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School nurse jobs require far more from nurses than simply dispensing medications and calling parents to pick up children who are not feeling well. For many children, the school nurse may be the only healthcare provider they see on a regular basis. People who are considering applying for one of these school nurse jobs should carefully consider the role he or she will play in the lives of the children and families served by the school.

Those interested in school nurse jobs need to first become a registered nurse. Students must graduate from an accredited nursing program and pass a licensing examination. For nurses specifically interested in becoming school nurses, they may also want to become certified with the National Association of School Nurses by passing the National Board of Certification of School Nurses examination.

The outlook for school nurse jobs is good. Many of the current school nurses are nearing retirement and their jobs will soon need to be filled. Unfortunately, the desirability of the position as well as the limited numbers of nurses per school means that the competition may be fierce. Be prepared by gaining pediatric experience, and certifications appropriate for your state’s requirements.

One of the most important roles associated with school nurse jobs is providing direct and immediate healthcare to both students and staff. If a student or staff member becomes ill or suffers from an injury, the school nurse will be the first person available to begin treatment. This immediate availability of care can make a dramatic difference in the health of the ill or injured person.

Other responsibilities of school nurses are less intense. The management of healthcare for children, such as arranging and performing annual screenings or dispensing of medications, make up a large portion of the daily duties of a school nurse. When the nurse reveals a potential problem, she will consult with the family and often offer suggestions for medical follow up. If parents are unable to afford care, the school nurse will need to help them navigate state or local aide options.

School nurse jobs can be challenging, but they are also quite fulfilling. It is a perfect career choice for a person who loves children and helping them live healthier lives. If you are looking for school nurse jobs, Procare Therapy can help. We are dedicated to matching professionals with the right schools.

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OTAGO, New Zealand, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Events experienced by children as young as age 2 can be recalled later, researchers in New Zealand found.

Study leader Fiona Jack, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Otago, and colleagues looked at about 50 children and their parents. The children played a unique game when they were ages 2-4 in which they placed a large object in a hole at the top of a machine and turned a handle on the side. When a bell rang, a small but otherwise identical object was delivered through a door at the bottom of the machine, the researchers said.

Six years later, the researchers interviewed the children and their parents to determine how well they remembered playing the game.

The study, published in the journal Child Development, found about one-fifth of the children recalled the event and about one-half of the parents remembered the event. Both parents and children who recalled the event provided very similar reports about the game.

"Our results are consistent with theories that suggest that basic capacity for remembering our own experiences may be in place by 2 years of age," Jack said in a statement. "The study has implications in clinical and legal settings, where it is often important to know how likely it is that a particular memory of an early experience is in fact genuine."

The 40-Year-Old Mean Girl

Prudie advises a former bully whose kids are being mistreated by her victim's children—in a live chat at Washingtonpost.com.

Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is on Washingtonpost.com weekly to chat with readers about their romantic, family, financial, and workplace problems. An edited transcript of this week's chat is below. (Get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week; click here to sign up. Read Prudie's Slate columns here .)

Emily Yoffe: Good afternoon, everyone. Let's get to it.

Q. Revenge of the Geek?: I enrolled my two boys into an exclusive private school in our new hometown. At a school event I bumped into an attractive woman whom I didn't recognize. She came by and asked if I remember her. It turns out that she was someone I bullied in high school. After that day I noticed other moms slowly avoiding me. I think she must have told them about how I used to bully her. Eventually my boys started coming home, crying and upset that other kids wouldn't play with them. My younger son was not allowed to join a game of hockey during recess because another boy told him, "My mom says your mom is a b***h." They are now openly being ridiculed and ostracized at school by their peers. I asked to meet my former classmate and apologized for bullying her as I was young and stupid, although I don't much remember what I did. She smiled at me in a creepy way and said she went through therapy for what I put her through. I haven't told my husband about this woman because I'm a little ashamed at how I used to treat her. Putting my boys into another school is not a feasible option, but I just don't know what to do.

A: So this woman's revenge on your long ago mistreatment of her is to lead her children in a campaign to ostracize and bully your children. Boy, oh, boy does she need more therapy. You're understandably ashamed of what you did and want to keep it quiet, but for the sake of your sons you need to tell your husband about it, and how your misdeeds are being revisited on your innocent boys. Then the two of you need to get in touch with the school administration and get this issue addressed. They should take immediate steps to stop the bullying of your sons.

But what may never stop is your own shunning. You have entered a Hollywood-ready high school revenge story. Twenty years after your reign as a mean girl, you're going to find yourself black-balled at the school bake sales and rejected as class mother. Even if you get the other kids to back off your boys, you've got a tough road ahead since now all the other mothers know just how miserably you treated their friend. Let's hope some parents will decide not to relive the worst of high school, understand people change, and refuse to be drawn into this drama. Leading a campaign to have your children mistreated may eventually backfire on this other mother and she may find herself as the unpopular girl all over again. Let's hope with some intervention, your sons' situation dramatically improves in the fall. You say there is no other feasible option but this school, but if all of you find yourselves isolated and unhappy there, there are always other choices.