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  1. Summer Summer Summer!

    guest83140 posted a topic in School

    So Summer is coming, not far up the road. What are going to be doing? I'm getting invites for Summer camp nursing, Summer school, Summer conferences. oh my... I just need off. Rest. ?Travel to see...

  2. What are some of your office policies?

    guest83140 replied to scuba nurse's topic in School

    I would say at the high school, the policies were followed strictly at first except, the big one, no one took temps at the doors. The supt. was going back and forth about the body scanners but didn't...

  3. Transfer Schools

    guest83140 replied to stlrn's topic in School

    I read the comments and wanted to throw my 2 cents in since most were asking her to stay and not transfer to work with the teachers. I would say if you like the location, staff and feel comfortable...

  4. Diabetic student staying after school

    guest83140 replied to peaceful2100's topic in School

    I personally have had to train the after-school teacher with a sign-off sheet of training and give them a tote of supplies that comes from the

  5. Help Type 1 diabetic and lunch

    guest83140 replied to peaceful2100's topic in School

    Hi, you've already gotten so many great answers. I personally have worked at all grade levels. So for elementary, with a new type 1, I would prefer the student eat in my office for a while with the...

  6. MSN - which degree is right for a school nurse?

    guest83140 replied to KSRN's topic in School

    Education or Management unless you hope to go further later in the clinical

  7. Headaches and covid 19

    guest83140 replied to Sxhoolnurse1991's topic in School

    No, I am not sending them home just for headaches. They usually have to have at least another identifying symptom of covid or my judgment entails going home. The parent will be called if it is severe...

  8. If your school asked you, would you admin COVID vax on campus

    guest83140 replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    No, they haven't and no, I don't want to. They have a local clinic doing assigned as a one-time offering this week, thank

  9. Staying or Going?

    guest83140 replied to BooBooCrew's topic in School

    Yes, I'm returning, and no I haven't been given any time bonus other than the one-time bonus all teachers got at the beginning of September. We have had a few leave but the district believes the...

  10. Do school nurses ever give narcs?

    guest83140 replied to MTRNlove's topic in School

    Not here because of the student's possible drowsiness and the need to watch over narcotics in a school setting that falls under legal consequences to the

  11. 40 days left!!

    guest83140 replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    Yesssssss! 70 days including weekends and Holidays! Count downtime. Thought about Camp Nurse but since school will probably return at the End of July, I'm Chillin

  12. Medication Error in School

    guest83140 replied to uofanurse's topic in School

    Just my two cents. I believe with an investigation, most get a warning for first offenders with no serious injury to the student/patient. Also, it depends upon, repeat nurses, type of medicine,...

  13. Under the Influence Assessment

    guest83140 replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I have a substance assessment double-sided sheet created by our nurse supv. When they bring the person, usually security, it has to be authorized by the admin. Front side (date, time, student name,...

  14. Tired of being "the bad guy"...

    guest83140 replied to caretakerofkids's topic in School

    I had been getting the bad push back at the beginning from the teachers wanting to know who was quarantined from their classroom and feeling their rights and safety were being infringed upon. Finally,...

  15. Exhausted..Trying to stay positive

    guest83140 replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    I feel like everything is on standby. Fun, freedom, and adventure. I go to the same places, mostly curbside or takeout. I try to find projects to work on at home, not school-related. We have...

  16. Supervisor Retiring, Now!

    guest83140 posted a topic in School

    Wow, we just got informed that our Nurse Supervisor is retiring, in 4 weeks! A shocker. Well, she is 66 but she's held our hands and the district for 14 years. Her health has started to decline lately...

  17. Supervisor Retiring, Now!

    guest83140 replied to guest83140's topic in School

    No, I don't want that headache besides, I'm counting toward retirement days even more now. I think they would feel better to keep things in check knowing if left to the masses, it may be different...

  18. SECOND nurses office?!

    guest83140 replied to ihavealltheice's topic in School

    I work at a high school with around 2400 students and we have 2 separate nurse offices. We used to just alternate medications that came in and whoever got that student would do that iep, 504, or ihp....

  19. Walk Up Thermometer

    guest83140 replied to tining's topic in School

    No, they promised us at my high school of 2000 plus but we never got it. They depend on the parents to do it before coming to school. Not enough staff to oversee the wall scanners. I see many on...

  20. What Has Been an Upside to Covid?

    guest83140 replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    1. spending more time with family at the house, really listening to them 2. taking a break from the fast auto-pilot life's daily running around without thinking 3. reading my bible more...

  21. Staff Vaccines

    guest83140 replied to BrisketRN's topic in School

    Usually, new rollouts, like staff vaccines are announced on the main school page or in the Supt of Schools email directly to the staff after the collaboration of the nurse supervisor. Even the updates...

  22. No Guidelines Yet on Screenings

    guest83140 posted a topic in School

    Yes, COVID-19 is here, not going anywhere soon. We've been back in school for about 6 weeks now. The DIag sent requests for Vision and Hearing Screening yesterday. Some say, just do the Sped kids....

  23. No Guidelines Yet on Screenings

    guest83140 replied to guest83140's topic in School

    Well, ...well, well. Following up finally. Texas just reacted and gave us some way overdue guidance on the school screenings. Yes, so on Jan. 13, 2021, yep that was yesterday, the Texas Department of...

  24. Will you take the Pfizer Covid Vaccine?

    guest83140 posted a topic in School

    We just finished a nurse group Zoom Mtg. We were asked how we felt about taking the covid vaccine per the school Supt. Wow, didn't expect that on a Monday. The school nurse? Wow, it's like your life...

  25. Covid Vaccine

    guest83140 replied to Nurseybl06's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My take is, the White House suddenly decided they were not going to take the Pfizer covid vaccine and would wait until a later time got me to thinking that they would not dare to decline something...