SaltineQueen

Our district is getting us face shields, and working with the local hospital to get us N95s. No mention of surgical masks but I’m sure if we ask they’ll provide them. They’re being great. Even offering to look into a scrub service.

Those of you not involved need to go to your superintendent and insist that you be part of the discussions! We are the health experts, after all.

It’s a good idea in theory but what do you do when (not if...cuz we all know it will happen) they break their end of the contract?

You’ll be lucky if getting fired is all that you have to deal with. They could have accused you of stealing that bank card!

Have you seen the NASN publication that just came out this past week? It suggests an isolation area preferably with negative pressure. I laughed and laughed! I don’t see how that’s going to be possible for my situation. There is no where to put ...

Indiana is $50 q2yrs, no CEUs, no prints. We have it easy.

Indiana is done for the year. ☹️

After today we are closed until April 13th. We work tomorrow to tie up loose ends & learn what the plan is. We've been told hourly people (like me) will have work to do if we want to work. I'd guess cleaning, putting together sack lunch/breakf...

You're dealing with school systems and we have NO money (well, a little money). Often, 1:1 nurses are agency nurses and their pay is a little better. At least in my area.

I will echo that the pay cut is significant but the perks are worth it. To be on the same schedule as my kids, in the same building as my daughter, is priceless. I'm going to cry at the end of this year because my baby will be moving on to the next...

She is a &@!)!@_ adult! Unbelievable.

What do the parents want?

My role in anything is going to be to defer to what my county health department tells me to do. What that will be, I don't know at this point...but I think it's only a matter of time until I find out. It's only a couple counties away. Our state de...

Does anyone participate in this program? https://www.kinsahealth.com/enterprise/kinsa-for-schools

My kids do this ALL THE TIME! Makes me crazy. Or they put it back when there's just a tiny bit left. God forbid they should have to put the bag in the trash & break down the box to put in recycling. ?

Did the people who took it use it? Do you have any sense of why people who didn't use it didn't want it? Too "big brother-ish?"

Unless you can wring blood out, it doesn't need a red bag...from what I've been told.

Can you hit up a bunch of them at once in the lunchroom? That's what I'm considering doing.

You need to find your words so that next time this person is so inappropriate you can assert yourself & let them know. And help, how, exactly? You'd tried and couldn't get it...it happens. Did she expect you to open packages for the oncoming nu...

You've got confirmed cases around Chicago? I guess I should pay more attention to where it is in the states.

I do nothing...unless my boss gets word and insists on me checking. But he pretty much trusts my judgement.

I had peppermints to try for upset tummies once... Then the word got out that, "The nurse is giving out candy!" and they all came out of the wood works. And that was over quicker than it started.

I am not a CSN, it's not required in my state. I always say I'm a school nurse. I'm licensed as an RN, I don't feel the need to go into more detail. I would venture to guess that most people I know don't even realize that getting certified in scho...

Does your state allow for you to stock albuterol? My go to "in the mean time" tricks have been drinking warm water & pursed lip/deep breathing. I probably would have called after the 2nd time frame had elapsed, though. If for no other reason (...

Tough one...most of the things I've seen/investigated (sleds) would be tricky due to the brittle bone situation...but I guess you worry more about dying in a fire than broken bones. There are evac-chairs but they're pretty costly from what I remembe...