Yikes, First Weeks Rough in Texas School

[guest83140]

Wow, I am working with a nurse assist sub to help me to transition and I've been overwhelmed with learning and putting in shot records for approx 900 junior high students. The elderly sub nurse assist last day will be tomorrow, she is only there to triage while I try to figure out the paperwork. She knows nothing about the computer or shot records or referrals or how to set up the clinic. The leaving nurse aid left post it notes everywhere, including how to put in immunizations and how to print them. The head nurse sent me to a busy RN elem. school yesterday, who had little time to tell me much for 2 hours and to relieve her to see an inservice for a new kid with an insulin pump that she will want me to help with later. The nurse assist has worked with me the whole week but I usual have to stop and help triage. We get approx 30 walkins, 6 diabetic visits, regular med and asthma about 10, students that cath self or need min assist about 5. Phone calls from chronic prob student mom's tie me up. The clinic was in a mess with old records crammed everywhere, along with bags of old meds, things not put together, computer on small desk facing away from students, with another old desk filled with notebooks and folders without labels and stuffed with a variety of parent notes, uncompleted medication forms, old referrals not followed,etc. The district nurse suggested I may have to stay late to catch upon paperwork. I have it all coming at me at the same time: new teachers introducing themselves, a ton of email from head nurse, teachers, etc. The nurse assist who left and ran it by herself had been cutting corners and refused an Rn to join her. I see a pile of Referrals from screenings that need to sorted, Filings that need to be filed in cum folders that are approx 80 papers, Monthly report to be done for August, Head nurse has emailed me ton of forms, have scheduled a vision,hearing screening for the 7th graders Sept 22 and I need to go to the class Sept 12 with another nurse, Sept 13 I am to meet with the Crisis Team that evening for 3 hours, and must give her the names of people from my school via email who want to be part of it asap (I have no idea or how to find out). She usually tells me to ask the principal secretaries, there are 4. Head nurse comes over for little while, leaves after getting calls from other nurses. I need to go through records for student with prob and work on care plans, 2 big books of 900. The drawer the ex-nurse assist has worked out of is outdated and missing many new forms. The medication books are confusing. She has one for PRN, Regular Meds and 3 separate books for 3 diabetic students. But my biggest prob is wanting to complete the shots by tomorrow and before the other screenings have to be put in the computer. MOst of the time I have to stop and call a parent about shots not readable or missing and most are not home. Also she wants me to become a CPR instructor for my building, attend nurse meetings, crisis meetings that I will be on. Wow, and wow. Trying to remain positive. Working against time. :uhoh21:

[badas1]

Hello, my name is Carolynn. I just started school this week for a nursing assisstant. What a tough week, so much to learn. I would like to know how hard the stna test is? I am a little concerned about taking the test. I have worked retail for over 20 yrs. I am looking for something new to do. I am 57 yrs. young, and very excited about my new career. Just a little concerned about how hard the test is? Can anyone give me some insight to how tough the test is? Thank You