JenTheSchoolRN BSN, RN

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    I don’t know if I like school nursing

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to nursex23's topic in School

    I also created a "self serve" station for those simple visits. it is on table in front of me, equipped with Pads, tampons, bandaids, alcohol wipes, lip balm packets, cough drops, tissues, cups. The...
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    MiddleSchool health office

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to nycNurse2b's topic in School

    I have some education posters: Seasonal Guide to Severe Allergies, Understanding Epilepsy, poster of the menstrual cycle, and my muscular and skeletal system posters. I also have a bulletin board next...
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    Mass Casualty Simulation

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to <fletch>'s topic in School

    I attended a seminar on casualty prep for school nurses last spring. It was standing room only and a GREAT PD! (They offered it during our spring break so nurses could attend without worrying about...
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    Really?!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to ihavealltheice's topic in School

    This one I didn't deal with directly, but: Admin who I love: Just got a text that there is a "ton" of period blood in the 2nd floor girls bathroom. Me: What? How is it specifically "period blood?"...
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    Colorado closes entire district for illness

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    My school experienced something like this a couple of years before I started. A stomach bug run through the school, hitting teachers and several them vomited into trash cans in the middle of class. We...
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    Field trip chaperones

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to arlingtonnurse's topic in School

    We don't allow parent chaperones on trips - only teachers/staff. And I train all of them. Plus, I have parents sign up on self carry form for inhalers. I do group my inhalers/epi-pens by traveling...
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    Happy Thanksgiving

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Glitternurse's topic in School

    Same! Half day here and I've already seen 8 children in the last 30
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    Flu is CRAZY

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NurseHeatherBSNRN's topic in School

    Curious - what is the vaccination rate in your
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    Diabetes Question

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to JenTheSchoolRN's topic in School

    Have a message in to speak with student's diabetes educator (who is a NP). Stay
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    Diabetes Question

    JenTheSchoolRN posted a topic in School

    So I've been in this school nursing game for a few years and this year I got two new students diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Both diagnosed within the last year or so. One is 12, the other 13. Both...
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    "The Nurse doesn't really DO anything" -Middle school students

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to RNTadaaaa's topic in School

    I went straight into school nursing (had a great mentor to help me) and in the 8 years I've doing it, never have I been able to slip out early or get a long lunch break (I'm lucky if I get a lunch...
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    "The Nurse doesn't really DO anything" -Middle school students

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to RNTadaaaa's topic in School

    Middle school students: love and dislike them all at once ;). I once told a MS frequent flier was was upset at me not sending them home that I got my job because I was the meanest nurse that applied....
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    What is your late pick up policy?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    So since I work older kids, don't see this. But that is only because we do not bus from 7th grade and up and every single child is issued a subway/bus pass (I'm in an urban area). So school closes at...
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    School nurse roll in IEP + 504

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in School

    Also accommodations on a 504 plan can go with a student to college (most common to see is small group or extended time or stop-the-clock testing); IEP modifications cannot. As for the school nurse...
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    Cat allergy anaphylaxis

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Flare's topic in School

    Heck, I've had plenty of 15 year old lapse in judgement happen, including a kid severely allergic to tree nuts and peanuts eat a peanut butter almond cookie. This thread is fascinating. As a cat and...
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    Gratitude

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    Oh gosh, it has been an uphill climb the past couple of weeks at work and I come back to this board and see this! @ruby_jane thank you and right back at
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    Vaping

    JenTheSchoolRN posted a topic in School

    So in my state (MA) they have banned the sale of all vaping devices for the next 4 months due to the increase in severe disease being linked to vaping/certain vaping devices. The number of students...
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    HOTV vs LEA ?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to iamthewalrus's topic in School

    I use the HOTV with my middle and high school students. I find it works very
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    The rules apply...until they don't...

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    Cellphones are the WORST. My school bans their use but since every student has a laptop, a new loophole for self-dismissal has happened: I'll email home and ask to be picked up. Without seeing the...
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    MA Nurses re: Field trips and epi pens

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    They really like to make things hard for school nurses in our state sometimes, don't they... Yep, I did the program through BUSHIELD in August 2018 (after having done it through NEUSHA 5 years prior)...
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    MA Nurses re: Field trips and epi pens

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Huh? I have sat through the MA delegation training twice (once very recently) and swear I was not told this. But I do have a specific field trip medication form I have parents sign. It doesn't have...
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    Sped Diabetic Student Requesting Escort

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to guest83140's topic in School

    That might the middle ground vs a fulltime 1:1. Is there a teacher/staff member that he trusts that will "conveniently" stop by to remind him and escort for the his glucose
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    Illinois Diazepam

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to BrisketRN's topic in School

    Same. The second I say "rectal" the look on the teacher's face is just
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    Updated Resource Guide

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to UpliftingRN's topic in School

    Check out this site for continuing ed for school nurses in a variety of topics - some are free, some very low cost:
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    hygiene products

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    I ordered these a couple of years ago: https://www.alltravelsizes.com/freshscent-deodorant-stick.html Tiny and key in a MS/HS. I did use some of my budget for it, but I'm lucky as my school was all...