JenTheSchoolRN BSN, RN

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    Feels like -20 here today

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Don't given them any
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    preventing spread of infection

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to lovely07's topic in School

    I especially love putting it front and center in the staff
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    I have a really hard time...

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    My younger brother went to high school every winter day, no matter what temp it was, in gym shorts. My mother tried everything to get him to wear pants. Nope. He also rarely got sick. So, there's...
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    I have a really hard time...

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    You hold your tongue at that? I actually correct
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    ADHD Student on Rampage

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Again, . Also, we are never sure if parents follow through with a behavior plan at home. As Flare mentioned, long day at work, fatigue, etc can definitely play a role in sticking to a routine and...
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    preventing spread of infection

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to lovely07's topic in School

    I hate to say this, but you can try your darnest to teach about hand hygiene and, well, colds still spread. Kids are kids. It is cold and germs are next to each other. And kids with cold typically...
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    School Nurse Gives Wrong Medication

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I agree standard might have been helpful, but this may have even happened with it and no photo. In a school setting, kids are not always truthful (hence the twins above that think telling the nurse...
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    Building student education into your job...

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    Can you talk with your admins about doing some classes with the elementary kids? How I started teaching was pretty simple: I had a friend that works with a sex education curriculum that my school...
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    ADHD Student on Rampage

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    This x100. you,
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    How do you tell your MS/HS kids it's only a cold?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to verdeacres's topic in School

    I have students that parents have signed off on OTC meds that visit me 2-3 a week for headaches. And I've followed up: no headache reports at home, no other symptoms but mild headache. Tend to not eat...
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    Not comfortable with my sub...(Warning: Long post)

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    I, too, almost missed appendicitis with a FF. Student visited me with general stomachache, first time rested and back to class; 2nd visit, I did actually palpate his abdomen, no rebound pain. Pain...
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    How do you tell your MS/HS kids it's only a cold?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to verdeacres's topic in School

    Not coming across as an attitude to me, Far! OTC meds are a double-edged sword. I love having them for menstrual cramps (which can truly be uncomfortable without them), but seriously, some kids do...
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    If you feel sick the nurse will call me and you can go home

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Sigh. This is vent thread. I feel like so many people visit our board, see our vent thread, and proceed to preach to us, more so than on any other vent threads on this site. rant> To your point, I...
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    How do you tell your MS/HS kids it's only a cold?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to verdeacres's topic in School

    I don't if there is such wordage, but battling a cold myself at the moment, I have blown my nose, used hand sanitizer, and smiled at some of those kiddos, saying "I'm here pushing through during a...
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    Bottle Up The Magic

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I sent one kid home at 805 after arriving at school and then throwing three times in my office restroom. Go and take your germs far, far from here, please! Only 7.5 school days (including today)...
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    Bottle Up The Magic

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    You see, the week before Holiday break I see MORE kids. The older ones all want to start break early, mainly because for the older kiddos, a lot of work is due just before break vs. after because of...
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    Do you ever say "no" to an inhaler request?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    Same. I have, though, encountered a student that was visiting me every day to use their inhaler that I suspected may be visiting me to get out of class, but wasn't sure (again chest tightness is...
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    ADHD Student on Rampage

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    :inlove: Compounding pharmacy sounds like a idea that could be worth perusing if refusal is regular. What works with child at home that might work at school as well? Working towards a reward is a...
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    Is it just me?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to vvasq87's topic in School

    This. Also constipation and not wanting to poop at school when they obviously need to poop. And anxiety. I balance assessing for a physical issue and feeling out if it may be stress/anxiety related,...
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    No IEPs?!?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    This website breaks the difference between the two down pretty well: IEP vs.
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    Pregnancies on Campus

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    So much truth here. I don't use shock statistics or any photos of STIs in my class - it just doesn't work. It is true that less than 50% of high school students have had sex - and that is something...
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    Pregnancies on Campus

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    I had one last year that is graduating this year. I teach all the sex education classes in my school (7th, 8th, and 10th grade), but this student was past the grade of my teaching sex ed, so I can't...
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    Splinters

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to ksouth's topic in School

    I have the older kids. I'll dig out a splinter with Splinter out if I can - I've gotten pretty good at it, I must say. If I don't attempt, I would have several MS kiddos coming back to me for multiple...
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    No IEPs?!?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    We only require that info for evaluation reviews every 3 years (though IEPs meeting happen every year to check progress). I provide info like Becky stated about - hearing, vision, last physical, and...
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    No IEPs?!?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    I don't write or attend IEP meetings unless it is directly health related. We have a student support team; each member has a load of kids and they run the meetings and write the IEPs. Now 504s? Yep, I...