NurseEllie13

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1. Happy Field Day!

   NurseEllie13 replied to NurseEllie13's topic in School

   Fetch, I love book fairs, too! My school didn't ask me to be outside with them but I wanted to be so I stationed myself out there with gauze, bandaids, alcohol wipes, ice packs in a cooler, and...

2. Happy Field Day!

   NurseEllie13 posted a topic in School

   One of my favorite things about school nursing is rediscovering all those things I loved about school when I was a little kid. Like Field Day! Got my ice packs and Band-Aids ready, hopefully I'll...

3. Why do parents get mad when you send their kids home???

   NurseEllie13 posted a topic in School

   I know, I know. It's inconvenient, they have to take off work, I've totally disrupted their day---I get it. But really??? Didn't you sign a form at the beginning of the year indicating you'd read the...

4. Running the Spring Marathon

   NurseEllie13 replied to fetch's topic in School

   Mine goes to the kiddo who tore open a preservative packet that clearly says DO NOT EAT all over it and ate the contents because "I don't know I just wanted to try." They're going to put a medal of...

5. Do you ever miss the hospital?

   NurseEllie13 posted a topic in School

   Every now and then I start to miss it ... the acuity, being surrounded by incredible nurses all the time, the bonds coworkers form after mutually surviving the worst 12 hours of our lives, that look a...

6. That's a new request...

   NurseEllie13 replied to Cackalacky's topic in School

   This is not about lice but first thing in the morning today, a teacher sent a kiddo who came in stating "I thought I saw a bug crawling on my leg and I couldn't get it off and now I think it's in my...

7. Interview

   NurseEllie13 replied to BABYJADE06's topic in School

   I also went into school nursing coming from adult med/surg, and to prepare for my interviews, I thought about how my hospital experience would translate well into school nursing. For example, I worked...

8. Do you play music in your office?

   NurseEllie13 replied to 100kids's topic in School

   All day long on Pandora! It keeps me

9. Is this going around at the school?

   NurseEllie13 replied to NurseEllie13's topic in School

   LOL!!!

10. Care Plans for Next Year

    NurseEllie13 replied to Cackalacky's topic in School

    I haven't tried this myself and it only works if you can communicate with parents via e-mail. My colleague attaches the care plan to an e-mail to the parent but cc's the principal on it. Apparently...

11. Is this going around at the school?

    NurseEllie13 replied to NurseEllie13's topic in School

    schooldistrictnurse, I guess both. I want to address their concern and be empathetic without breaching confidentiality. Thanks for the suggestions, I might use those statements! Thanks, kenderella89,...

12. Is this going around at the school?

    NurseEllie13 posted a topic in School

    How do you reply to that? Say a student has been home sick with a stomach bug, and yes, you've sent home a few kids for vomiting this week, but nothing alarming. Or maybe the issue is

13. Lice-itchy scratchy

    NurseEllie13 replied to nursingnow's topic in School

    Also, all the nits I've seen so far have that very tell-tale "tear drop"

14. Moving (not permanently) to another compact state?

    NurseEllie13 replied to NurseEllie13's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! I think I will do that.

15. Subs - how often do you get called to work?

    NurseEllie13 posted a topic in School

    I'm moving to ME where the school districts are TINY and there are exactly zero openings for a school nurse within 30 miles of where I'll be living! Although it's still early and something could open...