Has this ever happened to you? I'm sitting in my office last week when the secretary comes to tell me a parent wants to speak with me. I assumed the child goes to our school, and she proceeded to ask me, if I could check her daughters hair for lice. I noticed that her daughter was not in uniform and I did not recognize her name. The mother informed me she saw our school sign on the street and wanted to stop by because she thought her daughter picked up lice or bedbugs on the airplane. they were from another state passing through our state going on vacation. I assisted them and gave directions to the closest urgent care. They entire family (5) piled back into the minivan and continued on their trip. Really?
floridaRN38 186 Posts Feb 6, 2016 WOW. That is crazy. I think u did the right thing by telling them where the nearest urgent care is. This day and age I'm surprised she didn't use her cell phone to find an urgent care. I mean maybe she didn't have a phone. But REALLY!! Let's just stop by an office and see if they can ck my kid for lice or bed bugs! Ughhh
Farawyn 12,646 Posts Has 25 years experience. Feb 6, 2016 Has this ever happened to you? I'm sitting in my office last week when the secretary comes to tell me a parent wants to speak with me. I assumed the child goes to our school, and she proceeded to ask me, if I could check her daughters hair for lice. I noticed that her daughter was not in uniform and I did not recognize her name. The mother informed me she saw our school sign on the street and wanted to stop by because she thought her daughter picked up lice or bedbugs on the airplane. they were from another state passing through our state going on vacation. I assisted them and gave directions to the closest urgent care. They entire family (5) piled back into the minivan and continued on their trip. Really?Best. Story. Ever.Were you like...Buh???!
Bevp 72 Posts Specializes in School Health. Has 5 years experience. Feb 6, 2016 My immediate reaction was if she does have lice let's get her out of my school.
Farawyn 12,646 Posts Has 25 years experience. Feb 6, 2016 My immediate reaction was if she does have lice let's get her out of my school.Doesn't your school have security, or least an annoying hall monitor?
Bevp 72 Posts Specializes in School Health. Has 5 years experience. Feb 6, 2016 No security or hall monitor. I think I'm all the above on some days (joking) We r a k-5 532 students total.
AdobeRN 1,294 Posts Feb 6, 2016 Weird....that wouldn't happen at my school, the people wouldn't get pass the front doors and if I was called to the front to address I would have directed them to nearest urgent care or to a new lice removal salon in our city.
LibraSunCNM, MSN 1,632 Posts Specializes in OB. Has 10 years experience. Feb 6, 2016 Haha saw this title and immediately flashed to what a "drive-by" is in OB parlance---a woman who arrives in L&D already pushing her baby out (or close to it). That story is completely insane!!! Love this school nurses forum!
SaltineQueen 913 Posts Specializes in School Nurse, past Med Surge. Feb 7, 2016 The secretary didn't wonder why she'd never seen the kid before?
Hoosier_RN, MSN 3,794 Posts Specializes in dialysis. Has 30 years experience. Feb 7, 2016 Sounds like the family wanted free medical services ðŸ˜
TheCommuter, BSN, RN 226 Articles; 27,608 Posts Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych. Has 17 years experience. Feb 7, 2016 Sounds like the family wanted free medical servicesThis is the thought that initially came to mind. I think the parents may have been too stingy to spend a $10 to $50 co-pay at an urgent care clinic. Thus, they improvised by attempting to obtain free services from an unsuspecting school nurse...
xoemmylouox, ASN, RN 3,150 Posts Has 13 years experience. Feb 7, 2016 Wow... Just wow.. That's so special. All of our schools have strict security in place which require you to show your license/state id, have an adult escort you to where you are heading, etc. They all also have some sort of security- either a police officer or a guard with a gun. This kind of crap wouldn't happen here.
