jesserpie

I started school nursing this year. I am in an area with a lot of native students, so cultural sensitivity is key with this district. I had four people taking turns asking me questions and none of them had to do with nursing because they were all a...

We don't get out until June..

I agree with an earlier comment that sometimes female nurses that work in these areas are actually not as sensitive as the guys because they figure if they could do it so can anyone and that we should all just toughen up! But memories fade, and ever...

This reminds me of an episode earlier this year...My son was sick with a fever and I ended up taking him to urgent care. I told the nurse his highest temp I had gotten was 102. After I admitted that no, I had not given him Tylenol before coming in,...

Sooooo jelly!

At one point I was working some days individually-one day off between-sucked soooo bad. Also, on night shift your losing an extra day to adjust unless you just stay up every night and never do anything during the day. The only three day in a row sh...

OMG "status dramaticus"-I think this is my new catch-phrase!!

Student came to me wanting a pass back to class. This was half way into ninth hour. I hadn't seen him since seventh hour. I told him NO WAY! Same day...student asked for his pass, proceeded to write his own in front of me. I DID NOT give him a pa...

This is my first year as a school nurse, although I've been A nurse for a while. Was kind of worried about working in a middle school with 7th and 8th graders based on comments from other people about how horrible that age is. So far, it's been ent...

The patient comes first. You were absolutely right to send them if there was any doubt about your capability to handle the situation on your own. If things had gone bad, you would be the one held responsible for NOT sending them. I have dealt with...

I'm new to school nursing, and feel a lack of confidence for knowing when my students might be under the influence of something. Any tips? We are not allowed to do drug testing at the school, and there have been many issues with drug use. I just s...

Another issue I have is with a particular student that I have ordered stimulants to give for ADHD, and I worry about the effects if he happens to be on something that day. He has been caught with drugs in the past. One more reason to push for morni...

I'm amazed at the response. I'll check out these suggestions STATí ½í¸† I guess I need to put my big girl panties on and ASK them, first of all.

This is my first year as a middle school nurse, and here are some of the ridiculous reasons kids have come to see me... "I can't sneeze." "My ear hurt, then it switched to the other ear and went away." Soooo, it doesn't hurt now? "No."-same kid that ...