JenTheSchoolRN BSN, RN

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    Frustrated about covid symptoms. Does everyone need to go home?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    Diarrhea is the COVID symptom I've been seeing more in younger folks. Then a day later, taste and smell changes and/or loss. COVID has no clear cut path to any diagnosis here and that is what just...
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    Surprise, Surprise... COVID Contacts after Thanksgiving... great!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Or the new Chicken Pox. Let's have your COVID+ positive kid play with with my kid, so they get it and move on. Never mind if they bring it home to grandma and she dies from it... UGH. There is a...
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    Teachers retiring because of COVID

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    I'm salary. 45 hours per week (I work 7:30-4:30 as I work after school to cover students that are here usually in the non COVID times for tutoring, clubs), up to 195 days per school year. My contract...
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    Clinic Survey on school website

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    We mark students absent when students don't log on. Absence call goes out daily to notify parents. Parents can call in students sick - those usually get passed to me. We don't have a survey on the...
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    Surprise, Surprise... COVID Contacts after Thanksgiving... great!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Right now ours is a with the very small group we have in person. But we do want to ramp it up and likely doubling number with the testing continuing in January. I will say this: it is so much...
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    Surprise, Surprise... COVID Contacts after Thanksgiving... great!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    To add to this thread - interesting data. Did surveillance testing of 76 folks - about 65% staff, 35% students on Monday. PCR test. 4 positives. All asymptomatic at time of test. 5.2%. Which was...
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    Surprise, Surprise... COVID Contacts after Thanksgiving... great!

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Oh no! I'm hoping mild is where you stay and ::hugs:: @BrisketRN I launched my weekly surveillance testing program last Tuesday for staff and had an asymptomatic positive ping back at me the...
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    covid liaison compensation?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Phillynurse123's topic in School

    Your local BOH is actually contacting your school? Wow, I wish that was happening on my end. I'm the one calling them - happened this past weekend. I don't mind working the extra hours in general...
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    Autistic students

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to marsbar37's topic in School

    Good on that doc. I usually ask teachers what the student's normal is. Because perhaps head banging is normal, but it is usually the student banging their forehead and that day they are banging the...
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    Missouri School Nurses - BinaxNOW Rapid Testing

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Cattz's topic in School

    Fun times. Curious, any for a minor symptom like just having nasal
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    Missouri School Nurses - BinaxNOW Rapid Testing

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Cattz's topic in School

    Have you had a positive
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    Friday

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    Me too. And I was contact tracing this weekend and have surveillance testing on 11/30 for students to re-launch our high needs in person program. I'm trying to get it all set up by tomorrow, but I...
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    Missouri School Nurses - BinaxNOW Rapid Testing

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Cattz's topic in School

    Or more tests? It was very confusing that I could opt in. Schools approved for the trial were published in the Globe this week. And yep, saw that. I don't know how many people will wait until day...
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    Missouri School Nurses - BinaxNOW Rapid Testing

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Cattz's topic in School

    Statewide DPH is still recommending a confirmation PCR. But the call I was just this morning said some DESE guidelines are being updated. Is this the powerpoint from the Binax info session? My...
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    Missouri School Nurses - BinaxNOW Rapid Testing

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Cattz's topic in School

    But a positive antigen test still needs to be confirmed by PCR in MA. So I'm not sure if I should be enacting the protocol with the antigen test or the PCR test? I mean, I'd probably be over cautious...
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    Missouri School Nurses - BinaxNOW Rapid Testing

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Cattz's topic in School

    Both of those are kinda referrals, though. And I have set orders from a doc as to what to do with those results. I would need this test to also have very, very clear perimeters in the doctor's order....
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    Missouri School Nurses - BinaxNOW Rapid Testing

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Cattz's topic in School

    Yep. I'm sure the test is actually easy to administer. But I don't want the option of having it. It feels borderline diagnosing for me and nurses do not
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    Missouri School Nurses - BinaxNOW Rapid Testing

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Cattz's topic in School

    Ugh, I'm sorry. My boss just asked me again if I want to participate (apparently one can still express interest) and I was quick on the "no, no, no, no" - I'm sticking to our PCR weekly surveillance...
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    Sick Student Policy

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to AllieEmerson's topic in School

    I've been told that several pedi offices around here have a COVID testing tent in their parking lot. You go there at a scheduled
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    Missouri School Nurses - BinaxNOW Rapid Testing

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Cattz's topic in School

    In MA we can only use for testing of symptomatic folks. The data out there for antigen tests is finding they are pretty accurate for symptomatic folks since they need more viral load to be present to...
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    covid liaison compensation?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Phillynurse123's topic in School

    I'm my school's COVID liaison and it comes with no extra pay
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    Sick Student Policy

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to AllieEmerson's topic in School

    This. And I've said this before, but most pediatric providers aren't doing sick visits in person in my state with any COVID symptoms - they are sending the kid out to be tested
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    School Nurse Certification

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NurseKate42's topic in School

    See, I don't have my master's - I was in a direct entry NP Program but once I fell into and in love with school nursing, the NP coursework and clinicals were impossible with my work hours in my...
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    Parents STILL Sending Sick Kids to School

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    Of course. I'm the first to say that school was never a no-risk illness zone. There are plenty of other illnesses that kids get that aren't COVID. But COVID has many different symptoms that can be...
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    Who feels like Stretch Armstrong?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to tining's topic in School

    See, my cat would try and ride the roomba and my dog already barks at the vacuum cleaner so he'd likely be barking and chasing it, so I'd be distracted. I usually pride myself at my multitasking...