tranquillight

I'm in my mid 20's and go by Nurse (first name) if that helps :)

I'm so with you on this post! Sometimes I think no matter what we say they won't listen. I had a special needs kindergartner last week diagnosed with a minor case of impetigo on his face. His 1:1 aide was so freaked out that, despite having no symptoms or any sign of a rash at all, left work early and made an appointment with her PCP so that they could "test her skin to make sure she wasn't infected".

I'm in the same boat as you - I have issues with my principal trying to tell me when to send kids home. I stand my ground and have a great nurse supervisor who has my back but I definitely wish I had a more supportive staff. I feel your pain!

Reading this thread has defintely helped me feel better. I had a preschooler come into my office Friday who had fallen on her left wrist. No bruising or swelling, and let me palpate the area with no signs of pain at all when she was distracted by reading a book. She would also say it hurt when I touched other parts of her body such as her right knee, etc. so it seemed to me that she was just reacting that way because she was upset. I sent the student home regardless after 20 minutes and she ended up getting an x-ray but now I have staff coming in telling me they knew it was broken all along and I should have sent her home right away. Ughhh not the way I wanted to start my week

Just saw a student who stated her hands hurt because she was clapping too hard..

Feeling frustrated at some of the staff members here. Had to call 911 on a student friday for a head injury and I had a bunch of staff come in and try to tell me what to do while I was in the middle of assessing the student. Next time I'm thinking of just asking everyone else to leave the room!

I request an asthma action plan for all of my asthmatics that have inhalers in school. Any type of cough/allergies/cold they are instructed to take their inhalers every 4 hours. Usually I work with the parents so that they give the inhaler prior to school start, I give it around noon time and then they give it again once they get home from school. Definitely helps prevent a lot of problems with my students that tend to have asthma flare ups with any cold symptoms! :)

Anyone else have trouble with certain teachers in their school? I'm new to having my own school this year and I have this one teacher that is constantly sending kids back to me after I send them back to class because she thinks they need to go home and second guessing my decisions. Very frustrating!

I had a 1st grader come to see me at the end of last year crying because she "almost sneezed in class" but didn't actually sneeze.

I'm 24 years old, started in January of this year as an elementary school nurse. I always wanted to be a teacher or nurse too so I love this job! I previously worked in the NICU, then moved back to my home state and did pediatric home care. :)

I used to work in a school setting as a 1:1 nurse, and I always drew up the medication myself. The problem with giving medicine the parents drew up themselves in an unlabeled syringe is that you have no idea what you are giving, and you are liable if anything happens. The parents could have drawn up the wrong medication and you would never know for sure. I would have them send in the medication bottle with empty syringe like schooldistrictnurse said above. Although I'm sure the parents are on top of things, you need to protect your license.

I feel like we are twins also! I'm 24 and work full time as an elementary school nurse and do pedi home health PRN as well. I always feel so drained once I get home around 4:30PM, but I feel like school nursing can do that to you. I try to go to bed around 9:30pm on weekdays since I get up around 5:30am in the morning and I need that 8 hours of sleep. Any less and I'm struggling the whole next day lol. I always thought I had hypothyroidism since my mom does but my levels are WNL. Maybe it will help to go to bed earlier?

Hi all. I'm planning on applying for school next fall to become a pediatric NP. My hope is to work in a private practice. I have been working one year in home care with experience working with children with trachs, vents, g tubes, central lines, etc. I also am a substitute school nurse and have worked as a camp nurse this summer as well. I'm wondering if it would be beneficial for me to try to get some experience in a pediatric hospital as an RN? Or would it be better for me to apply for work in dr's offices since I hope to work in one once I graduate. Thanks for any help!!