*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.
OUT ILL??Please text both Tami and Michelle when you are reporting an illness and need to be out.
HOPE HELP & HEAL
HOPE HELP & HEAL
Feel free to pass along to your families.
Families – On May 11 you are invited to attend Hope, Help & Heal, a virtual event to support and connect families, parents and guardians with education, awareness and discussion around youth mental health in Deschutes County. Click here for a flier on this event. This event will be provided virtually with closed captioning and simultaneously translated into Spanish. If you need accommodations to make participation possible, please call Bethany Kuschel (541)322-7534 or send email to [email protected]. Registration is recommended, but not required.
GIFT BASKET
LOOKING 👁👁 FOR DONATIONS FOR THE OSNA GIFT BASKET
Looking for items to put in the basket that represent Central Oregon.
NURSE TEAM PRIORITIES 23/24 SCHOOL YEAR
Please sign up to be on one or more Priority Teams. Your input is needed!!
*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.
Please text both Tami and Michelle when you are reporting an illness and need to be out.
REMINDER FOR HEALTH ROOM STAFF
Health Room Visits
If students are seen in the health room, information about the visit should be entered in Synergy under “Health Log”.
Head Injury
For any student head injury, a notation in the Health Log should be made along with a completed Incident Report. A parent/guardian must be notified for each head injury. This information (including date, time, and which parent/guardian was notified) should also be noted on the Incident Report as well as in the Health Log.
UPDATED FIELD TRIP/ACTIVITY REQUEST FORM
An updated field trip form has been posted to the portal (form date 3/2023) for all fieldtrips. Staff members have been instructed to begin using this form immediately. As a reminder, nursing staff must be provided with notice about the trip, in writing, at least 2 weeks prior. There is an area on the updated form for the requestor to provide the nurse’s name and notification date and time. This section of the form must be completed in order for the trip to be approved.
For any students requiring direct care nursing support, teachers must complete the Request for Direct Care Nursing Service Form.
HOPE HELP & HEAL
Feel free to pass along to your families.
Families – On May 11 you are invited to attend Hope, Help & Heal, a virtual event to support and connect families, parents and guardians with education, awareness and discussion around youth mental health in Deschutes County. Click here for a flier on this event. This event will be provided virtually with closed captioning and simultaneously translated into Spanish. If you need accommodations to make participation possible, please call Bethany Kuschel (541)322-7534 or send email to [email protected]. Registration is recommended, but not required.
*We are trying to get 6nursesto attend a 2-day ASIST training in April so any additional requests for taking these days off will be denied. Thanks for your understanding.
NURSING AND SCOLI SCHEDULES
Please take a look at the nursing schedule and scoli schedule. There have been some updates.
New AEDs have been ordered for school athletics!!!
Each High school will be receiving 5 portable AEDs for their athletics department.
Each Middle school will be receiving 2 portable AEDs for their athletics department.
Estimated delivery – May 1st (good chance delivery will be sooner)
COMMON SAFETY VIOLATIONS FOUND IN SCHOOL CLASSROOMS
From Dan Dummit, Assistant Director of Maintenance
Diagramof Common Safety Violations Found in School Classrooms. For any safety concerns in your school, report the hazards to your school administrator and/or school safety team asap.
LOCKDOWN! “LOCKS, LIGHT, OUT OF SIGHT”
Did you know that any staff person can call for the school to lockdown?
When: A LOCKDOWN should be called when there is something dangerous inside (or very close to) the building.
How: Pick up a school phone and dial *9. This will access the school intercom.
Say: Once the school intercom has been accessed, say “LOCK DOWN, LOCK, LIGHTS, OUT OF SIGHT“.
GO: Go to a room that locks. Turn out the lights. Move away from sight. Remain silent. DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR (even if someone knocks and says they are law enforcement). Once the scene is safe and secure, law enforcement and/or school administration will unlock the door and provide instructions on what to do next.
OSNA
Paid workgroup opportunities
OSNA is looking for school nurses to help with development of scope and standards for the school nurse manual (ongoing work group, 18 months). Additionally, OSNA is looking for school nurses to help with toolkit development (specific medical condition and nurse practice toolkit).
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.
*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.
**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:
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 followthese instructionswhen 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.
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.
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.
*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.
When working beyond your FTE, please get prior approval from Tami.
AUTOMATIC EMAIL REPLY
When you are out for the day (illness, pre-arranged time off), please activate your automatic email reply noting that you are out for the day(s) and whom they should contact if an urgent matter comes up.
NURSING SCHEDULE
With scoliosis screenings coming up, there have been quite a few changes to the nursing schedule. Please check the schedule to see if your assignment has changed for the day.
Please check the scoliosis schedule. Your name may have been added to a screening date.
IT
KnowB4 cyber-security training
Since February 1st, 1,230 staff members have now completed their KnowB4 cyber-security training. That is nearly a participation record for Bend La Pine Schools! Reminder messages will be sent to any staff member who has yet to complete the training until the first week of March. Thank You for your commitment to internet security!
IT wants to remind all staff that there is a very effective “phishing Reporting Tool” built into our email system. If you suspect an email message addressed to you is a scam or in any way “phishy”, it is 100% okay to report the message using this tool. Use it as much as you want! Getting to the phishing tool can look a little different depending on the email client that you use. Just know that you can always find it in the “meatball” menu (…) that is clearly visible near the top of your email tool bar.
Finally, please try to resist the temptation of sending potentially fraudulent emails to our technology staff. Forwarding these messages can have a multiplier effect on the reach of the scam.
COVID SICK DAYS
Bend – La Pine Schools (BLS) and our Associations have agreed to a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) regarding the impacts of COVID-19 on the workplace. There is a provision for five (5) paid COVID-19 hardship days and employees have the ability to request retroactive credit for absences that was applied against their sick leave. This provision extends to Confidential/BLAST employees as well.
To determine if you are eligible for the retroactive credit, we’ve created a form for you to review and submit if one or more of the categories apply to 2022/23 leave taken prior to Monday, February 13, 2023.
The form is NOT to be used for COVID-19 related leave beginning on February 13 as staff will be able to designate “COVID” when they submit Frontline Absence Management/Aesop substitute requests or within UKG for non-Frontline/Aesop users.
VISION SCREENING PROCEDURE UPDATE
As requested, the vision screening procedure in the Nurse Services Manual (NSM) has been updated. When you access the “Vision” section under screenings in the NSM, you’ll notice that Vision Screening Procedure for Nurse Screens has been added at the bottom. Check it out and let Tami know what you think.
REFRIGERATOR
Please remember that school health rooms should have mini refrigerators designated for student medications (and ice packs if needed). The refrigerator temperature should be recorded on this logevery month to ensure the refrigerator is in working order. The log should be kept on the refrigerator for easy access.
HOME VISITS
For safety reasons, school nurses are not permitted to do any type of home visits to staff or students without approval from Tami first.
UPCOMING MEETINGS/TRAINING INFORMATION
It seems as though some of our grade level nurse meetings have been bumped/canceled due to educational opportunities that have come up on Wednesday afternoons. I have received numerous proposed topics of discussion and am trying to fulfill those requests.
How does rescheduling the grade level meetings to the following dates/times work with your schedules?(These meetings will be via Webex.)
High School Nurse Meetings – 830am 2/22, 830am 4/19
Middle School Nurse Meetings – 230pm 2/15, 10am 4/11
*We are trying to get 6nursesto attend a 2-day ASIST training in April so any additional requests for taking these days off will be denied. Thanks for your understanding.*
NURSE MEETINGS
UPCOMING MEETINGS/TRAINING INFORMATION
It seems as though some of our grade level nurse meetings have been bumped/canceled due to educational opportunities that have come up on Wednesday afternoons. I have received numerous proposed topics of discussion and am trying to fulfill those requests.
How does rescheduling the grade level meetings to the following dates/times work with your schedules? (These meetings will be via Webex.)
High School Nurse Meetings – 830am 2/22, 830am 4/19
Middle School Nurse Meetings – 230pm 2/15, 10am 4/11
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 herefor more information and registration link.
MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION DOSING ADJUSTMENTS
Tami spoke with the local pediatrician group. For students with medication dosing adjustments, the directions will be written on the prescription bottles. “Week 1 – Give 1 tablet every day at 12pm. Week 2. Increase to 2 tablets every day at 12pm”. It is important to ensure that staff understand the dosing changes. Option – put medication bottle in a Ziploc bag with a colorful highlighted note about the dosing change/dates. Highlight and verbally discuss with staff who are administering medication. Follow up and ensure correct dose was given when a new week starts.
Call Tami if you have any questions.
UKG
UKG
Going live on 2/13/23.
Please let Tami know if you would like to view the UKG training from 2/9/23 with Jason Schneider, BLS Business Systems Architect.
MENSTRUAL DIGNITY ACT
We are continuing the phased installation and implementation of hardware and products in all bathrooms, in accordance with state expectations and timelines. More soon on next steps in that roll-out.
In the meantime, here isthe updated Toolkit the state released a couple months ago. Section IV: Education has relevant tools for K-12 classroom conversations and instruction.
*We are trying to get 6 nurses to attend a 2-day ASIST training so any additional requests for taking these days off will be denied. Thanks for your understanding.*
988 SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE (formerly The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline)
Available 24 hours per day/7 days per week
English/Spanish
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress.
A program created for Oregon students, parents, school staff, community members and law enforcement officers to report and respond to student safety threats (bullying, harassment, suicidal ideation, etc). This tool is to help prevent school safety threats from occurring. Tips can be submitted 24 hours per day/7 days per week in a variety of ways, including email, phone calls, text, the Safe Oregon mobile app and their web portal. All tips go immediately to a tip line technician and are promptly analyzed and forwarded to designated personnel who can provide further assistance in resolving reported incidents.
The tip line is not for immediate emergency response.
Emergency situations should always go to 9-1-1.
BLS NURSE CHECK-IN SURVEY
We have a new “check-in” survey that you can choose to complete that lets Tami know how you are doing. Check it out here.
*We are trying to get 6 nurses to attend a 2-day ASIST training so any additional requests for taking these days off will be denied. Thanks for your understanding.
There will be a mandatory bias training on February 2nd from 8-10 am in the Summit High School Auditorium. We will then have a nurse meeting following the training (1030-1230) at Summit High (room location TBD). AND….lunch will be provided!!!
February 3rd – work on updating Nursing Services Manual
It is the expectation that all staff report to their sites (or scheduled meeting sites) on all workdays unless otherwise arranged using personal or flex days.
COVID TESTS
COVID-19 TESTS UPDATE
The new tests have arrived!!! Let Tami know if you need tests sent to your school.
No word from the FDA about extensions to the extended expiration date tests. So do not discard the expired tests at this time.
BLS NURSE CHECK-IN SURVEY
We have a new “check-in” survey that you can choose to complete that lets Tami know how you are doing. Check it out here.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
What: Trauma Informed Care Training for School Nurses
Date: Wednesday, March 22
Time: 2:30-4:00
Meeting location: Pine Ridge Elementary School Library
What:Meeting with Jamie Gunter to review suicide prevention screening
Date: Wednesday, February 1
Time: 2:30
Meeting location: TBD (elementary school)
REMINDER
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 AND FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3 ARE WORKDAYS FOR ALL STAFF.
There will be a mandatory bias training on February 2nd from 8-10 am in the Summit High School Auditorium. We will then have a nurse meeting following the training (1030-1230) at Summit High (room location TBD). AND….lunch will be provided!!!
February 3rd – work on updating Nursing Services Manual
It is the expectation that all staff report to their sites (or scheduled meeting sites) on all workdays unless otherwise arranged using personal or flex days.
COVID TESTS
COVID-19 TESTS UPDATE
The new tests have arrived!!! Let Tami know if you need tests sent to your school.
No word from the FDA about extensions to the extended expiration date tests. So do not discard the expired tests at this time.
BLS NURSE CHECK-IN SURVEY
We have a new “check-in” survey that you can choose to complete that lets Tami know how you are doing. Check it out here.
Topic of Discussion: Child commercial sex exploitation and child sex trafficking
Monica Desmond, Deschutes County CSEC Response Team Coordinator will be meeting with us to talk about what the CSEC Response Team does, signs/symptoms, and what school nurses can do.
(CSEC – Commercially Sexually Exploited Children)
No nurse meeting on Wednesday, January 11
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
FROM ANDREA WILSON IN HR:
Here is an updated link to our employee benefits webpage. We want to draw your attention to the wellness resources that everyone has access to as well. Our goal is to update this quarterly. Thank you!
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION
Keeping nurses in the loop about how child sexual abuse education is being addressed at the primary and secondary levels.
From Aimee Snyder –
I just wanted to share what we’re doing with the secondary Health teachers for child sexual abuse prevention education. Julie and Marci are aware of this too, though they’re a farther behind in getting to implementation and would only be field testing this a 1-2 elem schools.
The secondary health teachers who requested Safety Matters (a child sexual abuse prevention curricula that complies with Erin’s Law) have gotten access to the curricula and have started the 3-hour online training. We (me and KIDS Center) oriented them to the portal and got them started on the training. They are completing up until a certain part, then we’ll meet back on Feb 15 to finish it in person so we can talk through questions and uncomfortable parts.
I’m working on drafting a parent letter (with KIDS Center and Dean) that would go out to parents/guardians before it’s taught in a class. The letter would be an opt-out letter but will also include parent education and handouts to help parents engage their children in discussions on the topic at home. We’ll also refer them to community-based trainings where parents can learn more about the subject.
I have been working with Dean on this, but I thought you may want to be informed in case someone asks about what we’re doing for Erin’s Law or online safety for students.
Below are upcoming community events you couldrefer parents/families to attend to learn more about child sexual abuse prevention.
You could also attend these yourself if you’d like more information. Attached are handouts for the Jan 24 and 26 events and a handout for some of KIDS Center’s upcoming SafetyNet trainings. This is KIDS Center’s full list of upcoming child sexual abuse prevention trainings for parents/families and community members.
We are still waiting for the new tests (that I ordered in December) to arrive. Once I receive the new tests, I will send them out to schools.
No word from the FDA about extensions to the extended expiration date tests.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY
In the United States, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dayis observed annually on the third Monday in January. The day commemorates the life and work of Dr. King, who was a Baptist minister and prominent leader in the American civil rights movement. People are encouraged to use the day to “reflect on the principles of racial equality and nonviolent social change espoused by Dr. King.” The holiday is typically observed with events such as marches and rallies and speeches by politicians and civil rights leaders.
King was born on January 15, 1929. He rose to the fore of the civil rights movement in 1955 with the Montgomery bus boycottthat followed the arrest of Rosa Parks, an African American woman who had violated the city’s racial segregation ordinances when she refused to give her seat on a bus to a white passenger. An advocate of Mahatma Gandhi’sphilosophy of using nonviolent resistance to effect social change, King promoted the use of nonviolent means to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States. In 1964 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his efforts. He was assassinated in 1968.
Efforts to create a national holiday honoring King began soon after his assassination, although legislation for a federal holiday was not passed until 1983. The first nationwide observance of the holiday occurred in 1986. – Britannica
