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.

Specializes in School Nursing.

5th grader comes in 15 minutes before dismissal on our early release day: "there's this bump on my gum and it's touching my skin and it bothers me." I put on a glove and felt where he was pointing/showing--gum above upper left canine, where everyone has some degree of "bump." He confirmed I was at the right spot. No swelling, drainage, bleeding, etc. Just happy pink intact gum. I slid my finger to the other canine whose gum felt exactly the same. "You have the bump on the other side. I think it's just how your teeth are shaped."

He asked, "really?"

:yes: :facepalm: :yes: :facepalm:

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Specializes in School Nurse, past Med Surge.
Student walks in from outdoor recess and hands me her broken pink METAL zipper from her jacket. Sorry kid. Please tell your teaching assistant that I neglected to bring my welding equipment to work today

I get a lot of shoe issues...faulty velcro, sole coming apart, broken laces...you name it. Last I knew, classrooms were full of glue. My clinic, not so much.

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Specializes in NCSN.

Speaking of shoes, we had a little one loose a shoe some how between my office and our special needs room. The teacher called down and I check my office and let her know it wasn't here and then she says:

"Well if we can't find it, you need to call the parent and tell them to come and get him"

I told her that I was sure if they kept looking they would find it, and that we don't send kids home for being shoeless.

C'mon now!

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Specializes in school nursing/ maternal/child hospital based.

Had a student come down to my office with complaints "my hands are really hurting and they are turning blue, my teacher said it is probably something serious!!!" Mind you, the kid is in near hysteria at this point ( no thanks to the teacher!!!) Hands warm, no recent injury, no history. I happen to look down at the students jeans, great condition a very dark blue color. HMMMMMM, grabbed a handy,dandy alcohol swab, wiped the students hands- you guessed it, dye from the new blue jeans. I proceeded to have the student wash her hands......A miraculous recovery. For some reason they didnt hurt anymore. Sent her back to class. Not 2 minutes later, received a call from the teacher,She starts by saying, "the student said all you did was have her wash her hands I think she needs to see the doctor." WHAT THE???? I asked her if she looked at her hands, of course she said, "No". I told her to take a look. Silence on the line, then went on the say, " guess thats why you make the big bucks" UGHHHHHH one of these days, Im going to walk in the classroom and tell the teacher to take a seat because Im going to teach the class today, maybe then they will let me do my job without thinking they know more than I do!

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Had a student come down to my office with complaints "my hands are really hurting and they are turning blue, my teacher said it is probably something serious!!!" Mind you, the kid is in near hysteria at this point ( no thanks to the teacher!!!) Hands warm, no recent injury, no history. I happen to look down at the students jeans, great condition a very dark blue color. HMMMMMM, grabbed a handy,dandy alcohol swab, wiped the students hands- you guessed it, dye from the new blue jeans. I proceeded to have the student wash her hands......A miraculous recovery. For some reason they didnt hurt anymore. Sent her back to class. Not 2 minutes later, received a call from the teacher,She starts by saying, "the student said all you did was have her wash her hands I think she needs to see the doctor." WHAT THE???? I asked her if she looked at her hands, of course she said, "No". I told her to take a look. Silence on the line, then went on the say, " guess thats why you make the big bucks" UGHHHHHH one of these days, Im going to walk in the classroom and tell the teacher to take a seat because Im going to teach the class today, maybe then they will let me do my job without thinking they know more than I do!

Hahahahaha!! Awesome. This is my favorite!

Here was my experience with it...

https://allnurses.com/school-nurses/not-all-heros-1071977.html

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Specializes in School.

Little Darling: My knee went out on me in PE.

Me: You want some ice?

LD: It wont work. I can't get my knee brace because medicaid will not pay for it.

Me: You want Tylenol (from home)?

LD: Yeah. I don't see how I can do PE when my knee keeps going out on me.

Me: Maybe you can get on from Wal-Mart or someplace that will work?

LD: We can't afford to get a knee brace if medicaid doesn't pay for it....

(At this point I am biting my tongue/clenching my teeth so hard not to say anything like, "Well, if you would not buy a pack or two of cigarettes you could afford it.")

C'mon Now!!!!

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Specializes in Med-surg, school nursing..

Kid sent up with a note. Note says "He says there is something stuck in his butt and it hurts. Help!"

Umm...

Long story short, kid needed to poop and it wouldn't come out. Shew.

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

:wideyed: then :roflmao:

I sort of can't believe a teacher actually wrote you a note saying those exact words... oh wait - yes, i can believe that!

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One of my FF came in after recess....

FF: I hurt my eye, it's really bad! (very well known for his drama)

Me: What happened?

FF: I was dabbing and I hit myself in the eye

There are just no words for these injuries.....:banghead:

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Specializes in NCSN.
One of my FF came in after recess....

FF: I hurt my eye, it's really bad! (very well known for his drama)

Me: What happened?

FF: I was dabbing and I hit myself in the eye

There are just no words for these injuries.....:banghead:

:roflmao::roflmao:

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Specializes in Med-surg, school nursing..
One of my FF came in after recess....

FF: I hurt my eye, it's really bad! (very well known for his drama)

Me: What happened?

FF: I was dabbing and I hit myself in the eye

There are just no words for these injuries.....:banghead:

#FirstWorldProblems

I chuckled out loud at this one.

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Specializes in NCSN.

One of my littles has a cold sore on his lip.

A staff member walked him down and said that he is putting the whole room at risk because herpes is contagious and the whole class will get it. I told her to just wipe down what he touches with a bleach wipe if she is that worried and that we do NOT exclude for cold sores.

She tried to argue with me but I just repeated myself and stared at her until they left.

C'mon now

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