Specialties School
Published Mar 15, 2017
Head lice is NOT an emergency. I repeat- NOT. AN. EMERGENCY.
Please carry on.
JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN
3,035 Posts
ADDENDUMNausea is not an emergency, either.As you were.
Nausea is not an emergency, either.
As you were.
And, really, neither is vomit. Vomit happens. Sure, call me, I can handle it. But I'm not running to hold a kid's hair back.
grammy1
420 Posts
Just so we are clear... Were you performing CPR on a louse or a student?
Flare, ASN, BSN
4,431 Posts
OMG Yes!! And it's not the type of emergency that I need to clear my office for and GO there either. I get that nausea is uncomfortable, but I promise that little Jaime can make it. And if you get some of these kids (malingerers) away from their audience, it's amazing how fast these symptoms clear up.
Supernrse01, BSN
734 Posts
delawaremalenurse
227 Posts
Is there a difference?
Just kidding....maybe
abbnurse
377 Posts
BostonFNP, APRN
2 Articles; 5,581 Posts
Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN
11,304 Posts
Oh . . . my . . . gosh!
I was just stopped in the hallway at our LTC facility by a woman who asked "Are you still the school nurse?". When I said no, she said "But you were, right? So, I need to ask you a question about lice."
Her daughter got it 3 times and she thinks it is from another girl in the classroom. I mentioned that lice don't jump, that lice isn't an emergency (but I said it in a nicer way) and referred her to the new school nurse.
"The only thing that works on my daughter is if I dye her hair which I've done 3 times". Her daughter is in 2nd grade.
The poor school nurse will be getting a phone call today.
BunnyBunnyBSNRN, ASN, BSN
935 Posts
Sorry I'm late to the party....I was doing compressions on a louse. I refused to give breaths because I couldn't find a mask. Now the louse is dead, the family is suing, the child the louse belonged to is in hysterics, and the teacher is insisting I fumigate the room to kill all the lice that are jumping and flying around.
kidzcare
3,393 Posts
Did you preserve the corpse of the louse you killed in a baggie on your bulletin board? For SCIENCE!
tining, BSN, RN
1,071 Posts
Nurses!!!
I am sure the recipient of the CPR was the parent and teacher.
Obvi.
*(spit take)*