CampNurse10

Hi, I work in a public school that has (what I think) is a good/decent pension. For me to get the best benefit out of it, I should stay a total of 30 years (I'd be 63 when I retire with a decent pension). For those of you in public schools that hav...

When did you start working in the public schools? I'm on the same retirement, mtrs, and the grid I'm looking at is definitely not as good as whatever you have! The best deal I'm looking at is to stay for 30 years. Vested after 10 years, but you get ...

I'm in MA and the earliest age they offer to start collecting is 60. The percentage is way lower though. You're better off waiting just 2-3 more years. The only way to get the 80% is 30 years of service and 65 or older. The percentage goes down fr...

Hi Everyone, What does your camp do for medication administration? Has anyone ever had "camp meds" pre package their campers medications (or the parents are supposed to do it)? It looks like a great service and I would hope my camp moves in that dir...

Hi all, This is going to be the year that I plan to take the certification exam. I was trying to find a copy of the study book from the NASN website and it seems they don't sell it anymore. For all who took the exam recently, what was the most help...

Hi, I'm curious what you all do with students who have broken or "sprained" limbs, and have activity restrictions per the md? What we do: no gym or any other specials that involve physical exercise (students go to another special like art or music)...

I totally agree with your responses. The rationale, as I understand it, is that the kids and the other staff can't be trusted. The kids can say "yes I understand" when you tell them not to run or jump etc, but they're kids, they'll do it anyway. An...

Hi, Anyone have experience doing any international travel nursing? If so please share, thinking about looking into 1 year contracts.

THanks for the info. I emailed 2 places, one for New Zealand and one for UK. Have you done any of this type of work? I would be travelling with a husband and school age child so school placement for 1 year would be a priority for us. Thanks again...

Anyone ever think about getting their NP? I'm thinking of doing it online, 1 class at a time, may cost 20-30k. Where I work, the cap for school nurses is same as teachers, so far as I can tell, I think I could possibly be making 75-85k in next 5 + ...

What state are you in? Did I read this correctly, you're the only nurse for 1000 students?

I know, this is what I struggle with, how could I ever part from having all this vacation time??

Wednesday dismissal at 1200, Thurs/Fri off. Paid (salary)

I would have called with 1 visit of c/o blurry vision (even if the kid was a freq flyer). I have learned that it's better to just make the call then to not make the call and something like this happens.

This is my 2nd year in and I'm struggling with the same. I feel lonely and isolated (although I'm not the only nurse, its so busy, no socialization whatsoever, so different from the hospital). The parents drive me nuts. Everything seems like its a...

Hi I was wondering how many people work 2 jobs. I am a school nurse but held onto my per diem hospital job and am thinking of quitting and letting go of hospital nursing for good. I worked so many years in the hospital setting and have been hesitant...

Hi I will be a camp nurse for the first time at a 4 week sleep away camp in the woods. I will be the RN stationed in the infirmary and I'll be working 6 days, with 1 day off per week. There is a doctor's office within a short drive from the camp, a...

Hi everyone, Has anyone attempted or succeeded at conducting your own research? Found a topic you were interested in and was able to pull it all off? I see on the NIH website they have grants/funding for approved research projects. I work with an M...

Hi everyone, I am new this year and am wondering what other school nurses do as far as teaching. I know we teach everyday all of the time, but do you ever have any assembly's or go into classrooms and do "formal" teaching? And if so, do you use pow...

I'm new this year, I was thinking of getting a very small Christmas something for my frequent visitors that I see daily(asthma kids etc). Do you think that would be OK or is that not appropriate? What are others doing?

Hi, I'm just wondering how other nurses store their epi pens. I have them all jumbled up in my emergency bag and I only have one of those blue/green epi pen organizers. I was thinking of the clear plastic shoe rack that I've seen pictures of online...

I am a new school nurse this year and I have a lot of asthma kids (as I'm sure everyone does!) and I have a few bad asthmatics. I have searched on the american lung assoc website and the asthma/allergy network looking for posters of lungs, explainin...

A first grader: "I can't button my pants". I buttoned his pants for him.

Hi everyone! So I am almost 2 weeks in as an elementary school rn. I am a little baffled by the amount of documentation and the number of places to document in. We use healthmaster, so everything gets documented there, but we also have paper charts...

Hi Everyone, I just accepted a position in a elementary/middle school. There will be 2 RN's and 1 LPN in the health office. I am nervous about orientation or lack thereof. I am planning to go in 1 or 2 days for just a few hours to meet with the ot...