I am TOTALLY getting spring fever! I know it’s only the middle of January, but I don’t care...I’m already doing some gardening preparations. However, if you’ve noticed a few children with “spring fever” this early in the year, it’s likely viral...and they are sick...literally. We’ve already talked about the flu and HFMD. But we haven’t talked about Fifth Disease (Slapped-Cheek
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School Nurse News – Volume 4 – Tuesday, January 15, 2018
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
School Nurse News – Volume 3 – Monday, December 17, 2018
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
Pediculicide / Lice Shampoo – RID vs NIX
This article has many parts that include the official Nurse Kevin Lice Battle Plan and All About Head Lice. You can read this article and the complete series of articles on Nurse Kevin's website: http://www.licebattleplan.com/ "As far as lice shampoo, usually suggest NIX as the go-to product. But, you’ll likely have just as much killing-power with RID as you do with
School Nurse News – Volume 2 – Friday, December 7, 2018
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
School Nurse News – Volume 1 – Friday, November 30, 2018
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
School Nurse’s Guide to the Why Questions: 6 Reasons Why Folks Ask Why
Why do people ask the “why question?” See, right there...I am asking y’all “why” folks ask “why.” This is a simple concept, and I know y’all will get the ah-ha moment very soon...and...knowing how smart y’all are (all school nurses are super-duper smart), y’all probably have gotten it already, but want to keep reading just to see how many times
Scoliosis: In-School Screening or Not
My school district has some of school nursing’s best-of-the-best-of-the-best school nurses. Ain’t none of them ever punched me in my nose, and ain’t none of them called me “male nurse”...too often. The other day, during our meeting, we talked about a lot of things (which is what folks usually do during a meeting). One topic was the district’s policies and
11 Qualities of an Awesome School Nurse
11 Qualities of an Awesome School Nurse - Nurses are great folks. And I ain't just saying that because I'm a nurse; I have worked with hundreds of nurses in four different states and in five different “genres” of nursing. We nurses are pretty awesome folks. Sure we are! We can have our fingers tangled up to the third knuckle
School Nurse’s Guide to Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis)
School Nurse’s Guide to Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis) - One of my first job interviews was in Phoenix, Arizona for a school nurse position...well...kinda like a school nurse position. During my interview, the director shared this story: Two girls are up and dressed and ready for school. This is not a normal school; it’s a dormitory for children with “challenges” and sort of