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Today i had a student nurse come in to shadow me, it was a quiet day not to much excitement. I tired to make it interesting by showing her how i chart explaining how IHPs work and other school nurse stuff, but i feel like i lost her. So any suggestio...

Today I started my growth and development classes (AKA sex ed) it was going great then at the end of the class I asked if there was any questions, I got a ear full!! I can not believe how much more these kids know about some sex acts then me, I am o...

Hello Everyone!! Happy 2015-2016 School year. Has anyone of you given IV Medication to a student in school, this one student in one of my schools has an MD order for IV Medication while at school. Should i allow the child in school? the nurse at the ...

Its a Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), its for factor replacement therapy (clotting factor IX) child has Hemophilia B

Today it's Stomach Ache Monday!!!

I heal the smallest of wounds, but in a child's eye it's life or death i heal. childcare1 HAPPY SCHOOL NURSE'S DAY!!!

Right now i have just been asked to take over as Nursing Supervisor for my district. Our dear former nursing supervisor died last night! i was called into the superintendent's office and was briefed about her passing then he told me since i'm senior...

I'm out of shock now, and i really love my new job i think management is for me!!!! Thank you ALL for the kind words!!!

In my district, "school health personnel and others who have been trained in CPR are expected to administer first aide including life saving or resuscitation procedures". Also the "board takes the position that it's paramout responsibility is to pro...

Hello follow nurses, Today i just can't help but feel depressed, we have a student who has been going off the deep end since turning 13 this year and this weekend he runaway. He is a really sweet boy always comes down to the HO gives me a hug and ta...

Yes he is alright, just scared.

Yes they found him Tuesday evening, Thank you god!!! now it's time to help this young men we have meetings with CPS and Parents today, so will see how that goes.! THANK YOU ALL!!!!!

I will keep you all UTD!! still no word!

I'm sorry!! Almost had that happen to me, but I was nurse ninja and moved before it hit me!!! Lol

So today i was asked by the scoutmaster of our boy scout troop at my school, if this weekend i would go with them to stay over night in a cabin. His reason was that a boy who just joined the troop has Hemophilia (I have not had any problems with this...

LOL!! Kids say the darndest things! I finished up sex ed, so happy thats done!!!

Thank for all your concerns!! after thinking about it i am not going due to the liability, i told them i will be on-call if they need anything..

Today we had a fire drill everything was going fine till a 7th grade boy went into cardiac arrest out of the blue, no warning just heart stopped. He is doing fine i got his heart back to a normal rhythm thanks to my AED before EMS got to the school:)...

Any good suggestions on how I can get parents to discloses there child's health hx?

When I have a busy office and a teacher sends a kid in to do a reflection for misbehaving in my busy NURSES OFFICE!! I should tell her that my office is not ISS!! That really grinds my gears

No it's not medical neglect the mom is doing everything right! the boy chose not to take his meds, so now we have to come up with a plan to help him hopefully this will wake him up and now he will take his meds.

Yes! mom forgot tell us when he moved into the school in November, her son has been well managed on meds. But for some reason he has not been taking his meds, but we have a meeting set up once he comes back to school.

Thank you all! this child is doing fine and in happy sprits, I want to the hospital after school and found out he has a hx of arrhythmia and is on antiarrhythmic meds and to top this off for about 3 mouths he has been without meds. In the end ever...

i like the wine idea!!

My district uses health-office! Good luck!!!