BLS Nursing Blog
DEI
Upcoming District Family Events
Dates to mark on your calendar
Thursday, February 8, 2024: Asian Family Night Lunar New Year Event English/Chinese
Dinner included.
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!
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.
OSNA
OSNA Spring Conference 2024
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
April 18-19, 2024
Riverhouse, Bend Oregon
- Looking for help with conference “add ons” – We are looking for activities that can be offered to nurses outside of the conference. Wine tour, brewery tour, hike, any type of show
- There will be a silent auction. Any ideas on donations? Mt. Bachelor tickets?
- Gift baskets. Every year, school nurses bring gift baskets from their districts to raffle. We are looking for items that are from Central Oregon to put in our BLS gift basket.
MEETINGS/TRAININGS
Mandatory nurse staff meetings/trainings on the following days: (this is for regular nurses only. Substitute nurses do not need to attend.)Wednesday, February 14, 2024 – Nurse Meeting, location TBDWednesday, February 28, 2024, 245-4 – Raptor Student Safe Early Intervention (make up day due to 2 snow days). Location TBD
- 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
Thursday, April 11, 2024Friday, April 12, 2024OSNA Spring Conference 2024 (in Bend)
- April 18, 2024
- April 19, 2024
SAFETY
School Resource Officer Appreciation Day
School Resource Officer Appreciation Day is February 15th. The Safety Team is requesting your help to collect cards, notes, pictures, etc. to present to our SRO team. The goal is to highlight the positive relationship between our SROs and their schools. We’d love to hear about your appreciation for your school’s SRO. Please send any items to the Safety Team at the Ed Center no later than Friday, February 9th.
STUDENT SERVICES
National School Counseling Week 2024
National School Counseling Week 2024 (#NSCW24) is Feb. 5-9, 2024, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems. National School Counseling Week, sponsored by ASCA, highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career. National School Counseling Week is always celebrated the first full week in February.
Here is a “Certificate of Appreciation” that you can use for your counselors as well as a sign for them to hang on their door if you choose.
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
PPE Supply Order Form
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.
- Requesting Time off in UKG – directions
Weather – Inclement Weather Delay Guidelines
IMPORTANT DATES
- February 5-9, 2024 – National School Counseling Week
- February 7, 2024 – *OSNA Special Topics Cafe – OCCHYN (register here)
- February 8, 2024 – Lunar New Year Celebration/AAPI Family Night
- February 9, 2024 – School Resource Officer Appreciation Day
- February 13, 2024 – *OSNA Mentoring Monday (rescheduled from 1/22/24 – Seizure Tools and Acuity) (register here)
- February 14, 2024 – In person Nurse Meeting
- February 15, 2024 – *OSNA Power Hour – Records Request and School Health Records (register here)
- February 21, 2024 – Immunization Exclusion Day
- February 26, 2024 – *OSNA Mentoring Monday – Asthma – Life long implications Dr. Baker: Wendy and Larissa Fain on community partnerships (register here)
- *All OSNA virtual event times are 330pm-5pm. (Come for all or part of the time.)