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  1. School Hours

    moreoreo replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    8:35am-3:20pm but students start to arrive for breakfast and morning recess at 8am. My hours are 7:30-4pm. Feels like a long day to me! Early dismissal (2:25) on Thursdays but I stay until 4pm on...

  2. What is your dream job?

    moreoreo replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I always wanted to be a kindergarten teacher but my parents discouraged it as they felt it was a low-paying and low-skill job. If I had pursued that, I would have made more of my undergraduate...

  3. Sharing Health Information with Teachers

    moreoreo replied to Schmidtnurse's topic in School

    Any time a student has a condition that may cause "episodes" of any kind that may occur in the classroom (allergies, asthma, seizure disorder, hypoglycemia, etc.), I feel obligated to share at least...

  4. Common words use by school nurse

    moreoreo replied to babyjoyce's topic in School

    There is a great aide who sometimes helps man the health office when he brings in a student for BID nursing care, if the health aide is not here. He writes down names and starts the process of...

  5. Minor Questions

    moreoreo replied to moreoreo's topic in School

    Pinch their nose? I know that is an old school technique and maybe not the safest so I'm curious to hear other

  6. Do you ever do nothing for your student?

    moreoreo replied to pernella's topic in School

    Today I "prescribed" stretching exercises to two students with soreness without injury. I explained how my dog does these amazing stretches every time he gets up and that he reminds me to stretch...

  7. The kiddos are done, too

    moreoreo replied to magigal's topic in School

    We have 10 days left of school and I think our kiddos are done, too! Even efforts to go home are only at 50%. Yesterday's primary complaint for most of our visits was "I just have a stomach ache..."...

  8. How do I answer this question in an interview?

    moreoreo replied to kummerspeck's topic in School

    I'm with GdBSN--I think you have already given yourself the best answer. Alternatively, you could add something like, "To be completely honest, I prefer middle school, as that is what I am more...

  9. Minor Questions

    moreoreo replied to moreoreo's topic in School

    That's a possibility. I felt bad because my health aide and I were just mentioning how she has been coming in an awful lot, always looking a little sheepish for coming in (as some of our frequent...

  10. C'Mon Now!

    moreoreo replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Last week I had a kindergartener sent to me AT dismissal--teacher called me stating his stomach hurt and she wanted to make sure he wasn't nauseous. "He takes the bus but his bus always runs late."...

  11. Minor Questions

    moreoreo replied to moreoreo's topic in School

    Question: Today I had a third grader with hx seizures (used to have Diastat at school, MD states on most recent physical that condition is well-controlled with medication) come in stating she felt...

  12. Oh no you di'int!

    moreoreo replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    No joke, my start as a nurse at my school was rather smooth sailing until the first day that someone commented, "It's QUIET in here! :-) :-) :-)" Starting that afternoon, I had 3 EMS calls in 6...

  13. Best end of year complaint

    moreoreo replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Because flies are germy and if we swallow one we may become septic. (Just kidding! But some adults are so afraid of "germs" that they might feel that

  14. Dismissing Students

    moreoreo posted a topic in School

    When you have a student who you feel could stay at school, but still called the parent to inform of his/her complaint and parent decided to pick up, but it is going to take them a while to arrive, do...

  15. Dismissing Students

    moreoreo replied to moreoreo's topic in School

    I should mention I don't even have students get their things from their classrooms (in the case that they are waiting with me) unless they are afebrile asymptomatic and eager to go. Of course, I don't...

  16. Minor Questions

    moreoreo replied to moreoreo's topic in School

    Maybe also your policy on excuses for gym/recess and the importance of keeping contact info updated and to have emergency contacts on

  17. Best end of year complaint

    moreoreo replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    My students rarely straight up ask to go home. Those who do, say things like "my head really hurts, can you call my mom?" Or "I fell and my nose started bleeding and my mouth hurts and I really just...

  18. Do you ever do nothing for your student?

    moreoreo replied to pernella's topic in School

    There are quite a few students who have grown accustomed to weekly/biweekly ice packs, and since enforcing stricter ice pack rules, I now often send them back without doing anything. "I bumped my...

  19. C'Mon Now!

    moreoreo replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    You're right. That reminds me of what a coworker used to say to me at the hospital--"IF NO ONE DIED, IT WAS A GOOD DAY." And I was honestly so relieved just to see that nothing was broken. Today, I...

  20. I just can't!

    moreoreo replied to momto5RN's topic in School

    Thank you all for your kindness. I know we all have our bad days but yesterday was crazy! I actually document as I go, which helps me to keep up--like bedside charting in the hospital. When I was...

  21. School Nurses, I salute you!

    moreoreo replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in School

    Thanks for the great post and salute! (I so appreciate ED nurses, too! A few of my classmates from nursing school worked in the ED and tried to "recruit" me but ED nursing really takes a certain...

  22. C'Mon Now!

    moreoreo replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I mentioned this in another thread... But during a a 30 student per hour recess, as I was tending to a student who I had just wheelchaired into the health office with a red knee cap, I hear a bunch of...

  23. Just had to Heimlich a kid

    moreoreo replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Woof. That's one of those things (like CPR) that you "know" how to to do but it's totally different to actually do it. So glad you were nearby and that the student was OK! Great work! Then again,...

  24. Best end of year complaint

    moreoreo replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Sweetest frequent flyer ever pointed at two freckles on her arm and called them bug bites. "They started hurting while I was outside." And I am seeing a LOT of old scabs/bruises that "happened...

  25. I just can't!

    moreoreo replied to momto5RN's topic in School

    I saw over 100 students today. Someone started yelling on the walkie about an emergency during recess and was unclear about where they were so I ran outside with the wheelchair (after taking another...