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Wondering what's your policy on HFMD and Scarlet fever. Anybody would like to share how many days the student stays home and any classroom quarantine procedure in your school? Thanks!

Hello School Nurses! I was asked to give Sex education to grades 6,7 and 8 and I am wondering if anybody can refer any good videos and other resources. Topic focuses on Development of the human body including secondary characteristics, reproduction...

16 more days to go. Can't wait to enjoy the summer!

Hi to all, I just started school nursing last Oct 2013 for pre-K and Elementary International School in China and will probably move to another International school this Aug 2014 for a Nurse coordinator position in a K-12. I would like to do more and...

Yeah, I tried and attached references(NASN, APA, CDC) to support my ground but got a(yes very reputable organization), don't know if I take it as an insult or just let it pass kinda comment. Our School director actually thought it was very interestin...

Hello again nurses, Im just wondering if you would keep a child in your clinic and ask parents to pick up when there's no other symptom other than 38C fever and it's 30 minutes to home time. I did send the child with the school bus because there are ...

@Farawyn and Nutmegge, sorry guys I dont work in the US of A. I'm using C here, so my instinct was to use that on my post above :). 38C =100.4F

Great! Usually kids with fever gets picked-up by parents but if it's too close to going home time, i'd rather send them home with the school bus than sit and wait for parents to arrive another hour. Thanks all! I really appreciate all the answers I ...

So today I got a call from the early years principal regarding the building nurse removing an object from one of the student's ear. The nurse successfully removed it and no further harm was caused. My question is, are school nurses should be allowed ...

I have fridge in my office, so i make ice cubes, put it in the ziplock with water then wrap it with a paper towel. If it's a serious case, I keep the student in my room for observation, if not they go back to class with the ice-water bag. I use Ace w...

In my last school, the school office is in-charged of sending newsletter. But my current school let me handle almost everything when it comes to health/nursing. I send out health/medication policy at the beginning of the school year, reminders when t...

Exactly! In my email I told her I would have done the same thing. I wouldn't want to send a child to an emergency hospital unless a pencil or anything sharp is embedded in the ear and if in my judgment I couldn't remove the object(paper ball in this ...

Im wondering if school nurses gathers teachers and staffs medical information and emergency contacts in their school. My responsibility as a school nurse where I work now is focused on the students but I'm wondering if others are also responsible wit...

Thanks all! I am working in an International School and most of our staff are from all over the world. I find it necessary to have their emergency contact list due to a lot of staff are here by themselves(singles), some with wife and small kids and n...

Hi Nurses, I have again questions for you fellow school nurses. In the beginning of the school year, I sent out emails to parents regarding medication policy. One specific detail I wrote was that students will go to the nurse office/clinic and take t...

@SChoolNurseTXstyle, i love that! :). I hate it when parents think we know where their kid is all the time. Especially for a G10 student, I would really want him and the parent to understand that it's his responsibility to come to my office and take ...

Sorry, my crystal ball is broken!!! @SChoolNurseTXstyle, i love that! :). I hate it when parents think we know where their kid is all the time. Especially for a G10 student, I would really want him and the parent to understand that it's his responsib...

Thanks everyone! I just needed to know I am not doing anything different than you do and not putting my job in line. I have one parent who is very close to the school director and though no complains about the missed medication yet, i just want to be...

Thanks for the infos! I decided to buy 8 large first aid kits for 3-5 days trips/tour and 5small ones for day trips. We have 6-7 groups heading out for tours next month and each group bring 1 large kit. That should be plenty. Thanks nurses!

Hello School Nurses! Hope everyone's doing well in the first few weeks back to school. Im wondering if you have any ratio for student to first aid kit in your school. How do you determine how many first aid kits should be sent during field trips, day...

Hi folks!This week I have two students diagnosed with scarlet fever. Everyday for 3days now I check the whole class' temperature and symptoms for scarlet fever. Then today another student was out, mom's observing for any s/s at home other than fever....

I took my exam May 7. Finally, after those agonizing days of waking up at 4am in the morning to have 2 hours of studying, some reading when not busy at work during the day and few hours more after work is over. Now I can make a normal dinner for my D...

Hi guys. Im taking the exam on wednesday. Does this pearson-vue trick works for Saipan?

Hello there, My big day will be on May 7. I have 3 weeks left and I feel not prepared at all. I used online Hurst review, Kaplan and Saunders NCLEX-RN book. I did Hurst online review exam and the following are my result for 4/6 set of exam: 1. 87/125...

Currently working as a school nurse and I would like to be a certified AHA instructor(so I can train teachers and give out certificates). How can I be one? No AHA training centers that can train instructors around where I work. Can I do it only in th...