Proposed Texas Legislation - Dumb or Dumber?

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.

Huh?? The motivation for this bill before the Texas legislature is up for any and all speculation. I can't relate any real purpose, objectivity, or what outcome it is supposed to produce; other than fanning the flames of hysteria over something that isn't a public health hazard. Talk about one step forward and a great leap backwards.

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I'll let you know the outcome.

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Seems like a lot of school already have this policy in place and now TX wants it to be law?

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So they want to nurse/admin to provide the CDC's guidelines for treatment, but are proposing a law that is in opposition of the CDC's stance on notifications for lice?

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

sigh... i got a new policy this year -on one hand i have it written out that i no longer have to do mass screenings unless there is an outbreak and no nit has been abolished. Sending home for live lice is still encouraged by the policy but i also have room to work around it. BUT i have to send out letters to classes for cases of found lice. I am not a fan of witch hunts or inciting public hysteria so i wrote it choosing my words very carefully.

The teachers, by the way, were not happy when they found out that i would not be spending my day looking for nothing in the kids heads just to make them feel better.

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Specializes in School Nursing.

We changed our lice and nit policy about a year ago and we no longer exclude for nits and it's up to us whether or not we want to exclude for live bugs. We are also not required to notify classrooms UNLESS a certain number of children in the same classroom, grade or school have them.

Why in the world do people make such a big darn deal out of something that is not a health hazard?!? :no:

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Specializes in IMC, school nursing.

Obviously a snowflake's snowflake got lice and they have ties to someone in state legislature. On the flip side, it is keeping Texas from over regulating things that cost the taxpayers and citizens real money. This is why their economy is outperforming all other states.

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Specializes in School.

UGH!!! Really!!!!!

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I never understood the reasoning by some of these purposed laws....I would say most of us in Texas have some sort of written policy in place for dealing with lice - why does it have to be a law?

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Specializes in school/military/OR/home health.
Obviously a snowflake's snowflake got lice and they have ties to someone in state legislature.

Bingo!!

This is silly, and as BeckyESRN already mentioned, they want you to provide CDC recommendations, but not actually follow them?

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Specializes in School Nurse. Having conversations with littles..

Dumber

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I hope the school nurses are planning a massive letter writing/phone calling campaign.

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Specializes in Med-surg, school nursing..

I have to send a letter to the parent, accompanied by a letter on ways to get rid of the lice. That's okay with me.

What is not okay is that I have to send a letter home with every child in that class. C'mon, these kids are not stupid, little Susie was here, now she's not. And now we have a letter saying someone has lice. I feel like it is completely unnecessary and a violation of privacy. I at least try to have the teacher give them to the kids at the very end of the day so maybe they will have forgotten who got sent home.

Then mass chaos ensues with parents calling wanting the class checked, wanting to know who has lice. A domino effect really. This isn't state law, school policy only. Many of the other schools in the district do not send letters home.

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