ok so this morning a student came in HYSTERICALLY CRYING AND WAILING because she accidentally got the tip of her pencil stuck in her palm. every single hall monitor came running in to console her. i went to assess the site of the pencil point and she wouldn't let me look at it or touch it. when she finally calmed down enough to let me look at it, it was a miniscule piece of graphite just underneath the dermis. so, i wasn't going to even try to remove it because i dont have the proper equipment in the school office, i called her emergency contacts and nobody picked up. so i ended up putting an ice pack on it because that's the only thing the student would allow me to do without becoming hysterical again. all of a sudden amidst about 4 "fakers", a phantom ear ache, stomach ache, an "i vomited but no one saw it", and a girl who needed a band aid, the principal and head of school come running in wanting to know what happened with the pencil point kid. i calmly explained to them what happened and they asked me if i called the girls parents. i said yes and nobody picked up at any number. then they proceed to lecture me on the proper way to handle a multitude of students when i am dealing with an "emergency." ummmmmm that wasn't an emergency. that was a girl acting hysterical over nothing. am i going to send her home? yes. am i going to call 911 or start notifying authorities? ummm NO. so then i had every single hall monitor and the two principals in the office acting hysterical plus 4 fakers. it was just a mess and i really felt like my medical knowledge was usurped by non-medical authorities and random hall monitors. anyway, to all you seasoned school nurses out there (this was only my 3rd day), what would you have done in a situation like this? am i wrong? please be honest.
