EPIC_nurse

So I'm supposed to have a 30 minute lunch break each day and I have been struggling to make that happen. I have tried sending a schedule of when I'll be in/out of the nurse's office to all of the staff. I've tried posting a schedule on my door with m...

It is not for everyone! (I know because I learned this year it is definitely not for me). Although I learned a lot about school nursing and myself during this year of experience, it was a lot harder and more frustrating than I could've ever imagined....

Froedtert is a great hospital and the nurses that I know actually like the 7/70 schedule because when they take a week of vacation they end up with 3 weeks off in a row, although I would feel those last couple days each week would be difficult. I did...

I think some of it might depend on what you are teaching. My very favorite instructor had a school nursing background and taught lecture classes in nursing research and community/public health nursing, as well as a community health clinical. She was ...

I am at one school full-time and this is exactly how the staff reacts when I need to leave for whatever reason. At times it can be a struggle to leave a few hours early to attend a meeting, not to mention trying to leave for a few moments to eat lunc...

My district has a "Guidelines for Staying Home" handout that I give out when kids are sent home. It lists different reasons for staying home and going to school in a chart format and basically states that if kids come to school sick they can get othe...

One of my friends that I graduated with (this past May) just told me that she was assigned to precept two new nurses on her floor at the same time. I was utterly shocked. She did have quite a bit of experience on the floor as an intern/extern/CNA pri...

The grass is not always greener on the other side. I left a job that I was happy enough in for the few weeks I was there, for what I thought was going to be a much better experience and career opportunity. Turns out I was wrong, and the second job (w...

Off starting March 25th and returning April 4th. I am more than ready for a break! :)

Not that you want to be awake longer than necessary after a night shift... but is there a dog park closer by where you live than the doggy daycare? (and I'm not a super advocate for dog parks, but some of them are very nice) There was a dedicated dai...

My sister went to Nova (for something unrelated to nursing) and her boyfriend is currently in their DO program. I know they both really like the school. She had a roommate that was in Nova's nursing program. I believe the roommate liked the program, ...

We have an AED/CPR "Code Blue" team here comprised of me (the nurse) and about 8 staff members, all of whom are AED/CPR trained. Their certification is taken care of by the city-wide AED nurses. We run 4 drills per year (supposed to be 1 per quarter)...

I have a border collie that's about 2.5 years old. I only work 8 hour shifts but we have a family member that we drop him off with on days that no one will be home for 5+ hours. Is there a friend or family member that could stop by to let them out an...

Question for you guys. What do you do for kids complaining of vomiting (and you actually see them throwing up) whose parents cannot come pick them up? I'm talking no fever or other symptoms other than a tummy ache and vomit. Exclusion guidelines here...

It's been so warm around the Wisconsin/Illinois border and so little snow... I'm worried it's going to switch and be 15 degrees with 2 feet of snow in May

Well during my internship I got to shadow and work with public health nurses in many different areas including women's cancer screening program, cardiovascular health program, mom/baby home visiting program, immunization, TB/STD clinic. It was defini...

Don't know how feasible this is with so many kids or if you have supplies/sinks available, but I did a presentation to elementary school students using different colored paint. Put a dot of different colors in a few kids' hands and have them all shak...

Thank you all for the awesome suggestions! I actually was only interrupted once today (small victories!) I may just have to start eating in my car. I kind of made my irritation known to the head secretary (who always seems to be calling me during lun...

I did my last semester internship in public health and got hired as a public health nurse right after graduation. I left the position only because the opportunity to work as a school nurse presented itself. (Leaving public health was a bad choice by ...

I feel your pain! My school has a 50% Hispanic population and a very large number of parents do not speak English. Although I've also had parents that DO speak English (and I know because I've talked to them before!) pretend that they "No hablo ingle...

So yesterday I was out sick for the first time since starting this job. I was pretty nervous about how it would go without me there, but sometimes you just have to do what's best for yourself (and probably best for others cause who wants me coughing ...

Since taking this job, that awful "Friday" song by Rebecca Black gets stuck in my head at the end of every week. No reason other than the fact that I repeatedly calm myself with a "it's Friday" chant all day long. I'm super excited for next week as ...

I've been reading posts on here for a while but finally decided to try and get some advice. I've been a school nurse since August and I am a new grad (from May). I currently work in a middle school with almost 1000 kids in a very large urban district...

Wow thanks to all for the great resources and links provided! I will be sure to check them all out. I am from Wisconsin, we do have a state school nurse association, but I am hesitant to join due to the fee (being still nearly a broke college student...

Thank you all for your kind words and advice. I guess I believed this job would involve more creating emergency plans and being involved with IEPs/504s and less craziness! But that's what I get for having expectations lol. I'm amazed daily by the num...