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Where/how do you store your room-temp meds if you have no climate control? Heat index is well over 100 here and the ac is being replaced. I gave diastat, epipens, PO meds, etc that are all supposed to be stored in 60ish-80ish degrees, but nowhere ...

Perhaps as a compromise, you can call for the big/important/concerning things and send a note home with the student for the minor things. I know some schools do this. It could even be just a generic note that says something like "Your child was see...

Let me preface by saying that I am not a district nurse manager. However, I feel that the answer to your question will be "it depends." How big is the district? How many schools? How is the hierarchy set up? What can & can't be delegated und...

I'll try to make this as brief as I can. Since the new school year, I and other school staff have had problems with one of the 2nd shift janitors going through our stuff & stealing things. Previous incidents have been reported at various levels...

I definitely feel violated & well, just super sceeved out. He didn't come in my office today (no pun intended, truly) & was actually cleaning for the first time this school year. I am still uncomfortable with just his presence in the halls ...

Hi all! I'm looking for solutions on how to create a calmer, less distracted clinic for my middle school of 500 students. My clinic volume has tripled and I have several procedures that take me out of the clinic roughly 10-20 mins of most hours...

Thanks! We do have Google, but I'm not familiar with the chat feature. I'll look into it. I am in a district with a high transmission/low vaccination rate. We do have a district mask mandate - but there's an opt-out option. My school has v...

Good things to consider! Thanks. I *think* checking email might be quicker than taking calls. But realize that the reality could be different. It would also be a new system, so there'd probably still be calls mixed in with emails for awhile, so t...

Signs & symptoms have been all over the place from asymptomatic, stomach ache, sore throat/'lump in throat' feeling (with throat & tonsils pink, clear, no swelling), chills or body aches with no vs changes, and the typical fever, cough, sob. ...

A few things come to mind: - You have no Dr orders or even parental request for hourly restroom visits. If parents objected & considered it invasive or discriminatory, it more than likely would be your job in question, not the principal's. ...

Check your spam mail folders. They end up there sometimes

They notified us on a Friday last year. I think they're typically released the same day they meet.

Have you gone to your school's VA office? How much schooling are you planning on doing? The reason I ask is you may easily be able to do pre-reqs & your bsn within the time frame of the gi bill. I highly encourage you to go talk to your VA offic...

A couple things you can do while you're waiting: - locate all your immunization records - look for cheap places to get your imms & a physical if they're not covered by your insurance - don't schedule any imms, physicals, cpr classes until they te...

Hi all. I was in your shoes last year, waiting anxiously for the email there were issues last year & results were about a month late). I'm just about to finish my first year of the rn day program so let me know if you have any questions. Next...

Kiara, am I understanding correctly that you still have a year left of high school? When does your fiance go to bootcamp? What is his specialty/rating/mos going to be? Between bootcamp & his initial training, he'll likely have 6 months or more...

This isn't exactly nursing related but I'm sure you school nurses deal with this type of thing often and will be able to give some great advice, so I hope it's allowed. If not, mods feel free to remove. I've recently started substitute teaching at l...

Thanks for all your feedback everyone. I stopped by the counselor's office today and let them know about a couple concerning students. For one, they were already fully aware. For the other, though, it was somewhat new - though apparently just a di...

I just got accepted to nursing school, so assuming I make it through in 4 straight semesters, it will have taken me four years to get a "two year" ADN. I had a BS before starting at my current school (in a TOTALLY different field) and still ended up...

If anyone knows what the cut-off score was for this year, can you please post it here? It might be helpful for those searching the forums & applying in the future.

I'm going on the 31st too!

Awesome! I got in too. Hopefully we'll hear from some more students here. There are a lot of faces that I'm hoping to see at orientation.

Nothing. They sure know how to build up the suspense & anticipation.

Awesome! Hope they stick with that. Hopefully my Cancun margaritas are celebratory ones!

I sure hope they stick with this date - that's only 2 more weeks. I (foolishly?) looked at their academic calendar yesterday & saw that final grades were due Friday, 6 May at 10 am, so I'm thinking they should be out by then. Much of the staff ...