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  1. Do you ever NOT give out ice packs?

    moreoreo replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    I have just implemented the exciting "ice packs do not leave the health office" (unless there is a documented injury that would warrant an exception) rule and there has not been any resistance to it...

  2. Do you ever NOT give out ice packs?

    moreoreo replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    If I lose more than 5 ice packs in the next week I am going to try to implement this! I think at first there will be bunches of them congesting the H/O to use them but I bet it would eventually slow...

  3. Do you ever NOT give out ice packs?

    moreoreo replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    I think we just have to stand our ground. "I assessed him/her and I understand he/she is uncomfortable but in my judgment an ice pack is not necessary." I myself am really nonconfrontational--also...

  4. C'Mon Now!

    moreoreo replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Thank you. I am really trying. You guys are all heroes to me and I hope I can keep at it in this new role. It is so reassuring to me to read that others are having the same experiences; I can't...

  5. Do you ever NOT give out ice packs?

    moreoreo replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    I work PK-5 and am down to my last ~30 ice packs when I JUST ORDERED 3 CASES OF 24 LAST MONTH! It's an epidemic. Teachers and students alike believe that the students will not be cured of "pain"...

  6. Would you have called?

    moreoreo replied to bluebonnetrn's topic in School

    Omg. Yes. This is my greatest source of worry/annoyance/surprise as a new school nurse. When I was a child, I didn't even know that there WAS a school nurse. If I bumped my arm or knee or even...

  7. C'Mon Now!

    moreoreo replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Came into work this morning with my best big-girl "I can do it" "it's going to be a great day" attitude after a slew of super hectic days and recent emergencies only to be slammed by 30 students in...

  8. I need a revolving door...

    moreoreo replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    After seeing 24 students in the last 2 hours of the school day I am convinced that my office door is indeed a revolving door with the entire school lined up to come and see

  9. Good Kids

    moreoreo replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    One of my daily med cuties (2nd grader) asked me about my break after I asked him how his spring break was. I answered him, we talked about his recent doctor's visit, and then as he was pushing the...

  10. First Emergency Scare

    moreoreo replied to basketball13's topic in School

    Wish I could say I was as calm as you! As I pulled up his jacket sleeve and started to see the bend, my heart was thudding all the way up in my head and I just kept telling him he was brave. As I...

  11. First Emergency Scare

    moreoreo replied to basketball13's topic in School

    Thank you for sharing with us. Reading about health office scares and the outcomes is really helpful to me as I am still new and anticipating all kinds of emergencies. I know blood can make people...

  12. We've had a student death also

    moreoreo replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    So sad and so sorry for your district's loss and especially to that student's loved ones. I come to work every day with the possibility of performing CPR in the back of my mind and dread it so much...

  13. Another student death

    moreoreo replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    So sorry to your school, community, and her family for such a giant

  14. Good Kids

    moreoreo replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    A 2nd grader bumped his head on a corner in the cafeteria because everyone was "going nuts for the cookies," so hard he had a welt there. He ate lunch in my office and then walked over with one of...

  15. Tired of certain teachers

    moreoreo replied to momto5RN's topic in School

    It's not feasible but I wish I could shadow a teacher for a day and they could shadow me for a day. Same with office staff, social worker, principal, everyone else! One day last week, a teacher came...

  16. New to school nursing...Please help with a few questions!

    moreoreo replied to RNLisaC's topic in School

    1. I keep a daily visit log with in and out times and whether they returned to class or went home. Additionally we have large index cards on which we record details about each visit--complaint,...

  17. Was this a concussion?

    moreoreo replied to NurseBeans's topic in School

    I understand the unnerving feeling of something "feeling strange" when you haven't pinpointed the reason why. I don't think you messed anything up, though. If a child is alert, calm, PERRL, not...

  18. Office location

    moreoreo replied to NurseMrn's topic in School

    Our health office is connected to the main office. Staff mailboxes are between us along with a short corridor, so I can't hear them and they can't hear me. The door between main office and health...

  19. What languages do you speak?

    moreoreo replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I speak enough Spanish that I make all my calls myself (most of my parents speak Spanish only) but have run into a couple parents who called me first and I had to transfer to the office because I...

  20. Preschool?

    moreoreo replied to Kittery's topic in School

    We have preschool at my elementary school and they are my least frequent visitors because the teachers and aides are so great with them and their day is so short. They are a lot shyer and are not...

  21. First week as elementary school nurse

    moreoreo replied to peaceful2100's topic in School

    I have been at my elementary school for a couple months. I was told prior to starting that my school is especially over-cautious and that I "would hear about it" if I did not call parents even for...

  22. Do you remove ticks?

    moreoreo replied to Riley RN's topic in School

    I don't think you were in the wrong as she was flinching as you tried to remove it. I feel badly for how long she needed to wait for relief but I would not persist in anything that seemed to cause...

  23. Asking me to go against policy

    moreoreo replied to lvnforschool's topic in School

    I could see scenarios where a child would need to go home without health office assessment, but not a scenario where the health office should then be responsible for making that call/arranging pick...

  24. Blood exposure

    moreoreo replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    I had a student cut his forehead when he bumped into another student's teeth (he didn't know which part of her he had cut himself on so I had to track her down ). I consulted my district nurse before...

  25. Absences yesterday?

    moreoreo replied to tining's topic in School

    My school is nearly 70% Latino, half English-learning (a good majority of my calls to parents are made in Spanish) and we had about 10 absences yesterday that clearly stated they were in suppport of...