FROM YOUR TEAM
Describe something challenging about our team:
Feeling isolated due to not working together daily
Not everyone attends nurse meetings or social gatherings
Many different personalities with varying opinions
Nothing that I can think of
Witnessing bias and how it affects morale
Differing communication styles
What is one thing you can do to help reduce challenges to our team?
Attend nurse meetings and social functions
Speak up and don’t be afraid to ask questions
Embrace/accept differences of others (you may learn something new)
Reach out to other nurses
Model the behavior I want to see in others
Keep an open and empathetic approach to interactions
Communicate face to face or phone to phone contact. Don’t assume someone’s tone or attitude.
Be supportive and provide constructive feedback
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
OHA: Monthly Communicable Disease Surveillance Report
FLU
Flu Activity – Very High
Central Oregon Weekly Flu Report – 3/4/25
MEETING HEALTH TOPIC DISCUSSIONS
Nurses (substitute nurses not required)
Only 7 nurses have signed up for topics so far. (As of 3/4/25)
*Shanon, Steph, and Angelina are presenting information about sore throats at our March 12 nurse meeting.
- To help us all stay up-to-date with best practice guidelines for how we can best support students with complaints/injuries/ in our school nursing practice, why not tap into the nursing skills and expertise from our own group?
- As a team of 3, (1 nurse from each grade level) you will give a mini (10-15 minutes) discussion on the health topic of choice to include:
- assessment
- potential nursing plan of action (intervention) guidelines
- resources (pictures, literature, etc.)
- anything else
- Please write your name under 2 health topics of your choice from the Meeting Health Topic Discussion spreadsheet.
- Please let Tami know if you would like a topic added to the list.
MENTAL HEALTH
NASN ALL MEMBER FORUM
Something to think about in our own school nurse practice.
Scope of Practice – Mental Health
Original post – 3/3/25
SAFETY
DCHS Substance Abuse Overdose Response Briefing 2-21-25
NASN ALL MEMBER FORUM
Assessments for Possible Drug Use – School Nurses
SEIZURES
Swimming Safety Update
- According to 3 local pediatric care providers – determination of safety precautions should be on a case by case basis
- Adaptive PE teacher, Jessica Malanowski, will be coming to our nurse meeting on March 12th to discuss various safety devices and rationales for their use
- Pool safety for students with seizures guidance will be updated after nurse meeting
CALENDAR
| DATE | TIME | EVENT | INFO |
| 3/12 | 2-330 | Nurse Meeting | REALMS HS |
| 3/24-3/28 | SPRING BREAK! | ||
| 4/16 – 4/17 | NO SCHOOL ALL MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS | These are workdays for all staff. | |
| 4/18 | NO SCHOOL ALL SCHOOLS | This is a workday for all staff. |
LINKS
Quick links page
Let Tami know if you would like links added to the page.