BLS Nurse Blog
FUN FACT
On March 7, 1933 the family board game Monopoly was invented.
CONCUSSION UPDATES
District Concussion Numbers for SY 23/24
| Elementary | Middle | High | |
| September | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| October | 17 | 16 | 20 |
| November | 11 | 7 | 26 |
| December | 3 | 4 | 47 |
| January | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| February TOTAL | 1 38 | 11 59 | 3 108 |
Upcoming Webinar from CBIRT
Child and Family Challenges After TBI: Developmental Considerations for Intervention Strategies
Friday, April 5, 2024
9am, PT
Shari Wade, PhD.
Shari is a tenured professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati and director of research in the Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Since 1991, she has conducted federally-funded research examining factors influencing recovery following traumatic brain injury. She pioneered the development and testing of technology-based interventions to reduce the behavioral and family consequences of TBI and other neurological conditions, as described in nearly 300 peer-reviewed publications. Currently, she is implementing the Teen Online Problem Solving program, identified as a practice standard in recent evidence-based guidelines, at 15 sites in the United States and Canada.
DEI
Upcoming Religious Dates
Lent – February 14 – March 28
Ramadan – Monday, March 11- Tuesday, April 9
This observance includes complete fasting while the sun is out as well as additional prayer.
HEALTHY SCHOOLS
Emergency Department and Stabilzation Data (updated)
IEP/504
Meeting Observations
Please complete the IEP/504 Meeting Observations form.
Tami will let you know which meeting date has been chosen.
MENTAL HEALTH
From Jamie Gunter
The Student Safe software is a place where we eventually will be able to enter threats for behavior safety assessment. The training received on Wednesday, February 28th was for entry of suicide risk and NSSI (non-suicidal self-injury).
Staff were given a handout to enter NSSI and Suicide Ideation.
When entering a concern for NSSI, check the NSSI box, then proceed to enter the information. If a student had an NSSI and SI, you could do a concern and check the box for NSSI and SI, then go on to do an assessment for suicide ideation. The only time in a school setting “threats” would be checked is for a threat assessment.
BLS Raptor/Student Safe Navigation Walk through
| BLS Raptor/StudentSafe Navigation Walkthroughdocs.google.com |
Suicide Risk Screen Walthrough (Raptor/SS)
Slides from 2/28/24 training.
Student Safe Video Walkthroughs
SAFETY
The following information regarding overdose emergency kits was included with the level leader school blogs last week. Nurses – please enter the expiration dates of your Narcan supplies on the AED Master Spreadsheet.
*Tami has reached out to level leaders again regarding any overdose crisis messaging. To be continued…
Overdose Emergency Kits
BLS received several Overdose Emergency Kits through OHA’s Save Lives Oregon Initiative. Each kit contains: Administration instructions, 4 boxes of naloxone, 2 CPR face shields, and 1 emergency box for storage. Each middle and high school received two kits and elementary schools received one kit.
Overdose Emergency Kit Location
Ideally, the Overdose Emergency Kit box should be mounted on a wall next to an AED cabinet so that it is easily accessible. However, this may not be feasible for your school site. Please consult with your school nurse about where the best location would be for these Overdose Emergency Kits. AED cabinets still contain 2 doses of naloxone.
Overdose Emergency Kit Location and Expiration Date Information
Once the location of the Overdose Emergency Kits have been identified, the school nurse will add the locations and the naloxone expiration dates to our district AED Master Spreadsheet.
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, March 6, 2024 – OSNA Power Hour Acuity Tool Discussion (230-4pm)
- Wednesday, March 13, 2024 – All Nurse Meeting
- Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Friday, April 12, 2024
OSNA Spring Conference 2024 (in Bend)
April 18-19, 2024
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.
SNOW DAYS
Makeup School Days
Due to the weather closures in January, there will be two makeup school days at the end of the school year. The days will be June 17 and 18. (Hopefully you haven’t purchased airfare tickets yet.)
The last workday of the school year is Thursday, June 20, 2024, for all regular nursing staff. (3 people have already requested these days off.)
**Per Lora Nordquist on 2/26/24 – Approval of these requests will be made by HR leadership, not direct supervisors. For those nurses that have already requested this time off, Tami will let you know what the process is for submitting a request when information becomes available.
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.
Communicable Disease Guidance for Schools (OHA/ODE)
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
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Tips for Self-Care
Tips for Self-Care
Last week, self-care tip #1 (of 6), Recognize Your Value, was shared with you. If you didn’t complete the first tip, it’s not too late to recognize your value!!! Do it!!!!
Tip #2
PRACTICE SELF COMPASSION
Research shows that the more we practice being kind and compassionate with ourselves, the more we’ll increase the habit of self-compassion. There is no road map when working in healthcare, so give yourself a break. Most days, you are doing the best you can, and that’s okay. Take your situation day by day or hour by hour and take physical and mental breaks when you can.
IMPORTANT DATES
- March 6 (230-4) – OSNA Power Hour Acuity Tool Discussion (BLS Nurses) Register Here
- March 11, (2-3) – Elementary Nurse Meeting (rescheduled from 3/6)
- March 13, (230-4) – All Nurse Meeting – location TBD
- March 18 (330-5) – *OSNA Mentoring Monday – Acuity Case Studies (register here)
- March 20 (location/time TBD) – Omni Pod training