JenTheSchoolRN BSN, RN

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    Is the concept of respect dead?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Windchaser22's topic in School

    I, too, like many of you on this thread, have make a student re-enter my office properly when they barge in. I also tell student my desk in my personal space and to be so close to it, you need to be...
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    Is subbing better than being permanent staff?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Curious1alwys's topic in School

    Well said, fetch! (And join our dark side - I definitely prefer the older kids!) I subbed before getting a FT position. Subbing gave me a taste of the elementary, middle school, and high school...
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    Sex ed OMG

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to childcare1's topic in School

    Interesting thread, Spidey's Mom. It is true that facts can mean nothing without talking about the social and emotional skills attached to them. A good teacher has to be objective, keeping personal...
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    well, it happened

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to mycsm's topic in School

    I am actually precepting a nursing student who not an RN yet. When I was in nursing school, several of my classmates did their community clinical rotation one-on-one with a school nurse. I wish I...
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    Sex ed OMG

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to childcare1's topic in School

    Oh, I can always bump up this thread. Got asked the other day in my question box if you can use plastic wrap as a condom. I actually happened to have some plastic wrap in my office. Stretched some...
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    seeing students in the last 15 minutes of the day

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Flare's topic in School

    School bus or public transit? We have bus monitors on the school buses here, but busing ends at 6th grade. I would not be surprised to hear a kid saw/heard any of what you mentioned on some public...
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    Sending kids home

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    In my school, students get 14 UNexcused absences for the entire year. More than that, they have to repeat the grade. Letters go out at the end of January to parents of students that already have 8+...
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    Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    YES. And nausea. The third floor of my building gets so hot I get kids all tell telling me they feel nauseated. And since my office is also 85+ degrees when the heat is cranked up, it doesn't help....
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    Non-FIT Nurses and FIT Nurses

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    I like to unwind with a glass (or two) of wine. And an entire frozen pizza, thin crust. And Ben and Jerry's is my weakness... I will sometimes indulge after I go on the elliptical in my living room...
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    Changes in language

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to kidzcare's topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday, a student asked me for another word for suspicious. The students at the school I work at are not allowed to use cell phones on school property. I directed the student to the bookshelf...
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    Changes in language

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to kidzcare's topic in General Nursing

    I was having a conversation with one of my high school students (I'm a school nurse) the other day and they were telling me about wanting to talk to a person they had a crush on. I started to ask...
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    Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain....

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    Me too! Actually, my office in in the basement and I had flooding twice this fall due to heavy rain. When the 6'+ snow piles outside my window really finally start melting, I fear there will be a...
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    Sex ed OMG

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to childcare1's topic in School

    The curriculum I use does use facts only with social emotional learning. I talk a lot of about responsible decision making and unhealthy vs. healthy relationships and do have a lesson focused on...
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    How did you land a school nurse job?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in School

    I subbed in a large public school district first; landed that job through a non-nursing connection my husband had. But having the sub experience made it easier to apply to full-time school nurse...
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    Sex ed OMG

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to childcare1's topic in School

    That was another method brought up by my 7th graders! I use it as another point to talk STI risk/lubrication. And the very rare chance that sperm could be introduced to the lady parts when the...
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    Lice Police!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SnowyJ's topic in School

    Okay, even with a no lice/no nit policy, are there guidelines for the actual checks from the physician? I.e. for an actual reported/diagnosed case? More than a "this student scratched his/her head...
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    Your Med Cabinet

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    See for me a PRN means eval, equaling a nursing judgement. I also have PRN Ativan for a couple of students and do not delegate that to unlicensed personal. I've talked to the parents of said student...
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    Sex ed OMG

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to childcare1's topic in School

    Adding to this thread today because I just taught the protection methods lessons to my 8th graders this week (with condom demo). I was reviewing myths with kids. Me: "Have you heard of any other...
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    Year 1 as a School Nurse

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    I have one cot. I fought for it this year and rearranged my office to try and build a little privacy corner around
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    Parents sending kids to you before the bell

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to loveschoolnursing's topic in School

    THIS. Because I have had a variation of this scenario more times than I would like: Student comes in, very pale. First bell rings at 8, current time is ~7:58. "I was absent yesterday because I had...
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    why do nurses need to be licensed?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Infofreak411's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I might call them rich...or poor. Because the cost to take any licensing exam 100 times..yikes. That could equal the down payment of a house in some
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    The Snow Day Thread!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I'm in MA. We have had 8 snow days in the Boston district and they are sticking to the 180 days, which brings public schools to June 30th right now. Contracts can't go past that, so don't know what...
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    Year 1 as a School Nurse

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    Like everyone else said, wash, wash, wash. Your hands and everything in your office. I also wipe down my phone after I let a student use it (which isn't too often). A couple of years ago, my school...
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    The Snow Day Thread!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I was off all last week, but it was the scheduled February break here in MA. We did, however, get another blizzard on the 14th, which would have likely closed schools at least Monday and Tuesday as...
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    How many of you precept nursing students?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    I'm precepting a student for the first time right now. About 6 weeks, 6 hours a week, but it has been so jumbled because of all the snow days I've had this year. I happen to be teaching sex ed this...