Another Tragedy

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I'm not posting this to ignite a gun debate but to call on you, since we are all related by way of our many and varied relationships with students, to offer prayers and positive thoughts for Santa Fe High School parents and students...another shooting; 8 have been confirmed dead so far. Dear God!!

22 this year, I think. 22.

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Specializes in ICU/community health/school nursing.
I'm not posting this to ignite a gun debate but to call on you, since we are all related by way of our many and varied relationships with students, to offer prayers and positive thoughts for Santa Fe High School parents and students...another shooting; 8 have been confirmed dead so far. Dear God!!

Dear God indeed. And sounds like the injured are being transported to Galveston.

I treated a teacher this AM - Santa Fe is the teacher's hometown and the teacher has friends there who teach.

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Sad :(

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Specializes in School nursing.

I don't even think I have any words. I'm just shaking my head.

My school is sending admins for ALICE training, but this makes the emergency triage training I attended in April feel even more real again.

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.

Ugh...it keeps getting worse. Looks like the death toll is at 10 and explosive devices have been found on and off campus. Dear God!

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Ugh...it keeps getting worse. Looks like the death toll is at 10 and explosive devices have been found on and off campus. Dear God!

Good grief! What is wrong with people?

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Specializes in Cardiology, School Nursing, General.

So sad! It's happening so close to home too. Prayers to family and victims.

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Specializes in School Nurse, past Med Surge.

Did I see somewhere that it started with a fire alarm again? Now we're going to have to decide what's worse...the threat of fire or the threat of gun fire? This world is so broken. SMH.

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Specializes in School Nursing, Pediatrics.

This is awful!!! SO SAD!

Something needs to be done!!

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Specializes in Peds, School Nurse, clinical instructor.

I am so very sad about this :( Prayers to all involved

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Specializes in School Nurse.

We have discussed this issue today and there are no words. Personally I do not see our bullying initiatives working at all (at my school). I think most of these shooters were bullied or emotionally disturbed. Has anyone seen "A Dangerous Son" on HBO? We had that exact type of child at our campus, I worry for him.

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.
We have discussed this issue today and there are no words. Personally I do not see our bullying initiatives working at all (at my school). I think most of these shooters were bullied or emotionally disturbed. Has anyone seen "A Dangerous Son" on HBO? We had that exact type of child at our campus, I worry for him.

Simply from my myopic point of view about the bullying initiatives...it seems there is a lot of time and energy spent on relatively minor incidences of simple meanness when, in many cases, serious bullying goes unreported or unnoticed. I think the subject goes way deeper, emotionally, than everyone realizes.

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