JenTheSchoolRN BSN, RN

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    Daily Testing for Unvaccinated Staff

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to arlingtonnurse's topic in School

    Daily?? Yikes! Ours have to test weekly if unvaccinated. Miss the test and they have to get tested outside of work and produce a negative result by the following Monday morning or take PTO until they...
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    Any nurses NOT responsible for contact tracing?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Haha. Nope. I do the bulk of COVID stuff for my school, I will say. I do this so that my other 2 FTE nurses can handle more of the day to day stuff (have 2 LPNs I
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    Test to Stay forms and documentation

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Cattz's topic in School

    I use the paper version of the CIC form (I'm also in MA). For test result tracking, I built myself a Google spreadsheet. But as School Nurse Leader I also track also both our school buildings -...
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    Competitive Edge

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

    I teach health at my
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    Is Baqsimi delegable in MA?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to k1p1ssk's topic in School

    I still believe all glucagon is not delegable here in MA. Which,
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    Test to Stay

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SmallStateSchoolNurse's topic in School

    Not at my school. BinaxNOW is actually pretty accurate for folks that have symptoms. But depending on the symptoms, they may still be dismissed and not cleared to return until resolved. Students with...
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    NCSN

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    To be determined. I printed it but it does seem to just chunk out the
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    SY 2021-2022 Roll Call

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Year 9 for me. I got a promotion this past year and my official title is School Nurse Leader and I work year round now (with a nice bump up in pay). I'm busy all the time. And most of it...
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    Test to Stay

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SmallStateSchoolNurse's topic in School

    Same, but we test for 7 days (though is really 5 because of weekends). Unvaccinated with close contact at home, no test and stay, quarantine applies (till day 8 with negative test on day 5;...
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    NCSN

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    Yep, I also did the digital study book with it. Test itself is still "just"
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    School Nurse: Medical Problem

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to iRNman's topic in School

    Note from doctor on my end. But it can happen. I had a kid going through treatment to help with his severe milk and peanut allergies. Got him to a point where he could consume both without a serious...
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    Test to Stay

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SmallStateSchoolNurse's topic in School

    Doing it here. For us, it is 7 days, not 5 (but not weekends, they quarantine on weekends). I don't have parking lot/separate area for this - we have a small school building with a small lot...
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    NCSN

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    Okay, folks. I did it. I submitted my application, paid my $430. I am doing this thing this fall. Wish me
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    Leading from Behind

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

    I actually have no specific CIC complaints (aside from pools now taking up to 36 hours to turn around vs previous 12), but I have also been working with them as a vendor since November 2020 and had a...
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    Leading from Behind

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

    I saw some spread between a couple of kids at school after a parent sent their unvaccinated mildly symptomatic waiting for a PCR test result they had done the day before to school. I can't prove it...
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    Leading from Behind

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

    I ended up considering an entire classroom close contacts myself because of no distancing. I don't hate no distancing (these are MS kids and distancing policing was a nightmare plus we can't fit 27...
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    All covid, all day

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to scuba nurse's topic in School

    YEP. My "favorite" in the past 2 weeks? Family with 4 kids - all unvaccinated and 3 old enough to be vaccinated. 2 of them home with fevers, cough, muscle aches (yep, pretty clearly possible...
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    contact tracing in Oklahoma

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to ruralseok's topic in School

    I can actually see my student's immunization data in our state database and am allowed to access it per state law for school entry and health reasons. I am so sorry OK is making this a mess for you!...
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    Can we share covid policies?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    I've got one, but my state actually has pretty good guidelines (and I've built on them). We have a COVID amendment to our student handbook for them, actually. For symptoms: Fever (100.0°...
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    Taking student to bathroom

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to peaceful2100's topic in School

    This. I work at a public charter and this student would have a para assigned to them and they would take them to the bathroom if needed. (It may not be a 1:1 para, could be a 1:2 para, but there would...
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    COVID-19: Envo N95 mask

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to CamperNurse's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Update from me: I have one I got last year and use it and LOVE it. But it harder to be heard through it - I wear it when COVID testing and when I am with student/staff with COVID or suspected...
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    Anyone else seeing sneezing with Delta?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    I've seen positive cases with just minor sore throat. So much so that when my own (usual) fall allergy symptoms started last week I got tested. Was negative,
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    School Nurses: When is everyone back?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    We start on August 30th. We are masking everyone, regardless of vaccination status. I will also be testing everyone on site weekly (including staff) with pooled testing. I also have a rapid...
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    How to Acquire a Standing Order/Prescription for School EpiPens?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to JuniperRN's topic in School

    My school physician signs my standing orders. But the good thing about that website, is they use their own standing orders and you really just need a physician to sign off on them. If you don't have a...
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    School Nurses: When is everyone back?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    I never left! But I now work year round (but did take some very much needed vacation time in July). The rest of my nursing staff is back August 23rd, students back August