Do you have the medical supplies you need?

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Hopefully Helpful School Nurse Tip: After you've been a school nurse for a while you will come up with your go to supplies for your office. Be basic, Be consistent. Get what works for you and forget about the rest.

IS YOUR NURSE'S OFFICE PREPARED

A well stocked school nurse's office is essential and necessary for any school nurse. Since there are a variety of health scenarios that a school nurse might need to deal with on any given day, we need to be prepared for anything. Most school districts allow a certain amount of money each school year to purchase required items for your office (use it or lose it).

ORDER WITH EASE

Most school nurse's offices are very busy. So busy in fact, that you might not realize you are running low on an item until you are almost out. Sound familiar? Two day shipping in these times can be a life saver! Check with your school district; they might have a business Amazon account which usually offers no state sales tax and free shipping. If so, you can easily request your supplies from whomever is in charge of ordering, they can order your supplies and the items will magically arrive at your school within a couple of days. If not, you can put in a request to purchase the items on your own and ask for reimbursement when the items are received; however, you might not get reimbursed for sales tax.

SUPPLIES AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

So, I've made lists of common school nurse office supplies available for purchase on Amazon! This list isn't everything, but hopefully the most common items used on a daily basis. Hope it helps.

PPE

BANDAGES most prefer flexible, latex free options

ICE PACK SUPPLIES

MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION

CLEANERS & SANITIZERS

THERMOMETERS

PERIOD PRODUCTS

OTHER

Saturday, August 10, 2019

Getting Organized With A Document Sorter

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!