JenTheSchoolRN BSN, RN

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    It's the most wonderful time of the year....

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SchoolRNAmy's topic in School

    5.5 days including today. And the HS kids just started
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    School nursing does not mean nursing school

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to schooldistrictnurse's topic in School

    Oh, reading (and listening) carefully. They teach you how to do as soon as you start school and some folks never get the hang of it . Like I said before, I hope there is more careful on any future...
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    Bug bites...seriously??

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    Oh, mosquito bites. I had a MS kid come into my office with 25 bites all over her legs and itching and scratching like crazy. She was a more extreme case, but usually I apply calamine (I do stock...
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    School nurse loan repayment

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Lifes-a-Beach's topic in School

    If you have federal loans, you may qualify for loan forgiveness after ten years of payments - if you work as school nurse during those ten years . There is some more information here:...
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    And that's a WRAP!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    10 more school days for me... I can make it... I can make it... I am just going to keep telling myself this until June
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    TEACHERS>>>UMPH>>I"M DONE

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to mycsm's topic in School

    I'm upset to read that he just walked in and up to cabinet to take something without asking. That shows poor manners, plain and simple. What an example for the kids there. And sewing his pants?...
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    Jr high emergencies

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to luvmysoldier's topic in School

    Yes, I agree that period leakage is a MAJOR EMERGENCY to every middle school girl, lol! I'd add acute abdominal pain to the list for EMS - I mean severe pain, can't get up. Happened to a student for...
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    School Nurses: Non-Nursing Tasks????

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    Well today, I covered a class as a sub. Nothing major, just supervising the students working on the assignment left behind. Not the first time I've done this, though I am only asked as a last resort...
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    RN's what was your occupation while in nursing school?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    I was a full time higher education program manager while I took my nursing pre-reqs (though the university I worked at for free, which was awesome), then quit to go to nursing school full time for 18...
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    ALMOST made it through the whole year ...

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Kittery's topic in School

    I made it to April before my first 911 call this year. I was thinking that was a good year!
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    Immunosuppressed Students

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to GrapeRN's topic in School

    The CDC has some great infection prevention materials: CDC - Handwashing and Nail Hygiene - Hygiene - Healthy Water Handwashing: Clean Hands Save Lives | CDC Some posters here: Posters | Health...
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    School Nurse Job or Occupational Therapy

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to esla's topic in School

    The OT in my school only works part time. She does three days at my school and 2 days at another school. It seems like this is the norm - taking 2 different part time school jobs to get to full...
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    Elementary to Middle

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Kittery's topic in School

    We have this rule as well in my school (Grades 7-12). No cell phone usage in school at all and if it is seen, it is taken and is an automatic detention. For me, it usually starts when the main...
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    And that's a WRAP!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    16 days counting today, but 2 of them are half days. So jealous of all of you done already! But I did find out I am getting a decent raise for my next contract, so I am pretty happy today
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    Summer Safety Tips

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to fetch's topic in School

    Maybe something about looking both ways when crossing the street? Or Dog safety (i.e. asking if it is okay to pet a new
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    Does anyone drive students home?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Nurse ABC's topic in School

    I have put a HS student in a cab (with both verbal and written parental permission heading to place where parent was waiting), but would never drive a sick student home! Especially if I hadn't been...
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    And that's a WRAP!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    19 days (well, 2 of those are half
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    Unstable Diabetic

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to lvnforschool's topic in School

    No flames from my end - I wish I had a paraprofessional who I could
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    Unstable Diabetic

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to lvnforschool's topic in School

    I'm with 100kids. Even if I did train a teacher to given glucagon, given this student's unstable BG history, I'd want to be on that trip. Plus, training a teacher to use glucagon and having them...
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    Long Lost Dream Or Not?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    See, I don't know what so many people lament that school nursing means "I've lost all the skills I learned in nursing school." I haven't at all - I just apply them in a different way. So, my...
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    Parents that are nurses

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in School

    Indeed. My favorite is when a student gets sent it with an OTC medication and parent's note. Or worse yet, a baggie with two unidentified pills in it, handed to me with the instructions "my mom told...
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    Happy Field Day!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NurseEllie13's topic in School

    Well, tonight is prom for my school and I found myself getting nostalgic as I remembered the excitement of my senior prom and talking to students about dresses and hair. Then I put my adult nurse hat...
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    Parents that are nurses

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in School

    Bumping this up as today I had a parent who is a nurse tell me that I should be dosing for weight, not age for ibuprofen, and that dosing for her 128 lb child was 600 mg. I had previously told her...
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    HIPAA or FERPA - Privacy Issues at School

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to OldDude's topic in School

    Similar thing happened to me last year. Kids with known severe egg allergy participated in egg toss on the last day of school. Egg broke, hit kid, he broke out in hives almost immediately. I had...
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    Junior High opinions

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Tina, RN's topic in School

    So much menstrual period teaching and having a stock of pads/tampons handy for the girls! But, in all seriousness, I handle grades 7-12 and the bullying is much worse among my 7th and 8th grade...