How many school nurses also teach in the classroom?

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Hopefully Helpful School Nurse Tip: In addition to being a school nurse, I've been teaching in the classroom setting since 2015 and love it! If you're ever given the change, I hope you take it and love it too.

"I was awed by what school nurses knew, the fact that they teach AND practice medicine to hundreds of students, staff, and visitors." (Sarah Matacale BSN, RN, 2018)

Lesson Plans for the Classroom Setting

Are there any other school nurses out there reading this post who also teach in the classroom?

Currently (2019), I teach in person classes at the local community college and also at the high school where I am the school nurse. I teach a college level Medical Terminology course to students who might be interested in a future career in a healthcare setting.

these products help me plan each 16 week course

House of Doolittle Lesson Plan Book- https://amzn.to/33JMQgu. I've used this lesson plan for three years now and love it. It is inexpensive and I can easily personalize it with markers. It also has the M-F vertical style which I love and works out well since I am only planning out this one course. I write the dates & general daily plans in pencil (so I can easily erase and update as needed) one week at a time. I keep my more detailed outlines etc. in a Google drive folder organized by book chapter.
Yellow Highlighters- https://amzn.to/2KEzfQ5
Pencils- https://amzn.to/2ZbxvSL
Crayola Markers- https://amzn.to/2H9QDKn

I also use the free version of Quizlet for my students.

Check it out HERE.

Organize all the piles of paper with this DOCUMENT SORTER!

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Hopefully Helpful School Nurse Tip: I had no idea how much paperwork would be involved when I started this school nursing journey! Read on if you can relate.

My all time favorite office supply!

If you've ever been overwhelmed by all of the piles of papers cluttering your office, then this document sorter might be for you! If you know me at all, then you know I love Amazon!

Thankfully, my school district appreciates Amazon too! In fact, my school district (and many others) have tax-exempt business accounts set up. Ask whoever is in charge of ordering your supplies if this is an option for you too. I create a shareable Amazon list to share with the district person in charge of ordering and once my request for items is approved then it is super easy for her to order the requested items! Shipping is usually fast and free which are added bonuses!

Busy school nurses understand the value of time!

Filing is something that we know needs to be done, but it will have to wait until we have a few "extra minutes", right?!

Instead of just creating stacks of papers and forms that are waiting to be filed, you can at least organize them by last name. This makes searching for that one piece of paper you know is in the pile, but you don't know where!

If you use the document sorter as a holding space until you have time to file then referencing that one paper is much easier when you can search by last name. You'll actually save yourself time :)

You can also use this hand device to organize papers by grade level, first name, specific health conditions, or form type (vision/dental) to quickly find important information when needed.

I use this item every.single.day in my office!

I purchased this document sorter / paper organizer years ago with my own money and it is one of the best office purchases I've ever made! It is a must have for all those paper piles collected at the beginning of each school year, the middle of the year, and even the at the end of each school year!