BLS Nursing Blog
BEND-LA PINE RECORDS
HMP
If a student has a health management plan and an IEP, please send the HMP to the Bend-La Pine Records at [email protected].
Please include the following messaging “Attached is student # health management plan to be uploaded in SE Historical Documents.”
Safe Feeding Plans
If a student has a safe feeding plan and an IEP, please send the safe feeding plan to the Bend-La Pine Records at [email protected].
“Attached is the safe feeding plan for student # to be uploaded in SE Historical Documents.”
**BE SURE TO CC YOURSELF WHEN SENDING VIA BLSEND SO YOU HAVE A RECORD THAT THE INFORMATION WAS SENT TO THE RECORDS CLERKS.
CONCUSSION UPDATES
District Concussion Numbers
| SEPTEMBER 2023 | Elementary | Middle | High |
| 5 | 11 | 1 |
| OCTOBER 2023 | Elementary | Middle | High |
| 17 | 16 | 20 |
| NOVEMBER 2023 | Elementary | Middle | High |
| 11 | 7 | 26 |
| DECEMBER 2023 | Elementary | Middle | High |
| 3 | 4 | 0 |
| TOTALS (as of 12/30/23) | Elementary | Middle | High |
| 59 | 38 | 47 |
COVID-19 TESTS
Expiration Extension Information
iHealth Antigen Test Expiration Date Extension Information. Tests not on the extension list should be discarded.
DEI
Interpreter/Translation
Need an interpreter or translator in a pinch? An updated list of CAFE Program members is available here. This information can also be found on the Portal’s Equity page, under “Employee Resources”. You are welcome to contact anyone on the list, not just those at your site! Please continue to use Linguist Link for the majority of your requests – CAFE members are bilingual staff who can support as linguists if you have a time-sensitive matter but should not be relied on for these services regularly.
Upcoming District Family Events
Dates to mark on your calendar
Wednesday, January 31, 2024: Black History Month kick off-celebration.
Thursday, February 8, 2024: Lunar New Year celebration/AAPI Family Night.
Both events will be in the evening with dinner included. More information to follow.
Increasing Family Support for LGBTQ Students to Reduce Risk and Promote Well-Being
Free On-line Training Opportunities
IMMUNIZATIONS
Immunization Exclusion Day
Immunization Exclusion Day for ALL students is Wednesday February 21, 2024
Thank you everyone for your help in getting our students updated with their immunizations before Exclusion Day!
Primary Review Day is January 17th and that is the day I send the initial reports to the Health Department.
The Health Department will then send out letters to those families whose students are not up to date notifying them that they will be excluded from attending school on February 21st if they are not up to date by then.
Immunization Exclusion Day for ALL students is Wednesday February 21, 2024
Here are the dates to use for running your HLT 414 report to determine which students are not up to date.
Assessment date – 1/17/24
Cutoff date – 12/31/23
Exclusion date – 2/21/24
Click Insufficient, Incomplete and No Record when running report
Print a copy of your report so you can use it to make notes on it such as when phone calls were made, mail sent and when students were updated.
INCOMPLETE Students: Means they are not up to date. Check Alertiis for any new immunizations that you can update. Check that the CIS signature box has been checked.
INSUFFICIENT Students: Always is a “data input error”. The dates are in the wrong order, or the student’s birth date is entered incorrectly.
MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION TRAINING
Missed Doses
Please review the steps to take when scheduled medication doses are missed with designated medication administration trained staff at your schools .
- Ensure medication tasks are set up in Synergy as a reminder for staff re: student scheduled medications.
- Student does not show up at 2pm for their scheduled dose.
- Check to make sure they are at school.
- Attempt to notify student (call to class or note to student) to come to the health room.
- If student is still a no show, (depending on the student and possible disability) staff may need to physically go to the classroom to inform student to go to the health office.
- If student refuses to go to health office for medication administration, school nurse and parent/guardian should be notified. This contact interaction should be documented in Synergy as a refusal.
- If student continuously “no shows” for medication administration, nurse should brainstorm with school team, student, and possibly parent/guardian on ways to best support student. Ex. – Reminder alarms on student (iPad), is there a reason the student is refusing to come to the health office, does the administration time need to be adjusted (due to class scheduling issues)?
- If a medication a medication error occurs the following must be done:
- school nurse notification
- parent/guardian notification (document notification in Synergy)
- incident report completed
- * If a student refuses to take their scheduled medication, an incident report does NOT need to be completed. However, medication refusal needs to be documented in Synergy along with parent/guardian and school nurse notification.
Medication Administration Manual for School Personnel – see pages 14-15 “Handling Unexpected Situations”.
MEETINGS/TRAININGS
Mandatory nurse staff /meetings trainings on the following non-school days
- Friday, February 2, 2024
- Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Friday, April 12, 2024
- OSNA Spring Conference 2024
- April 18, 2024
- April 19, 2024
January 10, 2024, Monthly Nurse Meeting RESCHEDULED to Wednesday, January 17, 230-4pm, location TBD. Nurses are required to attend the Raptor Student Safe Early Intervention Software training on January 7, 2024, 2:45-4pm.
MENTAL HEALTH
Raptor Student Safe Early Intervention
What: Educator Network Day
When: January 10, 2024, 2:45-4:00 pm
Where: Caldera High School Auditorium
(Our monthly nurse meeting has been rescheduled to Wednesday, January 17, 2024. Location TBD.)
School counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, and student success coordinators will gather together for Educator Network Day at the Caldera Auditorium for the roll out of Raptor StudentSafe early intervention software. After an initial introduction to StudentSafe, participants will be working in school site teams for entry of their risk screens.
Action needed: please bring suicide risk screens and a screen for NSSI (if you have one) as well as your charged computer. We will be learning how to enter these documents into our system and how to navigate StudentSafe.
Questions? Please reach out to Jess Calbreath or Jamie Gunter
LINKS
AED Supply Order Form – Complete this form to request any AED supplies.
All About You Form – Please complete the form so Tami can know more about you.
BLS Nurse Check-in Survey Form – Having a stressful week? Need some extra support? Suggestions for nurse meeting ideas.
Concussion Brain Injury Reporting Form
Nurse Meeting Topics – Please enter meeting topic/training information you would like to see in the spreadsheet.
OHA: Oregon Respiratory Virus Data: COVID-19, Influenza, RSV
OSNA – Communities of Practice
Return to School Project, Concussion/Brain Injury Reporting Form
UKG – How to log extra hours in UKG after the pay period has ended can be found here. *Must have prior approval from Tami.
Weather – Inclement Weather Delay Guidelines
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
“Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.”
– Eleanor Brown