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.

Do you guys get a lot of dismissal-time visitors?

Sometimes a child is literally minutes away from being picked up by their own parent and they come to me to tell me they bumped their arm or whatnot and I don't give an ice pack or "treat" beyond basic assessment because why didn't they just go tell their parent?

It's different if it's bad nausea before a bus ride or something bigger that happened at gym or a child who has lengthy after-school activities but sometimes I get complaints like "my skin is itchy on my wrist" or "I bumped my elbow on my chair" from students who are dressed up to go home, parent is probably right outside, and I can't help but wonder what imagined benefit there is to that!

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

it depends on the kid. Sometimes it's just easier to let them hold the ice pack on there for the 30 seconds that they need it than to have to go through the spiel of "dismissal time, let your parent see it, ice it at home" followed by the occasional "you didn't give my snowflake ice when the big bad basket ball hit their arm?!!!?!?!"" call. over it.

Most of the time the kids don't even realize were within minutes of dismissal. When they realize they are now late getting to their lockers to go home, their level of panic is palpable and amusing. I am contracted 5 minutes after the bell anyhow. I won't see kids after the bell unless it's a true 9-1-1 emergency

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Specializes in ED, School Nurse.

I have seen this snowflake 19 times this year, and nearly every visit has been at 12:30 pm, which happens to coincide with the beginning of snowflake's English class. Yesterday, the first day back from vacation, snowflake comes to see me at 12:30, c/o ankle pain x 1 week. We have been in school 5+ hours at this point in the day. "I hurt my ankle during track practice on..... it was December 26." Really. A whole week ago? "Yeah, we thought we'd wait and have you look at it, rather than go to the hospital." Ankle is purple and swollen. Then I look around and realize snowflake walked all the way to my office (down 2 long hallways) with no shoe on her injured foot. I am mentally banging my head on my desk.

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Christmas morning, my daughter handed me an adorable ornament with a picture of her in a santa hat. The entire grade made these ornaments and SHARED that santa hat! Ugh, cringe. I swear when the half that grade has lice in the next 2 weeks, I'm blaming the teachers! C'Mon Now!

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Specializes in School Nurse. Having conversations with littles..
Ugh!!!! Really!!!!

I was just talking to one of our maintenance guys and he casually mentions that our cafeteria manager told him she had the flu. WHAT!!!! He said he started to go into her office for something and she told him he did not want to come into the office because she has the flu.

This really irks me. We have been battling the flu all week. My admin have acted proactive and adjusted some things so we could get kiddos off campus. Earlier in the week I sent her daughter home from the Middle School with a fever and s/s of the flu. (There is so much more to this, but I will stop here)

C'mon Now!!!

Speaking of the kitchen ladies (Bless them, I love them, they take such good care of us and the kiddos) I bet I have a situation that no one else has in their building- One of my cooks pulls kid's loose teeth. The kids love it- it has been going on her since waaaay before I arrived. There is even a special stool that they sit on. It is kind of like their right of passage.

I had a parent that I am friends with- tell me that the cook called and asked permission because the little had asked her to pull her tooth. Of course, mom gave permission. BUT, I DO NOT CARE--this is not something that needs to be done (especially) in the kitchen- or anywhere in school for that matter-- we are not a dentist office! I am over it. A battle I can't win...sooooo...I'm. just. over. it! C'mon NOW! (I told the mom that this is something that I wish didn't happen, but it does and I can't stop it without creating a big to-do. Mom --:woot: and this was me -- :nurse: :banghead:

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Specializes in Med-surg, school nursing..
Speaking of the kitchen ladies (Bless them, I love them, they take such good care of us and the kiddos) I bet I have a situation that no one else has in their building- One of my cooks pulls kid's loose teeth. The kids love it- it has been going on her since waaaay before I arrived. There is even a special stool that they sit on. It is kind of like their right of passage.

I had a parent that I am friends with- tell me that the cook called and asked permission because the little had asked her to pull her tooth. Of course, mom gave permission. BUT, I DO NOT CARE--this is not something that needs to be done (especially) in the kitchen- or anywhere in school for that matter-- we are not a dentist office! I am over it. A battle I can't win...sooooo...I'm. just. over. it! C'mon NOW! (I told the mom that this is something that I wish didn't happen, but it does and I can't stop it without creating a big to-do. Mom --:woot: and this was me -- :nurse: :banghead:

I have a teacher here that pulls teeth. I refuse to do so, so the kids just go to her. Drives me crazy.

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Wasn't there a story a few years ago that a school employee got in serious trouble for pulling teeth at school??? For practicing dentistry without a license!!!!!

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

That's the first thing I tell the kids when they come in and tell me they want me to pull their tooth out. "My mom said to see if the nurse could pull it." (of course... they send their kids to us for everything!) Me: "I'm sorry, I can't pull out your tooth. I am not a dentist. I am a school nurse. I asked the superintendent if he would let me go back to school for dentistry, they said no."

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Specializes in School nursing.
That's the first thing I tell the kids when they come in and tell me they want me to pull their tooth out. "My mom said to see if the nurse could pull it." (of course... they send their kids to us for everything!) Me: "I'm sorry, I can't pull out your tooth. I am not a dentist. I am a school nurse. I asked the superintendent if he would let me go back to school for dentistry, they said no."

I don't pull teeth. If it very close, I will have a student wiggle it a bit and it may pop out and then I'll put it in a sleeve, call home, and have them rinse their mouth. I do see loose teeth in my 7th and 8th graders, but not as much as when I worked in the elementary setting.

As for the article above - I'm confused. Was the person a nurse?

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Specializes in NCSN.

Little girl brought to me with trash can filled with her breakfast right after morning announcements. I call home and get into an argument with dad about why she can't just stay in my office all day. "She will just lay down and sleep at home, why can't she just do that in your office?"

When her mother came to get her she told me her daughter was throwing up all night last night. AND immediately started to argue with me when I said that she couldn't come back till Wednesday.

C'MON now.

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I don't pull teeth. If it very close, I will have a student wiggle it a bit and it may pop out and then I'll put it in a sleeve, call home, and have them rinse their mouth. I do see loose teeth in my 7th and 8th graders, but not as much as when I worked in the elementary setting.

As for the article above - I'm confused. Was the person a nurse?

I think the person in the article was a health aide.

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