nitengale75

My name is Judy and I have been an RN for 34 years and a school nurse for 19 years. I have currently been the only nurse at our high school serving 1700 students for 16 years. It has been the best and most rewarding job I have every had. I work in Illinois so I am state certified but am dealing with a school board who now after 30 plus years has decided that certified school nurses need to go. They want to hire RN's and place them on the teacher assistant scale and pay them a mere pittance. There are 6 of us in my school district so keep us in your thoughts as we negotiate a new contract.

Thanks Martha! I knew you wouldn't let me down and would have some great advice as always.

I am looking for questions to ask potential applicants for school nursing positions. Any creative questions/ideas from this board? Thanks in advance for your help!

They are in any city, state, in the United States. I have an 18 year old junior student who is on her 3rd baby. No reason for it when my girls can go to the health department at age 12 and get free birth control without their parent's consent or knowledge. I believe it is a socio-economic issue. More babies equal more money. The situation goes full circle when you realize that most of your teen mothers came from teen moms themselves. Just a little rant I have every now and then.....

Can anyone tell me if the Illinois Nurse Practice Act now allows RN's (not APN's) to write prescriptions, sign the doctor's name and then slash it with his or her initials? I always thought this was outside our scope of practice, but apparently is being done state wide. I have e-mailed Illinois Department of Professional Regulation but so far have not received a response. I heard it took a long time to get information so I thought I would toss it out to the Illinois nurses.