S/s x 3, 4, 7 days??

[Mavnurse17]

What do you all do when a student comes in and tells you they've had a headache, stomach pain, musculoskeletal injury for many days (sometimes a week!) and have not seen a doctor?

I encounter so many students that tell me they've felt sick or have had pain following an injury for days. Part of me thinks "so what makes this a problem now?" but the other part of me really likes my license and wants to CMA ?

[JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN]

Echo of the above. Even for FF, sometimes I will make an FYI phone call home - but only AFTER I've sent that FF back to class (that has no current physical reason not to be of course). Because when I do that, I can say "they were able to return to class, but I just wanted to loop you into their reported symptoms at school. How have they been at home recently?"

Most parents appreciate the FYI, and that student is back in class, will fill me with data from home that doesn't match data at school. Sometimes it is legit and they appreciate the call to follow up with their provider, usually after school appointment ;).

[SchoolNurseK, BSN, RN]

I send an email to the parent each time a student comes to the clinic with something somewhat significant. I usually don't hear anything back but at least it is documented that I notified them. Here is my form I use:

SCHOOL CLINIC VISIT

__________ visited the clinic today for the following reason(s):

Treatment received:

If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.