JenTheSchoolRN BSN, RN

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    Emergencies

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to RN4kidz11's topic in School

    Someday I need to get a t-shirt with that saying on
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    Emergencies

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to RN4kidz11's topic in School

    No diastat students for me this year, but I have given an Epi-pen pretty recently. Protocol was the same as schoolRNapril said above. Gave Epi while instructing an admin to call 911, then the...
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    Resume/Cover Letter Help

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to txnicurn's topic in School

    All of this above is great advice. Don't forget to mention your experience working with parents as well. You have that in the NICU and in the Girl Scouts. You paramedic experience is also really...
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    Countdown Time

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    20 days, but I am taking a personal day this Friday, so 19 days. Two of them are half days, so I say it is 18. 18 days, one more screening day to sneak in (stupid snow!), 18
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    Valedictorian caught cheating

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to pinknursepower's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    A scholarship? That changes the situation for me. If I were student #2 in line for this, I'd be very angry. Do the folks giving said scholarship know this student was caught
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    Tactful way to address staff issue

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SnugglePuggle's topic in School

    What about covering some parts of the windows up with health-related posters? We have a day care at our school for staff with windows that face out into the hall. To prevent people from looking all...
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    Found a pill

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I've been handed pills as well. If it doesn't match up to a pill I give in school and we haven't caught the student with it, nothing I or the administration can do specifically. I have ramped up...
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    Tactful way to address staff issue

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SnugglePuggle's topic in School

    I might make sure a few scary germ photo slides make their way into the next staff meeting, because photos speak louder than words. Or stick that gross germ photo on the pass through door with a...
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    School Nurse and Teaching Responsibilities

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to pamjumps's topic in School

    Depends on the district. I teach sex education and continue to develop the health curriculum at my school (grades 7-12). I LOVE teaching. I thought teaching sex ed would be terrifying, but I do a...
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    Who makes medication policies in school districts?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Jory's topic in School

    Pretty much the same thing in Massachusetts. I work with Grades 7-12 and if they don't self carry, I try my best to transition to that. But any Epi-pen or inhaler is not locked up, it is behind a...
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    Grade levels. Pros and cons?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to txbootsy's topic in School

    I work with MS and HS kids and I love 'em. I have also worked with the elementary kids and I will take the MS or HS every. single. time. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the younger kids, but I'm weird...
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    How many nurses to students ratio?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to NurseLRW's topic in School

    I am an RN, full-time, and manage about 500 kids, grades 7-12 (MS/HS). Just me, no secretary/aide. When I subbed in a larger district, I worked at a site that had a combined health office for...
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    Leavinggggg

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to realredhead1979's topic in School

    That actually sounds like a great opportunity! Teaching is one of the parts of my job I truly enjoy. Best of luck to
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    Thank you gift for school nurse

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to JustBeachyNurse's topic in School

    He sounds like a wonderful young man. For, it doesn't matter what the gift is, the recognition is truly the gift. And I treasure the hand written notes from the students the
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    Emergency communication from staff

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Windchaser22's topic in School

    Like the song from Scrubs says "everything comes down to
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    Random Thoughts: School Nurses

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    THIS. Today I had a student with a pretty large splinter impended in his fingernail. He told me it happened on Friday (almost 5 days ago) and it was really starting to hurt. I asked him if he'd...
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    Evacuation Drill

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to RNlove17's topic in School

    I feel your frustration
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    Emergency communication from staff

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Windchaser22's topic in School

    Teachers think vomit is the plague. I always get calls that say something like "such and such student is vomiting in the bathroom." Okay, great. Send them my way when they are finished. I'm not...
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    How large is your school?

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to txbootsy's topic in School

    I have ~500 kids. I see anywhere from 20-40 visits a day, plus scheduled and PRN meds. I'm continuing to try and get my EMR (SNAP) fully up-to-date as I find it the best tool when my office gets...
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    Nursing students not happy to hear about how tough it is to get started as a nurse

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in school on day one, they was honest about the tough market (especially saturated in my area) and how you needed to start building relationships with clinical instructors, preceptors from...
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    Emergency communication from staff

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Windchaser22's topic in School

    On a slightly different, yet related "emergency" note, I cannot convince some parents that the ED is NOT a doctor's office. Your child's 100.1 degree temp with a cough does not need to go to the ED....
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    Countdown Time

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to SassyTachyRN's topic in School

    I have 26 days left...stupid snow. Seniors graduate June
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    Schools push APRN immediately-$$

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing working higher education administration prepared me for in school nursing was dealing with teachers and parents. The actual nursing side? I thank my awesome senior preceptor on a very...
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    Emergency communication from staff

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to Windchaser22's topic in School

    Yay :) I put this on my door when I am attending a meeting, during screenings, or if I have to close my office for any time (i.e. during a more urgent situation). The kids are slowly learning to...
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    Inquiring about about diabetic trained dog

    JenTheSchoolRN replied to andrea4_2005's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Not a diabetic, but a school nurse helping manage a few Type I diabetics. I had a student who was also dropping low at night; that student got a CGM and has had excellent results with it and his...