bumping this thread up to circle back to no washer/dryer could be the issue. So, I had a HS student that graduated a few years old. Lovely young man, lived below poverty level, mom struggled...
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    Copyrighting Health Teaching

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

    My contract says this specifically - any curriculum I create and use at my school belongs to my