JenTheSchoolRN BSN, RN

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    end of year sending meds home

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Apples&Oranges's topic in School

    Like many, I send a letter home. I will send home inhaler/Epi-pens with students (MS/HS kiddos, several self-carry to begin with), but other meds must be picked up by a parent. I have a sign-off sheet...
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    Would you call an ambulance?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to halohg's topic in School

    Yep. No proof student ingested them. I'd call home for more information first. Aside: I have parents send students in with OTC meds in a baggie all. the. time. Ugh. I stock them - parents know this,...
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    Almost walked out today

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to momto5RN's topic in School

    This. Did this student have the medical OK to return to school? Our policy is we cannot let a suicidal student return to school without a signed letter after being evaluated that the student is safe...
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    epipen recall

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Oma to 11's topic in School

    Me too! I've saving them for next year's Epi-pen training. I'm going to freak them out even more than when I used the tester on myself last
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    The "Best" Nurse Pass Notes

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to WineRN's topic in School

    So scratch
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    I feel like I'm losing.

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    And to elaborate, nicely, it appears your school/you would like you to be able to make health assessments without the training/ability to make assessments. Yes, you can take a temp, vitals, but...
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    We knew it was coming but it still sucks

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    ::hugs:: to you and her family. As Nutmegge said up thread, it never get
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    The "Best" Nurse Pass Notes

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to WineRN's topic in School

    The last time I had a middle student come down for a pimple my response was "Welcome to puberty." The students are used to my dry sense of humor. It's why I enjoy the older
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    Blindsided by a colleague.

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to tch1920's topic in School

    I bet after her receives a call every time her call needs to go the nurse, she will tire of that quickly and realize what she said. We all get stressed, but seriously, this is extreme. Would she have...
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    I JUST CAN'T

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to palli's topic in School

    I don't even give them to students. They will stick them too far in their ear and be right back in my office. Nope. Q-tips are mine, all
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    High school nurses

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School

    I handle grades 7-12. If you break down my visits, 55% of them are from either a 7th or 9th grader, both transition grades in my school. (Visit load is 30-50 a day, 500 students total overall)....
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    The "Best" Nurse Pass Notes

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to WineRN's topic in School

    Her child's pediatrician must LOVE
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    epipen recall

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Oma to 11's topic in School

    None in my office stock, but we are adding a notice about it to our weekly family newsletter this week. I typed up the details this morning. I also have a lot of kids that self
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    epipen recall

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Oma to 11's topic in School

    The press announcement from the FDA is actually pretty easy to read: FDA alerts consumers of nationwide voluntary recall of EpiPen and EpiPen Jr It listed the expiration dates of Epipen affected as...
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    How to get acute care experience when you are no longer a "new grad RN"

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to arose26's topic in General Nursing

    I want to like this x 10. I was in a Direct-entry program. One that strongly encouraged work as an RN after getting licensed as an RN and many switched to the FNP portion part-time when doing so. I...
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    Emergency Eye Wash station?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Mango Juice's topic in School

    I have bottles of eye wash in my office. Our science lab, however, does have an eyewash station, but thankfully the science teacher and facilities director maintain it
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    And on a personal note

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    I helped a student with terrible migraines through her senior year on a 504. That poor girl missed so much school. We came up with make-up plans that involved waiving some classwork and focusing on...
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    Excessive visits

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to momto5RN's topic in School

    I have students in the 30-80 visit range. And one student who last year saw me 117 times. And bragged about it. We tried some things, but to be honest, teachers were not consistent with it. And that...
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    I can't win for losing

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NurseBeans's topic in School

    It's never anonymous, and I know that the second I call. And it equally sucks when I get that letter that tells me the investigation was closed and yet, here I am, reporting yet again to open it back...
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    STAAR Testing Anxeity

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Not an option in my state, unfortunately. But I get anxiety pukers in my office every year. And like Far said, I treat it like any other anxiety
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    C'Mon Now!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    UGH. Do he even have multiple sick absences? I'm guessing not... Side story: I actually asked our school to remove the carpet in the two classrooms that still had it, but that was because of a student...
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    Spin off- what's been your biggest emergency as a school nurse

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    I still remember the first time I had to use an Epi-pen. Peanut allergy. After school on a Friday, student accidentally purchased peanut butter twix thinking it was regular twix and ate two bites...
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    The Incontinence Epidemic

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Are the days where a students needs to be toilet training prior to entering school gone? I don't ask this to be a butt, but I do wonder. Or do doctor's note exist for all these students? Given the 504...
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    The Pacer Test

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    In my state, we used to send the letters home and they had to come from the nurse. Some school nurses would call them the "fat letters" and hated them. I was also not a fan of them. Luckily, after my...
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    Sweet, Honey

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to LikeTheDeadSea's topic in School

    I'm from the Northeast and have lived in the Northeast my entire life and have used "hon" more often than I thought when working with younger kids. However, I use it with both genders. The only adult...