nosebleeds and prevention

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

I get a lot of nosebleeds in my school - i probably see 15 kids a day with some sort of bleeding out of their nose. The treatment's no big deal - sit, pinch the nose closed, wait for the clot to pass, little vaseline up the schnoz.... but the thing I can't get over is just how pervasive the issue seems to be. I suppose I can blame it a bit on the heating system in the school, but I see just as much epistaxis during times when the heat isn't turned on...

Any ideas on how I can attack the problem as a whole? I can't very well humidify the whole school (though I do have certain rooms humidified with powerful whole house humidifiers due to a 504 on a child with a bleeding disorder - so you'd think it would help ) Anyone else having similar issues?

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

Depending on the age I'd say tell them to stop picking their nose...this is the time of year that their boogey noses make them pick.

[Stitchy's mom]

I've had a ton of them since school started in August. I don't think there's much you can do, maybe sending a flyer home and hope the parents read it. Is it the same couple of kids or is it different kids? Mine are all over the place.

[NutmeggeRN, BSN]

Haha! Esme you crack me up! That is my first statement to my HS boys when they come in!!!