Any Given Day-Murdered Student

[NutmeggeRN, BSN]

http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140427/milford-teen-mourned-vigil-set-classes-canceled-at-jonathan-law

My heart hurts for the young lady and her family and friends. For the school community. For the families that are changed forever.....for the school nurse.

On any given day we get up, have some breakfast, grab a coffee and arrive at school. Maybe check our email, or start seeing kids as soon as the door opens...

and then BOOM! We are called to take of a kid who was...stabbed??!!?? murdered??!!??

I have never experienced this and hope that I never do. I have no doubt the school nurse at this high school did everything she could, sadly to no avail.

We talk in the abstract about horrific situations, praying it is never one of us who has to deal with such events. I/we all have lost students to cancer, suicide, accidents....but to have a student killed right under our nose...and then to have to go back and do what we do, help the kids/staff and community heal.

She and everyone impacted by this needless death will be in my thoughts and prayers as I return from vacation....

[fetch, BSN, RN]

Such an unimaginable tragedy. My heart aches for her family, friends, and community.

[AmyRN303, BSN, RN]

I get text alerts on my phone for the state and this hit close to home the other day when it crossed my screen. This beautiful young girl, the same age as my daughter. Breaks my heart. Prayers and thoughts for her family and friends.

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

i don't think that that i'll ever be able to take that type of news without having some type of reaction - whether it's one of my students or a student clear across the country - and frankly i hope i never become so jaded that i stop getting affected. My heart breaks for that family.

[OldDude]

I don't know what to say. I know God can read my heart so I'm counting on Him to channel my prayer for the family's benefit. The hardest part of my days in the ER was preparing a baby or child, after they had been pronounced dead, and handing the child to the parents to hold for the last time. All that emotional turmoil I experienced at the time was nothing compared to the grief and darkness those poor parents went though. Events such as these remind us how fragile and precious life is; especially the kids.

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

I have kids this age.....they are both going to prom. I can't even visit that place that those parents must be in...it unimaginable. My prayers for this family that they may somehow manage to find some kind of peace.

All the years in the ED I can remember each and every child that was taken too soon. The empty words to say I'm so sorry....my prayers for that school nurse who had to deal with the unthinkable.