One of the problems is that it's hard to expect people who sub to be waiting for that call that usually never comes. You need to have available hours to build a solid pool. I think districts that have...
Jedrnurse replied to ruralSchoolRN's topic in School
I sit with the kids and review things they can do to support their body's fight against the cold virus. My party line to teachers is "if parents decide to send the kids in, we don't exclude for cold...
Maybe emailing the parent? (with their okay) Since you're already writing a note, if you write it electronically, the parent will get it in closer to real
BSN and RN to BSN programs are different, so you're not competing for slots. If you're talking about competing for jobs, most RNs completing their BSNs are already
Hi all. I've been a school nurse for a few years and passed the NSNC exam. However, in the many nursing years before that, I never worked peds. I'd like an overall "brush up." What do you thing are...
Thanks for your response. Having never worked peds, I think I might have trouble landing per diem work doing that. On top of that, I would never supplement a nursing job with...nursing. I'd probably...
Please don't take this wrongly, but look at the number of typos in your post. I thought, "If this nurse doesn't do the minimum to check his/her writing before putting it out to the public, does this...
I'm with you about an MSN- unless I was going advanced practice, I wouldn't touch that B.S. with a ten-foot pole. Have you considered Health Education? I am, but I'm getting a grad certificate first,...
All kidding aside, do people sometimes get discouraged about how much the educational opportunities in our country are taken for granted? In some places, kids take their lives in their hands just...
Jedrnurse replied to SchoolNurse91's topic in School
I've begun to lose it. I told a 5th grader that I left my want at Hogwarts and can most assuredly not cure the common cold. Another child showed up while I was dealing with actually sick kids and...
Mostly my problem is benign neglect. It's February, and I still haven't received some of the yearly emergency info/health permission forms. (I've sent them out about 5 times, and in two cases, handed...
Don't do it! They will use you and abuse you, and even if they don't, you need much more experience to do a job like that well. (And yes, some of the comments were very
Jedrnurse replied to mrsfoster601's topic in School
I keep a clapboard (the thing they use in movies to start scenes) and hit it saying "good manners take two" when they're disrespectful. (It also involves leaving the room and coming back in for a...