JenTheSchoolRN BSN, RN

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    National School Nurse Certification Exam

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to cowboysandangels's topic in School

    You have to do the initial license first and then with your master's in place you should qualify for the professional license after getting the initial
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    National School Nurse Certification Exam

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to cowboysandangels's topic in School

    Personal goal for me, too! I need to pass in in the next 4 years to get my "professional" school nurse status through the department of education in MA. Because it is still way cheaper than my Masters...
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    Uncooperative Diabetic Question

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    Oh, KKEGS, catching up on this thread after a snow day and firstly, just ::hugs:: We have all had a family like this this, one that insists we are doing everything wrong and yet doesn't provide us...
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    Uncooperative Diabetic Question

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    This. I had a very uncooperative diabetic HS student for a few years. I would attend this student's IEP and 504 meetings (student had both) and state the facts. And I made the student cry every....
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    IHPs

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Schoolnurse73's topic in School

    I was thinking the same thing. And what does this accomplish? Does anyone read all of them besides the person that writes them? I have a few IHPs for specific students and frankly they often morph...
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    Personal mental health

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    I do community theater which can have busy on evenings after work and sometimes that is exactly what I need. Otherwise, my go to relax is actually to re-watch Friends on Netflix. I've been through...
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    Do I stand a chance?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Persephone Paige's topic in School

    Does this school employ more than one nurse at one time of the day? Because if not, there isn't anyone to have pass narcotics if it isn't you for that shift. Narcotics aren't typical at my school for...
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    C'Mon Now!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    A dare, I bet. I had a student with a pretty severe burn (including two very large intact blisters) on the palm of his hand. The cause? His friends in art class took their glue guns and made a hot...
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    Salad Bar and Allergies

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to denstar's topic in School

    This. I have a student with a few allergies that are likely present on that salad bar. My plan would be for that student to avoid the salad bar and have another allergy free option at lunch. Does this...
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    Sunbelt Staffing school nurse?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to penguinwaddle's topic in School

    We hired a long-term sub to cover a maternity leave vs an agency at my school. The agency provided no training and the nurse had never worked at a school (did have other nursing experience in peds). I...
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    Stinky kids...

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Csn2016's topic in School

    I sometimes get this as well. But it is because the counselor is overwhelmed with a huge load of students and an odor issue is lower on the totem pole, so to speak. Sometimes it is lower priority for...
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    One of our students lost everything in a fire

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    ::hugs:: for the that family. We had a student loss everything to a fire a year or so ago. It was terrible. No one was physically hurt, but the family was displaced and separated as it was hard for...
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    Tell me about high school nursing

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    They really are. Right before February break at my school, the health class I took discussed gender roles (specifically stereotypes for girls and guys that have sex/do not have sex) and the points...
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    Frequent flyers

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Yep. I have one student who has over 100 visits a year for the past three years. Nothing I do changes
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    Hope parents don't send these to school!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Cattz's topic in School

    These would be used like candy at my school. And I can just hear the licking and slurping sounds and that kinda grosses me out a little. And I'm not grossed out
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    Tell me about high school nursing

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    My favorite part of high school nursing is actually the health teaching I do. I'm currently teaching sex education to my 10th graders and I love it. This is the age where this teaching is actually...
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    Weekly sit-downs to go over goals/progress

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I have check-ins with my non-nurse boss every two weeks. Charters can be a different beast. PM me if you want
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    HS student with odor, call nurse?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to guest83140's topic in School

    No shower after PE. In fact we have no actual gym or locker room, so students wear their PE uniform all day on a PE day. PE is outdoors or a short walk to an indoor facility we rent. Most of the kids...
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    HS student with odor, call nurse?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to guest83140's topic in School

    I have a box of mini deodorants I got as a donation from a parent. (While my school has a lot of lower income students, we also have some middle class parents that can be generous with donation to our...
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    Students cutting themselves

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    All of this as well. Asking a student if they have any suicidal thoughts is never fun. It requires a lot of control of emotions. This is really important for a student to feel they can honest. And...
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    Parents keep medicating their febrile kids in the morning

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    See, in your situation, I would love this info and work with you. I have with many students like your students. I have one student that vomits chronically due to medication. It isn't a virus. The...
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    Students cutting themselves

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    You have to stay calm. It takes practice. It is a part of the job that isn't easy. I have been the first person a student has talked to about cutting and seen the fresh wounds. It hurts, yes, but I am...
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    I'm so over...

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to scout mom's topic in School

    At least it is an easy and quick pick-up. I hate when they drop off their clearly sick kid so I can call them for dismissal and be told "but no one can pick them up today - can't they just lay down in...
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    Is the flu in your school?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Jacquipals's topic in School

    I'm knocking on wood. The Thursday and Friday before February break I send home 15+ students. 9 of them were from one grade and one homeroom and within 24 hours I have two of those nine confirmed with...
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    Blood pressure

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SchoolNursey's topic in School

    This. And then ask for guidelines as to what is high BP that med should be held for. And ditto on some middle school students that are adult sized. I have a few 7th grade boys and girls that are...