Thinking about school nursing hours

Has anyone moved from pediatric clinic LPN to school nurse for more predictable hours? I love coaching families on milestones and doing ASQ-3 screenings, but after three years of 12-hour urgent care shifts I’m craving consistency — how’s the workload during screenings and IEP/504 days, and do you still feel connected to child development work?

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Moved from peds clinic to K–8; the 7:30–3:30 is way saner than 12‑hour urgent care, but ‘IEP/504 days’ can stack up. My tip: ask to shadow for half a day on a meeting-heavy day so you can see the IEP caseload and how screenings flow, since fall immunization pushes can still feel hectic. What district size are you looking at?

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