Been a while since I have logged in. I decided to take the leap of faith and change districts and although I would never recommend changing jobs in the middle of a pandemic (ha!), I am so happy that I did. I am the THIRD nurse based out of a high school with 2,400 students. We are getting a brand new nurses office, but admin still wants to keep the old office as well-making 2 nurses offices.
Between the 3 of us, we have 1 nurse that stays in the office consistently, the other nurse handles half of the HS IEPs and 504s, while I manage the other half of IEPs for the HS and 2 other schools.
We can't quite figure out how we will manage things. We're concerned about a few things such 1 nurse managing 2 offices if the other 2 of us are in meetings, students playing the system (ie, going between the 2 offices to skip class), communication between the 2 offices. We would love to outline the purpose for each office and we'd like to come up with a workable game plan ourselves before admin decides for us ?
Does anyone work in a school that has 2 nurse offices that could offer us advice? Or even if you don't, we would love any suggestions and any thoughts or impressions of what would and would not work!
I should also add that we're still virtual for the next month and a half, so this is a perfect time that we can work out a procedure and brainstorm before the students come back.
We have over 1700 students. PreK -12th grade. We are on a one campus setting. We have a nurse at the high school with about 500+ students, and I have prek-8 with approx. over 1100 students. I have over 20 on meds and 4 diabetics. It can be busy at times. This year we hired a sub to do PRN and help with the hearing screens, Immunizations ect. So far it it working out. This is my second year here. I just requested to be put on salary. Do any of you school nurses get salary? Or is it hourly. I get paid 25.78/hr and only work when in school is in session. Any nurses thoughts???
We have over 1700 students. PreK -12th grade. We are on a one campus setting. We have a nurse at the high school with about 500+ students, and I have prek-8 with approx. over 1100 students. I have over 20 on meds and 4 diabetics. It can be busy at times. This year we hired a sub to do PRN and help with the hearing screens, Immunizations ect. So far it it working out. This is my second year here. I just requested to be put on salary. Do any of you school nurses get salary? Or is it hourly. I get paid 25.78/hr and only work when in school is in session. Any nurses thoughts???
I'm salary. I have a contract for a certain amount of days per school year.
However, there is discussion of moving me a 12 month position to continue to manage COVID needs into the next school year. It will come with more money but if it happens remains to be seen yet.
We have over 1700 students. PreK -12th grade. We are on a one campus setting. We have a nurse at the high school with about 500+ students, and I have prek-8 with approx. over 1100 students. I have over 20 on meds and 4 diabetics. It can be busy at times. This year we hired a sub to do PRN and help with the hearing screens, Immunizations ect. So far it it working out. This is my second year here. I just requested to be put on salary. Do any of you school nurses get salary? Or is it hourly. I get paid 25.78/hr and only work when in school is in session. Any nurses thoughts???
It really depends on your district and your state. In my state, if you have an extra certification, you are considered a teacher and receive the benefits of the teachers in most districts (it is still up to the district to honor that). My first school nurse job, I was not certified and I started at about $21/hr. Now I'm certified and in a new district. I'm included in the teachers contract, so I'm salaried-making about double of what I was making in my first job. I only work when school is in session.
Keeperofbandages, LPN
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Yes, when I started in School Health, my previous school paid me $14.10 an hour by the time I left.