C'Mon Now!

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Had a kid bring his wet, bloody tooth and plop it right on my desk.

C'mon now!

Or the kid that did running knee slide into my office.

C'mon now!

The ones old enough to cover their mouths but choose to cough right in your face instead.

All together: C'mon now!!

Some things just make me shake my head.

Kid comes in complaining his throat & tongue is itchy.

"I know I'm allergic to apples, but I really wanted to eat one!"

Proceeds to give him his Benadryl. Cmon!

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Good One!! Reminded me of a kid coming in some years ago complaining about pain in his "leg pit."

Lol. I had complain about his "leg elbow"

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Specializes in School nurse.

just had a kid come in for a "bee sting"

there was NOTHING there

so she tries to look around for a spot to point to saying "oh, maybe it was here......."

so when I tell her no, you would know where you got stung by a bee she says "oh maybe it was on my leg" and starts looking for a spot on her leg....

Now what I want to know is why can't a teacher look at it and say "oh, there's nothing there - you didn't get bit by anything"

????

Why does it require a nursing assessment to determine yup there's nothing there!?

:sarcastic:

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Specializes in School Nursing.
just had a kid come in for a "bee sting"

there was NOTHING there

so she tries to look around for a spot to point to saying "oh, maybe it was here......."

so when I tell her no, you would know where you got stung by a bee she says "oh maybe it was on my leg" and starts looking for a spot on her leg....

Now what I want to know is why can't a teacher look at it and say "oh, there's nothing there - you didn't get bit by anything"

????

Why does it require a nursing assessment to determine yup there's nothing there!?

:sarcastic:

Hehehe

Reminds me of "we saw red in his hair by his scalp. He says it's spray paint and it does look like that but we wanted to make sure??"

Yes, let me use my special magic eyes and make extra sure for you! :up: I get it in a way; I think anyone who has been in an elementary school long enough has been dinged for trying to "bypass the nurse" in deciding whether something is OK or not, but sometimes I just have to laugh. I had a kindergarten aide once state, "we think his pants are wet but we're not sure" and I just touched with my bare hand to check right in front of her (don't judge!) and she was shocked :lol2: no, I don't have other special pant-wetness-checking tools!

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Specializes in ICU/community health/school nursing.

Teacher came in and asked why I don't have any Neosporin when she was directed to wash her hands for her owie.

I didn't point out that there was a CVS within 5 minutes and she could go get some on her lunch or conference period.

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On Friday, I had a SCIENCE teacher come down in a burst of panic (i thought I was going to need to get the AED at first) because student had something in his pocket that smelled like a chemical. He had not touched, eaten, licked or had any kind of reaction to this chemical. I gloved up and took a roll of what looked like old polaroid film that had been removed from the plastic casing and put into a plastic baggie. ANOTHER CHILD SAVED FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH!!!

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Specializes in Med-surg, school nursing..
Teacher came in and asked why I don't have any Neosporin when she was directed to wash her hands for her owie.

I didn't point out that there was a CVS within 5 minutes and she could go get some on her lunch or conference period.

Next time you need a pen or tape or staples go to her and ask if you can have some.

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Specializes in School Nurse.

Student loudly and conspicuously retching - not vomiting. I calm her down as she is on the verge of hyperventilating. Student ate breakfast and was perfectly fine until the math test, no fever either. Discussed with mom how she appears panicked, but am not seeing any vomit. Kids ramps up the show for mom on the phone. I again state she has not thrown up anything. Mom decides to take her to MD "In case there is something wrong." Give me the copay because MD has his own thread of "C'mon Now" on alldocs online forum (does that exist? I certainly would love to see it). BTW once the decision was made to get picked up she was perfectly fine - duh.

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In ref to: KLove isn't working on my school computer. It hasn't for days. This makes me sad. That is all.

I must listen to Klove in my office!! Sorry to hear this. Mine wouldn't work on my computer anymore so I got a clock radio

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Specializes in NCSN.
Give me the copay because MD has his own thread of "C'mon Now" on alldocs online forum (does that exist? I certainly would love to see it). BTW once the decision was made to get picked up she was perfectly fine - duh.

Oh this would be wonderful if it did exist

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.
Student loudly and conspicuously retching - not vomiting. I calm her down as she is on the verge of hyperventilating. Student ate breakfast and was perfectly fine until the math test, no fever either. Discussed with mom how she appears panicked, but am not seeing any vomit. Kids ramps up the show for mom on the phone. I again state she has not thrown up anything. Mom decides to take her to MD "In case there is something wrong." Give me the copay because MD has his own thread of "C'mon Now" on alldocs online forum (does that exist? I certainly would love to see it). BTW once the decision was made to get picked up she was perfectly fine - duh.

Ooh ohh - must have been related to my student that came in with a headache. ok, fine - no fever, back to class. (class has a sub teacher by the way) Comes back 3 minutes later and says "I forgot- you're supposed to call my dad when i have a headache - i get migraines and dad wants to pick me up." Note the slight smirk, no photophobia, was practically skipping into my office. I called dad - Why not? Dad says, oh yes, she was in tears last night, i had to have all the lights off. I tell him she appears ok, lights aren't bothering her, sound not bothering her, but he can do what he pleases. He picks her up. She practically skipped out to the office when he came.

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Specializes in Med-surg, school nursing..
In ref to: KLove isn't working on my school computer. It hasn't for days. This makes me sad. That is all.

I must listen to Klove in my office!! Sorry to hear this. Mine wouldn't work on my computer anymore so I got a clock radio

It is working now!! During Christmas music season I listen to Pandora that way I can shuffle Christmas music and worship music. Somehow, my computer knows when it is the morning. In the mornings if I try to login to Pandora it will say that my password is incorrect, when I try to send a reset to my email it never shows up. But alas, once it hits 1200, the same password magically works. ???? :down:

Ooh ohh - must have been related to my student that came in with a headache. ok, fine - no fever, back to class. (class has a sub teacher by the way) Comes back 3 minutes later and says "I forgot- you're supposed to call my dad when i have a headache - i get migraines and dad wants to pick me up." Note the slight smirk, no photophobia, was practically skipping into my office. I called dad - Why not? Dad says, oh yes, she was in tears last night, i had to have all the lights off. I tell him she appears ok, lights aren't bothering her, sound not bothering her, but he can do what he pleases. He picks her up. She practically skipped out to the office when he came.

The enabling. UGHHHHHH. I had one yesterday that I told parent I didn't feel like they needed to go home "yeah, she was pretty upset with me that I didn't let her stay home so I am on my way, I will pick her up." :banghead:

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