JenTheSchoolRN BSN, RN

Folks who only got 1 MMR vaccine are more likely to have waning immunity. Revealing my age, I know (I'm an early 1908s baby), but when I was a baby, the MMR series was 1 injection at age 1. Now it is 2; 1 at 12 to 15 months, and the 2nd at age ...

For 6th graders, I use: https://www.getrealeducation.org/

Was the student also unconscious for a period? And found under the swings? With no nurse there to even assess? I would 100% stand by calling 911 and applaud the staff for doing so.

So, I teach health for grades 5-12 in my school and have for years. Grades 6-8 focus on puberty and comprehensive sex education. Grade 5 is hygiene and puberty. I teach for 8-9 classes. We send out a detailed electronic official letter to famil...

To staff x1000: "Vomiting is not an emergency. I will not race upstairs to a bathroom if a student is vomiting. Let them finish vomiting in peace and then send them my way." (And so many of these folks have their own kids - do they freak out whe...

I haven't been around much in the forum lately, but logged on today and just realized the nugget I shared with the last three school nurses I've trained (I'm now the school nurse leader for my small district) is this: You will never regret calli...

If live lice are found, call home, work with parent on plan for treatment. If parent would like to pick up student, they can, but if they can't, student can remain in school. As the CDC states, lice are a nuisance, but they haven't been show to spre...

A pouch you place your cell phone into and it locks. It can only be unlocked using a strong magnet. Comedy shows use them sometimes to prevent audience from recording, but schools are now using them to help students break cell phone addictions/focus ...

Which state are you in that does abstinence only education? I'm a school and health teacher - proud comprehensive sex educator for 9 years! I love teaching it and giving students information to have power in their own bodies. I would also ...

I'm super old school school and nothing beats a manual for me.

This. But also, water, sit for 5-10 minutes. If it is real, often that water will come right back up or they will look like it will. Same for diarrhea - if it is that real and gross frequent diarrhea they won't typically last 10 minutes without...

I got COVID - twice! The first time was January 2022. I was shocked it too this long, honestly, given how prevalent it was when I am (MA; we were still fully masked at the time). It happened at the literal worst time ever that it could happen. I...

I'm curious as to why you have to have the heart to heart talk? Is this as a friend? Or as a co-worker? Due to COVID, the line blurred a bit for staff and me re: health care advice. Because of it, I was becoming the person they asked questions t...

End of the month. But would I use an very recently expired Epi-pen if needed vs no Epi-pen at all if I truly needed it? 100% of the time. Epi-pen expiration dates have also been extended in some circumstances due to supply issue. I do not ...

This. I screen all students in T-shirts. We wear uniforms at my school and I do this screening on a student's gym day during the warmer months when they all wear lightweight T-shirts (usually white). I've also caught plenty this way. It is faste...

To what everyone said above, sharing info with us can only HELP the child. We all want the same thing. We also respect a student's privacy. But knowing if ibuprofen is indicated for supportive treatment at school is valid. Knowing your child has a tr...

Oh, it is same here. Nearly all my unvaccinated students have gotten COVID. Vaccinated kids, yes, I did see a huge increase, but there are plenty of vaccinated kids that didn't get COVID as well to round it out.

We aren't dropping ours on March 1 - city I'm in isn't dropping their mandate just yet either. Honestly, dropping it RIGHT after February break is a terrible idea. Why couldn't the state just at least wait one more week! I did just hit 80% vacci...

Why I'm not moving, even though I am originally from NJ :).

This x1000. At least at the MD office, they will send the culture out if rapid is negative but it still looks a lot like strep. And even prescribe antibiotics in the meantime. We would not be able to do any of that...and a positive strep test would s...

So, this can be tricky. No two situations are ever the same and I really look at it case by case. Symptoms can the day 0, but for some folks a baseline for them is a daily headache/congestion (especially for chronic allergy sufferers, like mysel...

I mostly work with grades 7-12. And I love them. MS kids are the most challenging, but honestly, also the most rewarding. Puberty is such an awkward time, and it is phase where kids can be, well, let's be honest, just kinda jerks. But most of them ge...

Honestly, I was so done with school, but did want further certification, so I went the route of taking the national certification for school nurses. That is an option in my state vs getting my masters for me to get my professional certification as a ...

So bumping this thread up to circle back to no washer/dryer could be the issue. So, I had a HS student that graduated a few years old. Lovely young man, lived below poverty level, mom struggled with addiction. Odor issue was big - but he did hav...

My contract says this specifically - any curriculum I create and use at my school belongs to my school.