SassyTachyRN

SassyTachyRN

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  1. Moms of school-age kids

    SassyTachyRN replied to nycNurse2b's topic in School

    I work in the neighboring school district as my kids. My kids school district pays their nurses, literally, half of what I make. I used to work for them. So, I pay for before and after school care for...

  2. School Nurse Office by the Numbers

    SassyTachyRN replied to rbytsdy's topic in School

    I am still on box number 1 of saltines, I bet they are nice and stale by

  3. And so it begins...

    SassyTachyRN replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    Ouch! 14 more days

  4. 504 Plans

    SassyTachyRN replied to DEgalRN's topic in School

    Included in all of our care plans for parents to fill out is their 504 rights. How to request a 504, etc. I rarely have a parent actually request a 504. I am usually involved in 2-3 a year. In the...

  5. One Full Time School

    SassyTachyRN replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

    We are 30 nurses to just a little over 50 schools. We have anywhere from 1-3 schools. We are an urban district and generally are within a few miles of our schools. I personally have 3. I have had 2 in...

  6. Reality check blues

    SassyTachyRN replied to jesserpie's topic in School

    Coffee on

  7. reminder notes

    SassyTachyRN replied to vikivail26's topic in School

    I do both usually, hand them a note with the policy, and remind them

  8. School Nurses, How are you Paid??

    SassyTachyRN replied to anita07's topic in School

    Bi weekly, salary, 12 months a year (had a choice of 18 pays or 26 pays). Actually get more in the summer (and the weeks of Christmas break and Spring Break) because my HSA and health care premiums...

  9. Macy's is Open

    SassyTachyRN replied to SnugglePuggle's topic in School

    I am SO going to use this line with my little girls! My secretaries ask them, "Do you want to wear this? No, do you want this? No, how about this?" I don't do that nonsense. I hand them a change of...

  10. Snow day! :) or :(

    SassyTachyRN replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    Northeast Indiana here, we were supposed to get quite a bit of snow out of that storm and got maybe 3/4 of an inch, lol. We didn't even get a delay out of it. Was kind of bummed, such a work up over...

  11. Seriously ???

    SassyTachyRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    More confidence in kids than we do? Because you get to know them oh so well in those few minutes you spend with them in the office, as you are rushing them out to get to your next patient? Of course...

  12. Day 4...

    SassyTachyRN replied to jhlpn's topic in School

    Northern IN too, no cancellations. Few delays in Jan for bitter cold- that's it. SAD! I guess I will be thankful when we start getting Friday's off in March in May for built in snow days that we...

  13. Where are my peeps today?

    SassyTachyRN replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    We have school today... I just had kid #47 leave my clinic... only sent one home...she waited two hours for a ride... everyone has a case of the Mondays... ALSO... we have NO vacation this month! I am...

  14. Sticky situation

    SassyTachyRN replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    I'm sorry! You did everything you could! I really hate Quillivant! I had a kid who was on it for about a year and that huge glass bottle always terrified

  15. Planning Periods

    SassyTachyRN replied to DEgalRN's topic in School

    I receive one. We are encouraged to take them on Friday afternoons in one lump sum, so i am out of the clinic each Friday afternoon. My staff is used to

  16. SNOW!!!

    SassyTachyRN replied to 100kids's topic in School

    Northern Indiana... 4 built in snow days... haven't used any yet... so unusual. Have had two, two hour delays for below zero wind chills last month. That's it. We've barely had any snow this year. An...

  17. The Bad Day Thread

    SassyTachyRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    So very sorry! How

  18. Flu in Schools 2016

    SassyTachyRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Had a parent call today and reported a positive influenza! Here we

  19. IHPs

    SassyTachyRN replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    Same here. We have IHP's with nursing goals, interventions, outcomes, etc. because we are eventually looking into Medicaid billing for nursing services and have to have that

  20. Charting!!??

    SassyTachyRN replied to jhlpn's topic in School

    Under "health" there is an "office visit" page to input the visit. Our technology dept. has it set so that only nurses can access the "health" and "health conditions" tabs. However, we are not using...

  21. Charting!!??

    SassyTachyRN replied to jhlpn's topic in School

    We computer chart into an excel spreadsheet. Meds are still on

  22. School Nurses Hoping for a Snow Day

    SassyTachyRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in School

    30" and you only got a 2 hour delay? We had a foot of snow a few years ago and closed for a week

  23. Busted! Wikihow to fake sick to the school nurse

    SassyTachyRN replied to tining's topic in School

    This is true... I think we've discussed it all here... from "public lice" to bedazzled lady

  24. The Bad Day Thread

    SassyTachyRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Thinking of you and your school family

  25. School Nurses Hoping for a Snow Day

    SassyTachyRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in School

    No snow here, looks like it's hitting south of us. Does kind of suck that it's happening on a Friday night though. Well, for us school folks. We enjoy Sunday afternoon/night snow