JenTheSchoolRN BSN, RN

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    How busy is your office?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to scrubsrn24's topic in School

    Totally agree! I log in phone calls as well in my EMR. I use SNAP, so if it was not related to a specific office visit that day, I often log it as medical update or the like. I hit many, many phone...
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    Lunch

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to rejula's topic in School

    Oh, lunch. I try and eat either before our actual lunch period or after because due to meds and visits, I could never actually eat during the lunch period. But, it seems every time I try to sit down...
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    How busy is your office?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to scrubsrn24's topic in School

    I manage ~450 kids, grades 7-12, and I was curious, so ran a report through my EHR. I average about 25 visits a day, plus 13 medication visits. Given how ragged and busy I've been, I felt like I'd...
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    How busy is your office?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to scrubsrn24's topic in School

    The frequent fliers that come back over and over...I feel your pain! Only a few more
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    OTC medication one bottle-multiple participants

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to ggcolonnello's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Wow. I'm also a school nurse and I do stock OTCs to give with parent permission and under a physician's standing orders. I used to stock individual packets with two tabs of either acetaminophen or...
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    Start dates

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Pacsun4567's topic in School

    I started my job (sorta) in May of last year. They had hired me for one position (7-12), but the 5th and 6th grade had to leave before the end of the school year and I was available. So I worked...
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    Parents that are nurses

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

    Kenderella89, ::hugs::. I agree with NutmeggeRN's advice above. I have had a few parents that are nurses and a mix of good and bad interactions with them. Some of them are wonderful and understand...
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    Respect....or the lack thereof...(RANT ALERT!)

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Ilovegiraffes's topic in School

    Might have been mine, because I use that for both ice and heat packs, especially since all the nicer ones I have have gone missing or mysteriously get returned to me with a hole in it. I work with MS...
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    Silly question about asthma

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to mc3's topic in School

    Ditto! You handled that beautifully in my eyes, Spidey's Mom! Asthma is no joke. I always, always watch those kids like a hawk - this winter on the East coast has been a bear for those kids with...
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    Microwaves

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to GrapeRN's topic in School

    I have one. The school actually bought it for me. I use reusable heat packs (I work in a MS/HS, some days endless stream of menstrual cramp complaints) and they got tired of me sending a kid to main...
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    PRN Medications

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to sks0730's topic in School

    I use electronic record (SNAP) for my daily prescription meds, OTC meds, and PRN meds. I have a paper record for subs to document since they do not have access to SNAP. If Epi is given, it is...
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    Worst part of being a school nurse

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to fetch's topic in School

    Three days after starting a full time school job, I had to file with CPS. It left me with a terrible feeling because at the end of day, I still had to send the student home. Fast forward a summer...
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    Nurses who believe in herbal nonsense, alternative medicine, anti vaccine etc

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to mhy12784's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Despite my feelings on the matter (I am supportive of alternative therapies given the evidence-based research I have read), I know as nurse, the most important thing I can teach a patient is to be...
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    Do You Like Being A School Nurse?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Jules0612's topic in School

    I don't do billing myself. But I always tell people that most days, I feel like a social worker, but you know what? I love it. My responsibilities are very similar to 100kids and I am exhausted at...
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    Guess! That! Cough!!!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to fetch's topic in School

    I've only ever sent one kid home with a cough (that didn't also have a fever and/or vomiting) and it was an asthma cough. Hit after gym outside, history of asthma with no inhaler on site, constant...
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    Is this going around at the school?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NurseEllie13's topic in School

    When a parent asks me on the phone, I usually say "at this time of year, there is always something going around." When I see a trend, I use school's biweekly newsletter that goes home to parents....
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    Do schools hire new grads?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to studentnurse9806's topic in School

    It really depends on the district. I was a new grad that started subbing as a school nurse. After a couple of months on a longer term sub job (plenty much full time for a month for a nurse on...
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    GN to NP in <1yr

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I entered a direct entry MSN program with the goal to go straight through from RN to NP. Whoa, did my perspective change! I passed the NCLEX last January and was so burnt out from nursing school, I...
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    Things you'd love to tell a fellow nursing student or faculty.....

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

    Student: Stop talking about - especially condescendingly - patients you are currently taking care of in clinical in the hospital elevator! Didn't you learn about respect and HIPAA? Faculty: Thank you...
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    Pink eye questionable

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to sophonie418's topic in School

    Irritated eye/eyes? I agree with those that suggest allergies. It is actually my first thought before pink eye every time. If the student has no discharge and a there is a history of seasonal...
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    Diabetes question...questioning myself...

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to nursingnow's topic in School

    Do you have anything in the student's insulin orders that talk about a pre-meal low? For example, when I have one of my type I students come in pre-lunch with a BG of 65, we still carb count his meal...
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    504 meetings?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to shsnurse's topic in School

    Similar to others, I attend/am involved in 504 meetings where the accommodation is medical-related. kenderalla89 makes an excellent point, though. It can be very district
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    Thank you polar vortex!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to fetch's topic in School

    3rd snow for me yesterday and another storm is on the horizon this weekend. While the day off is nice, I really hate shoveling my car out. A
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    HELP Pink Eye Question

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    nightie-night nurse, I have plenty of parents let their middle school kids walk home; there is no busing after 6th grade and so many parents don't have many other options of others that can pick their...
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    HELP Pink Eye Question

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    How old is your student? My general rule of thumb is if its contagious enough to send kid home, they stick with me and get schoolwork until they can be picked up. Then I clean my office after they...