JenTheSchoolRN BSN, RN

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    Suspected Drug Use

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to missriss65's topic in School

    I have as well. Most kids are surprisingly honest when you are
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    I have no patience for this today!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    Wow. I do a few kids with a lot of other things going that the parents struggle with said student to get them through the door each day. But those parents and I work together, usually they email me or...
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    Suspected Drug Use

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to missriss65's topic in School

    Same talk around here. I have mentioned to a couple of my admins and eyes widen. I can get the fire department here (they carry it) with it in about 3-5 minutes if I suspect it is needed. I have MS...
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    Suspected Drug Use

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to missriss65's topic in School

    In MA, all schools will be required to add SBIRT screenings to the usual screenings. (More info about SBIRT here.) I did an online training and an in-person training at the end of last school year -...
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    School Nurse Gives Wrong Medication

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Pictures for subs are super helpful! Since we don't have photos in my EMR (though we are working it!), I leave any sub with copy of last year's yearbook (I am also the yearbook adviser for my school...
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    It's ok to look at their....

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Jacquipals's topic in School

    If the clothing can be lifted by the student (i.e. shirt for belly stuff, pant leg, etc.) and the student is okay doing so, I'll check. Bathing suit area I consider off limits. I have given students...
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    It must be Pink eye!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I have eye wash drops and one or two of those in the eye and I've worked
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    A fungus among us...Ringworm

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to halohg's topic in School

    If the gym has those rubber gym mats, those need to be seriously cleaned. My school has a day care with those mats and ringworm loves those
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    School Nurse "Holiday Wish List"

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Please, I'm not that greedy. It can arrive on a simple white
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    School Nurse "Holiday Wish List"

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I want a supply of food that isn't saltines for all the students that hate the school lunch and visit me hungry. I can get frustrated at these kiddos, but I know some of them have no good food options...
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    C'Mon Now!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I love you so much for this post because I could have written the same thing. I am still missing so many emergency cards and I also use this strategy to get kids to bring them
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    Liabilty Insurance

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to GdBSN's topic in School

    Also NSO. Would never go without
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    How do you even get a job as a school nurse?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to melis1970's topic in School

    Sub, sub, sub like other folks have said. I started as a sub in one district and used that experience to get my current full time gig. School Spring is an awesome place for job postings. Not all will...
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    Mono

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    Same. I do remind the student to not share drinks, but really I remind students to not do this all year because, well, saliva and germs. On a side note, I still spend so much time when I teach sex ed...
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    Whatever happened to going to school to be a nurse?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to indish's topic in General Nursing

    I was actually in school in a Direct Entry program to be a NP because that was where health care was heading, I was told (I was naive). I ended up getting a job in school nursing after passing my...
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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

    This. The kid that comes in, looks terrible, tells you they had a fever last night and this morning, but parent gave them medicine (ibuprofen, acetaminophen) and temp is something like 99.8 after said...
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    Pet peeve

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    I'm far from "old" (in my 30s), but wall clocks are very much still used. Therefore, we should ensure middle school children know how to tell time by looking at one of them. I have also worked with...
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    Pet peeve

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    I was also taught cursive in grammar school, but no students in my current population have learned it. But I what I find more more off-putting is the fact that so many of the middle school students I...
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    Resources and Training - What do you use and what do you need?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NurseHeart&Soul's topic in School

    I went straight into school nursing, but I had some great training. I was a sub in a large district and placed for over a month into a large school in nurse's office that had two nurses. The very...
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    Front row seat to B movie

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    Unless the student has a medical condition that means they need a buddy (or had a recent head injury at school to require a buddy), I'm not a huge fan. But I also dismiss the buddy back to class once...
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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

    For me, I'm miffed at the parents that tell their actually clearly sick kids they can visit me and call home if they continue to feel poorly. Poor kid has actually tried to stick it out, but is...
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    Quick question

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    I usually chart the request in my EMR. But I don't keep a copy of the written request unless I know it to be case where I should, given the repeat number of
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    Annual Report of Immunizations

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    Ugh, I hate that! I have been there and literally had to comb through it three times to get my math to add up. It doesn't help that the best time I have to do it is after school, usually after a busy...
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    Over Night Field Trip

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Racheldc1980's topic in School

    Is the travel out of state? You may need to look into your role out of state; sometimes this is easy, sometimes it may require you get licensed in another state. We have a field trip form for...
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    Do you wear scrubs?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Jacquipals's topic in School

    Always a scrub top, usually a nicer t-shirt on top with a cardigan/sweatshirt, sometimes a scrub