SnugglePuggle MSN, RN

It is beginning to slow down in my clinic and I am hoping to get some CEUs wrapped up for next license renewal. I've done all the free ones on NASN website. Any other suggestions for interesting and free CEUs related to school nursing? Thank you!

Does anyone have any information or guidance on continuing to maintain paper records? I work in a large district that is moving further towards a truly paperless system. The question has been raised as to what paper documents must or should be kept i...

I did contact the Ohio Department of Education and they were not really helpful. I was told that maintaining and retaining student health records is governed by the district, and there are no state laws, policies, guidelines to go by...........

I work in a Middle School and get multiple requests for ice daily for a myriad of reasons. They seem to view ice as the cure all for bumps, bruises, aches, twisted limbs, jammed fingers, smashed fingers, stiff necks, insect bites, allergy eyes, canke...

I saw the school nurse exactly 3 times. 1st grade - I woke up with pox. My Mom sent me to school anyway and told me to go to the school nurse because she thought I might have Chicken Pox. I did. 2nd grade - Concussion on playground. I saw stars and ...

"What can I do for you?" "Why did you not eat anything for breakfast?" "Did something happen today that upset you?" "Welcome to womanhood" "Unfortunately, my x-ray vision is out for repair"

Surveillance video was released today involving an attack on an 8 year old who committed suicide 2 days later. The Mother is accusing the school of not telling her what really happened as caught on video, only that he fainted. If you Google you can s...

Looking at the video, I believe that the nurse was called to the scene. (she looks to be wearing red scrub pants). I don't believe that she knew that the boy was down for so long and who knows what she was told by administration. I agree that adminis...

Nope ! I thought that too

Perhaps the student flat out lied to her about what happened or what was said during his visit. I once had a Mom who became very upset with me because her middle school daughter told her that I believed her SA was psychosomatic (she of course did not...

In Ohio School Nurse Licensure is obtained through the Ohio Department of Education. It is a 5 year Professional Pupil Services License. To be eligible, one must complete an approved School Nurse Certification program. To obtain NCSN, one must meet c...

Is it possible that they did not even check her near vision? In my state near vision screening is not required so most schools do not do it. In my district we only to Far Vision screening. Not sure about pediatricians but I suppose it may not be stan...

A couple years ago I had an ill student who needed to go home so I called his Mom "Kendra". Imagine my embarrassment when "Kendra" had to correct me by saying that her name has legally been changed to "Kenneth", and would I please call him "Kenny." N...

I had a young lady announce to me that she had to go home because she had a "female accident". She did not seem particularly happy when I offered her a pair of brand new panties. I became suspicious when she was in and out of the restroom in less tha...

Even when I stopped believing in flying reindeer and Santa going down the chimney, I still believed in Santa. All the gifts were just delivered by Santa's helpers in large semi trucks! I still remember the moment when I realized that he was not real....

Stick around on this forum and you will learn about many of the odd things we as School Nurses encounter! Check out my post under "Most off the wall complaint"!

Kids that come to me after lunch complaining about a terrible belly ache that they have had ALL DAY LONG. Their lunch of choice - Beefy nachos, french fries, chocolate chip cookies and chocolate milk. Kids that come into my clinic walk around my des...

I had a student come in freaking out that the palms of her hands were "turning blue". I suggested that she wash her new denim jeans before wearing them.

All the time! I have middle school kids and they need to advocate for themselves. I usually just fold my hands, put a big goofy smile on my face and stare at them.

I set a day, get a sub for the clinic and pull my 7th graders out of Social Studies. I warn the teachers well in advance of screening date. Thankfully, I only have to do vision screening on my 7th graders. For my students new to the district I do bot...

You are lucky your school even has a School Nurse. Many public schools in Ohio have "School Health Aides" who have no nursing degree. Aides go through a short training program and with that they basically serve as the only "Medical Expert" in the bu...

I have half the number of EpiPens that I had last year, and the number of students with severe allergies has not gone down. Last year my district obtained stock EpiPens for every building. This information was highly circulated in the media. In addit...

Just had to share.... I have an 8th grade student scheduled to take his ADHD medication at 11am every day. He has not quite gotten into his routine and often forgets. I was unusually slammed most of the morning and dealing with a discipline issue wit...

My first year here I stocked my clinic with Nutrigrain bars and granola bars for hungry kids, out of my own pocket. Big mistake. Once word good out I became a regular stop for many students. Now I stock instant flavored oatmeal. It is cheap, relative...

Some states, including my own, have a state-wide immunization database that is accessible by healthcare professionals, including school nurses. At the beginning of the year, I was able to find Tdap and Meningitis verification on many of the 150 7th g...