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  1. School Nurse Left Out! Bombers!!

    moreoreo replied to MrsNurse08's topic in School

    I am Minnie Mouse! My school of 800+ did a parade around the school and I was lucky enough to watch part of it. We had a lot of imaginative costumes including one very young girl with her hair in...

  2. Horrible day! Need reassuring!

    moreoreo replied to scuba nurse's topic in School

    I am so sorry to hear of how distressed you were but so glad to hear what came of everything- the children are well and back to school and now you will be happier in hopefully a much better work...

  3. Horrible day! Need reassuring!

    moreoreo replied to scuba nurse's topic in School

    I agree with everyone else. You did what you could in the circumstances. I have had it happen too that the office always seems full when mishaps come up (this is the biggest reason why I have been...

  4. Another Bad Day

    moreoreo replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    When I was in middle school there was a fire in one of the apartments near my family's town home and a little boy died. I grew up in a poor neighborhood with tons and tons of people and most were...

  5. Do You Have Down Time?

    moreoreo replied to Avill's topic in School

    This is a running joke between my health aide and I. I will think of a small project to start on and as soon as I have had enough of a lull to set it up, I get inundated and those papers stay where...

  6. Tips for School Health Tech -from Nurses

    moreoreo replied to AlliM6's topic in School

    I think you have a great attitude and certainly relevant experience! I am lucky to have a health aide at my school most days. She was already here when I started and has been a great resource for...

  7. Stressed out, is it just me?

    moreoreo replied to AllykatRN's topic in School

    You are not alone! When I started in the middle of last school year, I was calm and happy for about a week and then quickly grew overwhelmed as my to-do list grew longer and I kept encountering...

  8. Head injuries

    moreoreo replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    This is also true of elementary school students. When I started, I asked all the questions -- are you dizzy, do you feel sleepy, etc., and found that they liked to answer yes and then describe...

  9. I can handle just about anything...

    moreoreo replied to ohiobobcat's topic in School

    This thread is like "C'mon Now" on steroids All I have to say is I agree with everything everyone has said, but will add to vomit overreactions the annoyance of blood overreactions, i.e. almost every...

  10. C'Mon Now!

    moreoreo replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I overheard a teacher scold a child in the hallway for telling me his head didn't hurt after bumping it, because that is why he didn't get an ice pack. This is the same teacher who has rolled her...

  11. Sad Day....

    moreoreo replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    So sorry to hear. It truly is a sad day. Prayers for your

  12. "I'm Dizzy"

    moreoreo replied to GdBSN's topic in School

    I am also interested to read what others have to say! Dizzy is a frequent complaint for me, too. I check: Temp, HR, assess skin for color (I literally know more than 1/2 of my 800+ student body so I...

  13. What happens when the nurse is sick?

    moreoreo replied to Julius Seizure's topic in School

    I feel like I can never call in because my district has only three schools, so no pre-arranged subs, and a call-in would result in health aides covering one of the schools alone (and although our...

  14. If lice can't jump or fly

    moreoreo replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Thankful for giggles this morning. I am tucking away these tidbits of wisdom for future use

  15. C'Mon Now!

    moreoreo replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Today's c'mon now award goes to a mama who was yelling cuss words at our front office staff in front of an office full of parents after school before charging into my health office to berate me for...

  16. Ice for injuries

    moreoreo replied to GdBSN's topic in School

    I stopped giving ice packs out for minor bumps and old injuries unless I have a doctors order to provide one. I explain the body's natural healing process and they surprisingly accept it and go back...

  17. Crowded clinic

    moreoreo replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    Do you know if it has always been that busy? Do all of the visits seem warranted? I work pre-k to 5th so it's very different from your student population- I hear that our middle school nurse sees...

  18. Asthma and Field Trips

    moreoreo replied to River Song, RN's topic in School

    I don't necessarily like approaching things this way but I have been told that if the parent has not provided meds then 911 has to be called if the med becomes necessary. We can only help up to a...

  19. Parents Please Do The Paperwork!

    moreoreo replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    That has been my approach for food allergy management. I want to courage parent independence but if it means a student has meds and an allergy plan then so be it. After a certain period has passed...

  20. Parents Please Do The Paperwork!

    moreoreo replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    We require a medication authorization form signed by both MD and parent unless it's an inhaler with prescription label (then, only parent signature is needed). My mission for this year is to get...

  21. 2017/2018 High Kids

    moreoreo replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I am with my fellow elementary nurses! I will have my children recite meth-yl-phe-ni-date all day every day, even dodge puke (as I often do) if it means not encountering this. However, my 5th...

  22. Pittsburg in the news

    moreoreo replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    Like others, I have to admit I would have allowed the student to use the inhaler if he was wheezing, or even if he simply c/o symptoms that warranted its use. Especially if I managed to get mom on...

  23. New School Nurse

    moreoreo replied to CM1244's topic in School

    In addition to what others have said, keep coming back to this forum! I just started in this role in January, read up on new posts daily, and am always learning new things. It's therapeutic for me...

  24. Change of Heart

    moreoreo replied to ambz13's topic in School

    All those years of emergency and critical care experience that burned you out are going to be SO HANDY in school nursing! I left bedside nursing for similar reasons to yours (after only 2.5 years) on...

  25. C'Mon Now!

    moreoreo replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Supposedly, when our health aide tried to wrap up vision/hearing at our school's pre-k screenings on Friday to help me through our lunch rush (18 students in one hour that day) after I made a 911...