TIME OFF
DATES NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO REQUEST TIME OFF
MARCH 15, 2023
APRIL 20, 2023
APRIL 21, 2023
APRIL 27, 2023
APRIL 28, 2023
*We are trying to get 6 nurses to attend a 2-day ASIST training in April so any additional requests for taking these days off will be denied. Thanks for your understanding.
BLS NURSE CHECK-IN SURVEY
Check it out here.
SUICIDE PREVENTION & INTERVENTION PROTOCOLS
Suicide Risk Assessment Flow Chart for Nurses
Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
**All ASIST trained staff can do the C-SSRS risk screen.
BLS Risk and Response Protocol
**When suicide risk is recognized, take action and screen for risk on the same day. Information is updated in the Nurse Services Manual.
INJURIES
There has been an update to the injury guidance in the Nurse Services Manual. Under the “Student returning from an injury” heading, you should notice that there is an updated form for activity restrictions “Orthopedic Injury Health Care Provider Note for School Activity”. The following should be completed before HDESD specialists can evaluate the student:
- Orthopedic Injury Health Care Provider Note for School Activity form completed by the health care provider. (Or health care provider note that includes all of the information on the form.)
- Temporary Accommodations Plan – Consent for HDESD Specialists signed by parent/guardian.
Please review the process for a student returning to school with an injury in the Nurse Services Manual.
STUDENT ACUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL
Most of you may recall Hannah asking for your medically fragile student data towards the end of every school year. Currently, OSNA and ODE are updating the acuity assessment criteria to help school nurses (and districts) better understand what the criteria is that distinguishes between general, chronically ill, medically complex, medically fragile, and nurse dependent students. This tool will help aide in the consistent data reporting. That being said, there will be no data collection at the end of this school year. The goal is to have the updated acuity tool up and ready by October 2023 (at the latest).
UKG
- Our Time and Leave Team continues to work on backend issues that are causing some leave accruals to be inaccurate. This issue is actively being addressed and won’t cease until the data displayed within UKG matches our paper payroll records.
- Employees are instructed to only access UKG by signing into our internal UKG link with their BLS username and password. Staff who attempt to login via the external BLS jobs link will be locked out of UKG. To be unlocked, staff will need to submit a request through the IT Web Help Desk. BLS employees are to follow these instructions when applying for other BLS openings.
- We are in the process of updating the time-off choices with Frontline Absence Management/Aesop to match the choices within UKG. Next week, we will provide a cheat sheet to assist staff in selecting the correct drop-down option.
ERIN’S LAW
FYI (Just keeping nurses in the loop.)
Please see the following communication and plan for teaching the required Erin’s Law Child Sexual Abuse and Prevention lessons.
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NURSE MEETING
NEXT NURSE MEETING
What: Elementary School Nurse Meeting
Date: Wednesday, March 1
Time: 2:30
Meeting location: Tami’s Webex room
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Although these trainings are not mandatory,
you are highly encouraged to attend.
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What: BIST30 Training Improving Self Advocacy After Sustaining a Brain Injury
Date: Monday, February 27
Time: 3-330pm
Meeting Location: Zoom
Who will be doing the training?
Brain Injury Support Team (BIST)
How to improve self-advocacy after sustaining a brain injury.
Meeting information and Zoom link can be found here.
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What: Trauma Informed Care Training for School Nurses
Date: Wednesday, March 22
Time: 230-4
Meeting location: Pine Ridge Elementary School Library
Who will be doing the training?
Erin Taylor
CARE Coach
High Desert ESD
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What: Restorative Practices in Bend-La Pine Schools
Date: Wednesday, April 12
Time: 8-9am
Meeting location:
Education Center
Wall Street Lab
520 NW Wall St
Remember to bring your district ID badge!
Who will be doing the training?
Eric Powell
Assistant Director of Student Services
Bend-La Pine Schools
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What: 504 Training
Date: Thursday, April 13
Time: 1-4pm
Meeting location: Webex
Who will be doing the training?
Marinda Peters, PhD
Civil Rights Specialist, ODE
Title VI, Section 504 and Title II of the ADA
Topics of Discussion:
- 504 legislation review
- Current eligibility criteria
- 504 process defined
- What are accommodations?
- School nurse role
Nurses your input is needed for this training.
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What: Concussion Collective Educators Conference
Best Practices and Advances in Concussion Management
Date: Friday, April 14
Time: 8-12am
Conference location:
OSU Cascades ~ 1500 SW Chandler Ave ~ Bend, OR 97702
Who will be doing the training?
CBIRT, HDESD, The Center
Click here for more information and registration link.
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WHAT: Oregon School Nurses’ Association Spring Conference 2023
DATE: April 20-21
CONFERENCE LOCATION: Wilsonville, OR
Please let Tami know if you are interested in attending. We have room for 3 nurses who either haven’t been to an OSNA conference before or last attended more than 3 years ago.
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STOP THE BLEED TRAININGS
BEND AND LA PINE LOCATIONS
WHAT: Stop the Bleed training
FOR: Bend- La Pine Staff
WHEN: Wednesday, March 1st
TIME: 1pm
TIME: 230pm
WHERE: La Pine Elementary School Library
**Please note that there are 2 training times available on this day!!
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WHAT: Stop the Bleed training
FOR: Bend- La Pine Staff
WHEN: Tuesday, March 14th
TIME: 430-530pm
WHERE: Caldera High School, Room 210
Please sign up in Performance Matters.
Space is limited to 75 participants.
What is Stop the Bleed?
Stop the Bleed is 1 hour class designed to teach our community what to do to stop severe uncontrolled bleeding. This class will teach why severe uncontrolled bleeding is dangerous, how to recognize it, and more importantly how to control the bleeding quickly and effectively.
THANK YOU BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT !!!
Looking for a different training date??? Bend Fire hosts monthly Stop the Bleed trainings at their Fire Training Center. Training information can be found here.
