Welcome back, y'all!

[ruby_jane, BSN, RN]

Hope everyone had an uneventful summer.

Our district was mandated by our very generous state legislature to provide staff with a larger raise than normal. Originally the leg proposed a $5K raise for teachers (which did not apply to librarians, nurses, or the paras).

But in that raise the district had to make some tough choices and one of those choices was eliminating the two itinerant nurse positions. That means there's a very real possibility that if I take a day off, there is no nurse for the day. We have a team of four nurses within a mile of each other and someone can come cover a big thing. But it bothers me, especially since I have two special needs units with a lot of procedures and...well, special needs. My old district is doing the same thing, along with putting LVNs in the elementary campuses.

Missed y'all.

[UrbanHealthRN, BSN, RN]

Well that's quite the way to start your new school year! I'm sorry to hear this is happening. School nurses are kind of like that old saying about housework: nobody notices all the good things they're doing, until one day they're not around and all heck breaks loose.

Right now I'm just swimming in health history forms, immunization records, and physicals, but thought I'd take a moment to wave hello!?️ Summer's been great up here in New England, my vegetables are growing beautifully, and I'm looking forward to another solid month of this warm weather.

[kidzcare]

On 8/2/2019 at 8:52 AM, UrbanHealthRN said:

School nurses are kind of like that old saying about housework: nobody notices all the good things they're doing, until one day they're not around and all heck breaks loose.

Yeeeeep!

I say we are the insurance policy at the school. No one thinks twice about until something goes wrong.

Welcome back everyone!

[ruby_jane, BSN, RN]

54 minutes ago, kidzcare said:

Yeeeeep!

I say we are the insurance policy at the school. No one thinks twice about until something goes wrong.

Welcome back everyone!

I missed your YEEEEEP!

[RNTadaaaa]

Hiiiiiii!

Welcome back everyone!

I sure did miss all of you.

[BettyGirard, BSN]

We don't have an itinerant nurse, but we have a supervisor who gets pushed into coverage when one of the building nurses is out. This year, they actually hired a LPN for the discipline monitor. My deal with the administration is that since I got stuck so many years with discipline issues, that I can preferentially use the new hire for real nurse stuff if I can't get coverage.

[iggywench, BSN, RN]

Hello, everyone! It's the hottest week of the summer, and school started yesterday. We are registering students like crazy from Honduras and El Salvador, and I have many more students with health concerns than I have ever had. Let's hope the year goes smoothly!

[yaRNthrower, BSN, RN]

Hello everyone :)))

Glad to be back:)))

Wishing for a great year.

[Feral.Cat.Herder, RN]

Hello Everyone!

We've been back in full swing since Aug 5th and I've be covered up with paper work, excluding students for lack of immunizations and appropriate health records. Just wanted to take a moment to "wave" at everyone!

[BluebellRN, BSN, RN]

Hey!

Summer was way too short. I loved every last second of it!

Hope everyone is having a good start, and staying cool!

[BeckyESRN]

Hello everyone!

Today is the first day back for students and the bandaid needs are rolling in!

[BettyGirard, BSN]

Our students start on Monday. Technically that's my start day, too. I'm coming early this year to help the new discipline monitor/nurse get started. In the long run it will take a bit of unpleasant load off me. I'll see if I can interest her in coming here.