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(Disclaimer: I freely admit this is a whiny post and have bolded my actual questions for any who prefer not to read it!) I know this is a repeat question but I also know it's not the first time for a repeat question to be asked here, and I would like...

It's a serious problem, and I think the more children who "go to the nurse," the more others think it's a place they can go, too, so that each nonsense visit spawns others. I have had a parent whose child suddenly started coming frequently say, "I t...

I am in a similar position- except with baby #1 and anticipating I will likely also stay home through baby #2 starting school- with mixed feelings but somehow also certain this is the right choice for me. I too hope to return to school nursing and a...

This is so true for me, too! I remember the days when I was still overwhelmed with the problems of bedside nursing, feeling like I had no way out, when my husband suggested school nursing to me and I found this forum and read countless posts saying, ...

My thoughts and wishes are with you, your student, and his or her family!

I have a few of those. Their visit note gets longer and longer as I try to encourage them to return to class!

I'm at an elementary school and we do not have stock OTC meds, not even cough drops, and I have to say I prefer it this way. Our mindset is that we are here to manage unexpected health issues that come up during the school day, NOT to be a health "c...

Still reading everyone's replies but completely agree with all that you did the right thing! I called paramedics recently for an asthma flare up in a student who did not have medication in the health office (parent could not come right away and her s...

I would freak out too! I have nothing especially worthy of "c'mon now"ing about, just I'm 8 months pregnant so I feel exasperated by literally every little thing. Trying my best to remember my students are little and can't be expected to always know...

Does your district's HR have an Employee Assistance Program? One of my benefits at my district is all the employees have access to a toll-free number to call for support with life issues (emotional, financial, legal, family, etc.) and referrals to p...

My heart goes out to you and your family. I know this thread is already full of kindness and good advice-I unfortunately don't have any new advice of my own to offer-but just wanted to send some love your way. I can't imagine what it must have felt...

If there is already something like this, please let me know, but I thought there could be a thread for minor questions that we would feel silly to start an entire topic for. I know there are a lot of newbie school nurses who cling to this forum so I...

Oh... the bane of Monday mornings. "Arm is bruised from the weekend. Says Mom knows but can you check?" Check what? To make sure it's not broken with my X-ray vision? I kind of get it. From a caring perspective it makes sense and we are seen as...

This is SO TRUE!!! It can be fun to venture out into the school world (in my school of ~900 I am expected to be in my office at almost all times so I am not often in the hallways) because the students do get excited. The little ones exclaim, "you'r...

I think everyone has said what I would have said! I am from pre-k to 5th grade so a very different population from yours. But like others have said--experience will help. You will start to know the students who come frequently and you will develop...

I kept thinking today was Friday 8.5 hours left for me!

Do you guys get a lot of dismissal-time visitors? Sometimes a child is literally minutes away from being picked up by their own parent and they come to me to tell me they bumped their arm or whatnot and I don't give an ice pack or "treat" beyond ba...

Just wanted to throw out there, that sometimes you have such a run of not-so-nice parents that when you encounter one normal one who says the words "thank you" you have to savor that for a while. A smile and basic manners are enough to warm my heart...

I'm still here! Saw more than 50 yesterday on our short day which is a lot but I am so ready for break that I didn't even realize how many until the day was already over! Fingers crossed for all of us who are still around that Friday will come quic...

(I know this exact topic has been posted before; I've read a few but am wondering if there are any other nuggets of wisdom out there to receive!) When to dismiss for a "rash"?? I've had teachers write "rash" for things that to me looked like or were ...

:D I made my husband watch this, because I tell him so much about the bigger things that happen but THIS is the fluff that makes up much of my days

I was just talking to my husband the other day about square dancing and how I wonder why that of all things is something we did so much in gym class. We have two very young gym teachers at my school and I wonder if they teach it, too, like if it's s...

"We found this little bug can you tell us what it is?" :bored: I vividly remember, that when my husband had Valentine's flowers delivered to me in my second month of working at my school, and the ladies in the office called to tell me "we have som...

So sorry! I had a lot of early morning fevers last week, not so bad this morning, but I went out with the wheelchair twice in 20 minutes on Friday, in the middle of 12 in one hour, on a day I was alone, and had two angry parents last week (I don't ge...

That's true. I was surprised once by a case of Fifth's Disease because it avoided my other parameters except that the child was uncomfortable enough to be sent home and had a mild temp. His parents thought his skin had been irritated by swimming poo...