Nursing is like a four year old vision screening

Excellent! You got it just right - - school nursing is so much more complex than meets the eye!Thank you for finding a way to convey that information.Best wishes!

very nice!

Wonderful article, I might print this and put it on my bulletin board! It is easy to forget that even "frequent fliers" get sick sometimes too. I am not too proud to admit that as I was lecturing a ff about missing so much class, the thermometer popped up with 101.0

Really your article is very amazing! I enjoyed a lot of things about realization of a school nurse . ThanksFrom Bangladesh

Trust me purple scrubs, I have been there! I once told a frequent flyer she would be OK and that she could tell her mom when she got home-she walked two steps and threw up in my doorway! Not my finest moment. Needless to say, keeping us humble and on our toes is another thing those kids do

Awesome! Those kiddies keep you hopping, don't they?

This was very moving and informative. God bless you, OP, as you put your heart and soul into your work every day. I hope my loved ones and I, should we need nurses, always have a nurse like you, a nurse who cares and is very intelligent. While you might not be diagnosing or doing a differential diagnosis officially, you are on the front line - triaging, screening, referring appropriately. An unsung heroine.

Lice-YUK! Makes my eyebrows itch to think of them. I know School Nurses make a difference because I worked with another ER Nurse years ago. Her son had fallen from his bicycle and was a little banged up, but seemed OK when he went to bed. He skipped breakfast and went to school in the a.m., but felt lousy (sorry) late in the a.m. The School RN noticed pallor and that his stomach was firm and got in touch with Mom who took him to the E.R. He had a ruptureed spleen.

Quote from cav5Trust me purple scrubs, I have been there! I once told a frequent flyer she would be OK and that she could tell her mom when she got home-she walked two steps and threw up in my doorway! Not my finest moment. Needless to say, keeping us humble and on our toes is another thing those kids do

It's all true! I've done pre-k EIP to 12th grade. Health screening, lice checks, pregnancies, tummy aches, seizures, allergies, tube feedings, meds, meds & more meds. The list is never ending!My absolute favorite visit... A 4 year old is brought in by the teacher assistant teary eyed and c/o headache. As I'm taking her temp I notice how tight the elastics and hair braids are. I remove the elastics from her hair and loosen the braids and she instantly melts into my arms with a big thank-you. She happily returned to class

This is my 6th year as a school nurse and I totally agree, you definetely have to look "outside the box".