Tough situation. Last year I had a child who had a strong, urine scent- and come to find out- her cats were peeing on her jeans in her jeans drawer. Don't know how the parents did not catch this....
I felt the same way for the entire first year I was here and had days where I went home and cried and/or told my husband I was going to quit. ha It does get better with time and now I'm in my 3rd...
Exposure notices for strep throat? We do not do that. I have K-3 grades and we send home for one episode of vomiting. (unless has a cough/cold and it's due to gagging.) But my kiddos are younger...
Had never heard of PFAPA (periodic fever sydrome) before, but now I have two with it. One never really has many flares per mom- so missing school shouldn't be an issue. The other student is a new...
I haven't read everyone's replies to this thread yet- but here's a letter I use: I am elementary school though. Guidelines for Nurse's Office Reasonable Expectations for Self-Care in Classroom: As...
We have a student liasian officer that will go to their home if I cannot get a hold of them in a reasonable amount of time- which has happened with parents who have run out of phone minutes or have no...
This is the point that our school liasion (sp) officer would go to their house. This is the part of the job that really irritates me. She should not be at school potentially infecting others. I'm...
I am not allowed to give the first dose of any med- antibiotic, drops etc......in case of an allergic reaction. So, I would've had the mom give the first drops
Hope they fix the mistake. Frustrating. I took this job knowing it was the lowest paying district in the state, but I wanted a schedule to match my daughter's. Now that she is graduating and going...
We also require asthma action plans whenever I'm given an inhaler/ spacer/ neb etc.... I also require doctor's order to give prior to PE if it's an every PE class type of