A full office of kids wanting to be sent home the second they get off the bus.
A frequent flier whose mother is fed up with her as well.
And a kid who has missed the vast majority of the last 9 weeks showed up today with her passive aggressive parents outside my office because she has broken out in hives after receiving IV fluids at the ER yesterday. And I'm supposed to do....what exactly?
These middle school kids who are CONSTANTLY trying to avoid going to school are exhausting!
I'd really love to know what happened with the kid with the hives? I would have probably looked at them like they all had 2 heads and said pretty much what you were thinking. What did she get fluids for (and what type of fluids?)? Had the parents tried giving her a benadryl before dumping the problem in your lap?
I asked what fluids she received. They didn't know. Also have you tried Benedryl? No, it makes her sleepy. Oh well in that case let me get my bottle of magic potion over here and that will make it all go away. I gave her an ice pack to soothe the itching and sent her to class.
This whole first quarter has been one mystery ailment after another.
The last shart I encountered ended up in a co-worker's face....its now a life lesson I make sure to pass on to all new nurses that come to my hospital job...DO NOT PUT YOUR FACE IN THE LINE OF FIRE
I had a near miss in the NICU once with a precious little baby who pooped and it whistled by my ear like a bullet but didn't get me! Never again did I position myself where a baby could hit me! I did have to clean poop out of the O2 and medical air hookups on the hospital wall though once.
My first visit this morning was before school even started, by 15 minutes. "The bus driver told me to come in". Nothing other than Mondayitis. "Yea, well go back and come see me with a pass after home room." It all went downhill after that, although I didn't see that child again. Seriously kids, personal space means enough space between you so that your not whacking your head on other kids heads in class all day long. Thankfully it's a short week.
Specializes in Med/Surge, Psych, LTC, Home Health.
My very first Monday morning visit:
A 1st grade boy walks in with his underwear wrapped in paper towels & says, "I was in the bathroom & was at the..the..what's that thing on the wall that's not a toilet?"
"A urinal?"
"Yeah. I was peeing on the urinal then I tooted but diarrhea shooted out my butt and got my underwear dirty."
And happy Monday to you, my little friend.
I haven't had kids trying to go home today...I think they're excited about having a half day due to elections tomorrow. But, come Wednesday, they'll probably start the pretenditis and fakery again. Uggghhh...
Earlier this year I had a case of missing underwear. A kid peed his pants. I have a small room where my cot is along with shelving, a dorm-sized fridge, and a 2-drawer file cabinet. I give the kid a change of clothes and have them change in there when they have a bathroom accident.
So, this kid changes in there and I help gather up his things to take home...except I can't find his wet underwear. Anywhere. And he doesn't seem to know where they are either. He goes back to class and I spend the rest of the day searching for urine-soaked underwear in my tiny room. I fear that I will lock it up that evening and return the next day to a foul-smelling supply/cot room.
Later that day another kid gets a concussion and I open my top file drawer to get an incident report (I had looked in the drawers earlier, really) and there are the pee-soaked underwear in that file. Filed under "incident report."
So, as I'm telling my best nurse friend about the latest in school clinic tales yesterday, she asked if I was going to file yesterday's undies. I asked, "do I file these under undies or dirties?"
"Uh, no. You file those under sharts. Duh."
So, I have to make a new file for that...don't have one of those yet.
Hahaha the visual is still fresh in my mind. And it happened over a year ago. Do you know how hard it is to keep your composure in a situation like that?! OH. MAN.
A 1st grade boy walks in with his underwear wrapped in paper towels & says, "I was in the bathroom & was at the..the..what's that thing on the wall that's not a toilet?"
"A urinal?"
"Yeah. I was peeing on the urinal then I tooted but diarrhea shooted out my butt and got my underwear dirty."
And happy Monday to you, my little friend.
I haven't had kids trying to go home today...I think they're excited about having a half day due to elections tomorrow. But, come Wednesday, they'll probably start the pretenditis and fakery again. Uggghhh...
I had a rough day, this literally made me LOL. Thank you!!
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KKEGS, MSN, RN
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I asked what fluids she received. They didn't know. Also have you tried Benedryl? No, it makes her sleepy. Oh well in that case let me get my bottle of magic potion over here and that will make it all go away.
I gave her an ice pack to soothe the itching and sent her to class.
This whole first quarter has been one mystery ailment after another.