BLS Nurse Blog
AFFIRMATION OF THE WEEK
I am capable of achieving my goals and overcoming challenges.
FAN
Our FAN Advocates provide an amazing service to our students, families, and community! If you are not familiar with FAN, this short video is a great starting point.
A few reminders about FAN services in your buildings:
Their office should be a private, welcoming space for confidential services. FAN offices should be inviting and that clothing and other resources are well-organized.
The clothing and resources in their offices are designated for students with financial need. They are not intended for addressing routine dress code violations or accidents. If a student experiencing financial hardship has an immediate need for clothing, shoes, a belt, or another resource and the FAN Advocate is unavailable, another staff member may help the student access the needed item. Please report the transaction to the FAN Advocate afterward so it can be documented. If a student does not have a financial need and simply needs a change of clothes because of a dress code issue, accident, etc., please contact their family instead of using FAN resources.
We welcome donations from staff! Before bringing in clothing or other items, staff should check with the FAN Advocate to see what would be useful at your school or another FAN site. Please don’t leave bags of donated items without coordinating with the Advocate first.
MEDICAID UPDATES
Blood Sugar Check via iPad Synergy Documentation
When doing quick blood sugar checks where all you are doing is looking at the iPad and documenting the bg number in the paper log (no other intervention needed), rather than doing a separate health log for each check, at the end of the day, you can do 1 health log and note the number of total minutes that you spent checking the blood sugar (without any intervention) in the “total RN minutes” box.
Time In/Time Out in Synergy
You will notice that the “time in” and “time out” boxes are no longer required fields. Although you should be documenting when the student arrives and when they leave, this total time may not reflect the actual number of nurse minutes. Perhaps a student was seen by the registered nurse for 10 minutes out of the 20 minutes they were in the health office. The “total RN minutes” that should be documented at the bottom of the log would be 10 minutes. If the student was seen only by health office staff, the “total RN minutes” would be 0 minutes.
“In Progress”
You may save Synergy documentation to the “In Progress” if you are not ready to finalize the health log.
We have also taken the requirement of time out away, so you may save the documentation without indicating that the time that the student left the health room. If you plan to come back to finalize documentation, please select “In Progress” instead of signing the log.
PD OPPORTUNITIES
School Nurse 2026-2027
SAFE SCHOOLS – VECTOR TRAINING
Please finish your Safe Schools trainings ASAP!
TRANSLATION
From Kinsey Martin – Office of Policy and Advocacy
As a reminder, federal law, district policy, and our organizational values require us to use trained, professional linguists for translation and interpretation services to ensure accurate, high-quality multilingual communication with families. AI translation tools, including ParentSquare’s auto-translate feature, do not meet this requirement and should not be relied upon for translation. We have already seen some significant errors in AI-generated translations this school year.
For reminders about the regular, urgent, and emergency translation resources available to you, please review this information and share it with your staff.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Upcoming Nurse Events/Meetings
| DATE | EVENT | TIME | LOCATION |
| 9/16/26 | Substitute Nurse Meeting | 2-3 | Ed Center room 203 |
| 9/30/26 | Nurse Meeting | 2-330 | TBD |
| February 5, 2027 | |
| October 9, 2026 | March 5, 2027 |
| November 6, 2026 | April 9, 2027 |
| December 4, 2026 | May 14, 2027 |
| January 8, 2027 | June 18, 2027 |
