Update: Called mom who states student has been so busy with all the recent activities and is a super picky eater. I asked if she would like me to weigh her daughter and compare it to my BMI...
What do you all do when there is suspicion of an eating disorder in a student? We had several students come to the guidance counselor over concerns of their friend no longer getting lunch. She has...
Not my scenario but sharing for a fellow school nurse. She currently has a student who is in her elementary school and diabetic (7 years old, diagnosed 2 years ago). Mom is very overbearing and...
lucky! We dont get a Spring break...just Easter break but this will be the first year in a loooong time where we have not lost our entire Easter break due to snow make up days (they always keep Good...
This happened to me 2 years ago...what a nightmare. I had a 3rd grade kid with a pretty decent asthma history that peaks in fall and Spring (of course). He had been battling an upper respiratory...
My 2nd year I had a teacher send a student down with her bookbag and there was HUGE spider in it (okay not tarantula sized but any spider is huge to me)--our students have to use clear bookbags so we...
are you the only one involved in this? I would assume teachers are being subpoenaed as well too for information? I know this happens frequently with students involved with serious C& Y cases and...
Csn2016 replied to Jenniferocious's topic in School
I've gotten to the point that it angers me and as unfair as it is to the kids maybe if I leave Administration scrambling a few times they will wake up and realize the health care component in the...
Csn2016 replied to Jenniferocious's topic in School
I used to stress about it, we didn't even have a sub lined up when I started but then I informed them I was pregnant and they had to find someone to cover for me so they 'hired' a sub. But she is our...
I agree with all the input from the other nurses... Wanted to point out from the parents side maybe they should thank you for avoiding the ambulance fee....I had to call an ambulance when my 1 year...
The clothing room attached to my office is my living nightmare. I get it all organized then parents will come in and tear it apart. I attached a picture so you can see how I have it set up (dont...
I have had two babies since becoming a school nurse and one thing I was adament about was my pumping times! If I am taking the pay cut to be a school nurse then I am certainly not going to cut...
Wait...the teacher has to self inject medication? And it escalated to the principal because she could not do it herself and you werent there? Thats not your problem thats the teachers problem (and...
We have a no live lice policy I have a student with chronic head lice for the past 2 years (despite LOTS of communication on how to treat lice AND the principal and I even bought the family lice...
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