A1hamRN

After reading all that I feel really blessed... I see about 25-30 kiddos a day about 6-7 daily meds. Only send home 1-3 kids a day home if any, so that goes to show you about 75% are nothing major bumps, scrapes, papercuts, rash, sore throat or cough. One of the other nurses in our district sees 40-60 kids a day we both have 575-600 kids, which I find completely riduculous! How in the world are you suppose to do all the other things school nurses do seeing that many kids that don't really need to come in? Vision/hearing screens, immunizations, med logs, health education classes, etc.. I tell my teachers that I chart every visit about 3x (daily log, student log on and nurse notes) so unless they are burning up, bleeding, or throwing up they don't need to send for every papercut. My teachers are awesome compared to some of yours I guess.... We have one nurse in the district who uses like a bar graft to chart how many visits each class has and turned it into a sort of contest where the class with the least visits gets a classroom prize, that has worked pretty well for her

I'm in a similar situation 1st yr as school nurse 14yrs pediatric nurse. I started my position being paid at the bottom of the barrel making what a 1st yr teacher just out of school makes... We are a district of 18 nurses, one in each school. Most have been here for 10 + yrs and used to the pay cut, but we have lost 3 nurses in the past yr due to financial burdan. I don't want to be the 4th, but I'm finding it more and more difficult to make it on my low salary. I'm married and my husband is very supportive but the stress of this is hurting our family. I love this job so much! I worked hospital nursing and took a $20,000 pay cut to be here, but when I applied and was interviewed I knew it was a pay cut but thought I was starting off as a 14yr exp. not at 1st yr.. I have talked to higher up but was thinking of approaching the superintendant about this... Any thoughts?!