SY 2021-2022 Roll Call

I'm back; No plans to give it up unless admin stops having the health staff's back. This is year 4 for me in both school nursing and in this school/role.

Whenever I feel myself questioning this job choice, I try to remind myself that once the pandemic is over - be it 6 months or 6 years from now (could you imagine???) - the job will (hopefully) seem that much easier. This will be a time to look back on and say "At least this isn't as difficult as the pandemic years..." or "At least I'm not ALSO dealing with the pandemic..."

I'm back for year 8, and contemplate leaving everyday. I just figure how to make money rescuing dogs and drinking wine. I hope Covid starts to settle down. this has been the craziest year, and we are only six weeks in.

I am back for year three.  I actually quit with thoughts of leaving nursing all together, but they lured me back with the promise of a Clinic Assistant who started on her own last week.  I now have Wednesdays and Fridays off and this is already a game changer!  This reduced schedule is allowing me to turn off my COVID brain and take care of myself, which was a huge challenge for me last year.

When it comes down to it, I love my kids and so I largely love my job.  COVID is maybe starting to settle here and some days feel almost normal.  Three years of doing this THROUGH A PANDEMIC has also given me more confidence so my days here seem to largely flow pretty smoothly.  

Let's stay the course friends.  We are here for such a time as this.  Hugs to everyone!

I'm here. Wow this Covid craziness is almost more fun than I could ever imagine. ?

25th year as a School Nurse and 13th in my current position.

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I'm back for my 10 th year!

5th year for me!! 

I'm back.  This is my 7th year as a school nurse.   Covid has definitely made the job harder and much less enjoyable these last couple years, but I remind my self daily that this job is still better than anything else!! 

I'm back for my 4th year. I usually really like my job, but it has been terrible, and we've only been back for 5 weeks. I feel like it has to get better sooner rather than later. Good luck to all of us. 

I’m here. This is my 7th year being a nurse for an elementary school. 

#13th year in elementary K-5.  2021-22 Year started rough with what seemed like the constant change in Covid protocols but it is all good now and not as bad as I had feared.  

Year 3 for me!  As my name suggests I work in a small rural county--I work three days a week-one day at each of 3 K-12 schools in my county.  Year 1 I just had one school and starting last year picked up all three (great timing, huh?)  I love that I can be home more for my own kids--no weekends, nights, etc.  But I miss my previous nurse life in a Level 1 Trauma ED.  

I do feel like I've settled in though and of course have some great relationships with the kids.  I wish I could be at any of my schools full time but their size and acuity really doesn't warrant it.

I am back for my third year as the school nurse in my district's Early Childhood Program!   This year I am also the Early Childhood Screening Coordinator after our former one retired.  We have decided to completely change the way we do our screenings so I have been very busy trying to get that all organized and figured out in addition to having 2 preschoolers with type I DM and having our largest enrollment in the last 5 years! ?

We are seeing so many preschoolers struggling with behaviors and being behind in basic skills.  We are thinking it has been the isolation of the past year and a half (many of them didn't go to daycare or any kind of preschool program last year) when many of them missed out on some pretty critical developmental milestones.  It's been really hard to see them struggle. ☹️ 

I have been back at work for 7 weeks now and I am exhausted.  But I have a good team behind me and we'll figure it out.  Right now we are seeing a surge in COVID cases amongst our staff so we're working our butts off trying to cover everything.  I come home and switch into self-care mode (pjs on, hot bath and a book, a glass of sparkling water [and sometimes wine] just to have the energy to get up and do it all again.  ?