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For me, the trickiest part to having a type 1 diabetic at Summer camp is overnight. The activity level at camp is so much higher than at home plus there's different food, snacks all the time, and the excitement of being around friends all day/night. ...

What "tricks" do you use to get compliance? One of my go to tricks when I need something from a parent (I.e., paperwork, health update for IEP) is to call and leave a vague message "Hey this is the nurse from [school]! I need to get a hold of y...

This reminds me of a story my dad told me about when we were moving back in 1984 (I was only 4 so I don't really remember). He was a truck driver at the time and asked his coworkers to come help us move. It was a Friday afternoon and he gathered ever...

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Nice! This gives me an idea for another thread... the tricks we use!

I work in my kids' district and occasionally sub in their schools. They love when I sub in their school and beg me to. Maybe that would be different if I was there all the time though. I also work as a camp nurse at the camp my daughters attend...

Thinking of you!

The only thing I would've added is checking BP. Low or dropping BP is a symptom of anaphylaxis. The one time I've given epi, I took the student's BP and it was fine, 5 minutes later it had dropped and her O2 was also low. Great job!

I have worked 3 summers as a camp nurse (last Summer was cancelled ?) It's a sleepaway camp in Pennsylvania (we live in Illinois) My kids attend the camp I work at for the first session which is 3.5 weeks and they absolutely love it! Not s...

Holy shnikes! This sounds exhausting!! How do you have time for anything else??? Awesome news on the promotion! Hoping it comes with a hefty pay hike! I recently took on more responsibility in my district after a higher up quit unexpectedl...

Immediately. They were not happy but I told them that it was just like they were in class. A little therapeutic boredom gets them back to class much faster.

I don't mind checking out a (recent) injury or a BP check here and there. As always, there are some that will take advantage. When this happens, I want a memo to go out that MOST workplaces do not have a nurse on staff so please handle your hea...

I work at the preschool level now so we don't have this come up. But my first year as a Summer camp nurse we had a transgender camper. It is an all girls camp and he was allowed to attend still because it was his last year before aging out and ...

We want the health office to be comforting but not comfortable (as in, a place to relax from math class). I switched schools in the middle of a school year a few years ago and the previous nurse was obviously a lot more casual than I was....

I'm skeptical on whether or not I'll make it... but hopeful!

I was wrong... We have 42 as of today. Still not bad!

We also have 40! Yay!

I'll be staying in school nursing. Can't beat the schedule and I get to work at a Summer camp with my kids attending and they love it! Maybe when they are grown (currently they are 16, 13, and 13) I will have a different part time job in the su...

I have done it both on days when my district offered to pay me and on days when it was a volunteer basis. We partnered with our local health department and it was extremely well organized. There were designated people to check people in/ask pre...

Ooooo.... That'll be an interesting experiment! My district had a mass vaccination event for all school staff and converted the day after the second dose to a "remote planning day" in anticipation of a good amount of people calling off. I'm v...

I got my second shot 3 days ago and I'll be due for my period in about 2 weeks. I'll see if the same thing happens! I was doing great after my second dose and then at almost exactly the 24 hour mark, I started with body aches, mild headache, an...

I'm wondering if anyone has experienced menstrual changes following their COVID vaccine? I got my first dose (moderna) on 1/7/21. Sore arm, minor headache were my only side effects. But when I got my period, it was off. Very light, almost only ...

How are you feeling otherwise? I'm so nervous about my second dose!

We haven't had any staff (at least at my building) complaining! There are 23 buildings so I'm not sure how other buildings are faring. But we've started vaccinating staff as of 1/7. I was able to give some of the vaccine to staff members too and most...