school health – Your Favorite School Nurse

Health Room Supplies

You asked for it: Here is a rundown of supplies you may need or want in your health room. Bandages/First aid: Assessment & Tools Miscellaneous: Medications All medications suggested are based on your district/states guidelines. Some may be able to stock lots of things and others may not be allowed to have anything. Check yourContinue reading “Health Room Supplies”

Energy Drinks

Thanks, Logan Paul for creating this Prime drink and marketing it to kids who don’t know that it’s not safe for them. We have been noticing an uptick in students bringing various energy drinks to school and we are worried. They make them in flashy cans and bottles, with awesome flavors like cotton candy orContinue reading “Energy Drinks”

Vaping: They Thought It Was Supposed To Be Safer.

Remember when vaping and e-cigarettes came on the scene and everyone was thrilled that they could now “smoke” with virtually NO ill effects? So healthy! People indoors, “smoking” fruity flavored, cotton candy, apple pie flavored oils because it’s a healthy alternative to getting your nicotine in AND you can do it indoors right in people’sContinue reading “Vaping: They Thought It Was Supposed To Be Safer.”

Assessment Basics for the School Nurse: Hearing Screens

Screenings are one of the most important jobs school nurses do. We are often the first to determine that a student may need glasses or hearing assistance to improve their education. The who and the when of screenings will depend on the state and district in which you are working. To find out who needsContinue reading “Assessment Basics for the School Nurse: Hearing Screens”

Assessment Basics for the School Nurse: Vision Screens

Assessment Basics for the School Nurse: Sore Throats

Sore throats: everyone seems to have them at the same time. What’s causing them, what are we looking for and what can we do about it? Sore throats can be benign much of the time – from post nasal drip, too much talking, allergies, environmental irritation, or random unnamed viruses. But at times they canContinue reading “Assessment Basics for the School Nurse: Sore Throats”

Assessment Basics for the School Nurse: Ears

Something I think many school nurses struggle with – myself included – is looking in ears. What are we looking at in there and why does it matter when RNs can’t diagnose or prescribe anyway? Well we can certainly look and assess and determine if the student needs to have further evaluation at the doctorContinue reading “Assessment Basics for the School Nurse: Ears”

Assessment Basics for School Nurses: Orthopedic Injury

This post contains affiliate links which means we earn a small commission if you purchase through these links. Something I think many school nurses might struggle with is orthopedic assessment. Someone comes in crying with an injury but how do we know what we might be working with and what we should do about it?Continue reading “Assessment Basics for School Nurses: Orthopedic Injury”

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Can We Change This Narrative That Teachers Can’t Be Our Allies?

I’ve been watching a lot of posts on social media about school nurses being annoyed when the teachers suggest things that may be wrong with a student or suggest what they think the student needs. The complaints of teachers feeling foreheads and sending a student to have their temperature checked, teachers noting that a studentContinue reading “Can We Change This Narrative That Teachers Can’t Be Our Allies?”