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Los Angeles Teachers Union Says Strike All But Certain to Begin Next Week. [LINK] “The Los Angeles Times reports that Friday meetings between district officials and teachers union negotiators ended with no deal after the union rejected the city's most recent offer, which would have decreased class sizes and provided an in-school nurse at every Los Angeles-area elementary school.” We school nurse's

More than 50 kids sick with the flu at one elementary school [LINK] “The school's nurse, Christy Mason, told Pozen that the spread of the virus hasn't slowed since the end of October....Fifty-four sounds like a lot, but you have to also look at the student population...When you look at it compared to the enrollment, it is not really considered a

What a high school nurse wants you to know about vaping (LINK) "Vaping is more popular than ever, and now some say students are using vape pens to smoke pot." We school nurses are aware of vaping...and also juuling (and e-cigarette use in general). I don't understand why anyone would want to use these products but...then again...I have my own "likes" just

Being a school nurse is pretty newsworthy. Heck! Being a nurse is pretty newsworthy. I remember when I was a hospice nurse I would try to remember to remove my name badge when I went into stores like grocery stores. The checker would notice. “Oh, you are a hospice nurse. God’s got a place for you in heaven. You are such