Bad week

[MrNurse(x2), ADN]

I have had it with stupid visits. I can think of a handful of times in my youth that I stopped playing to address an injury or apply ice, and every one was outside of school. I took aspirin (preTylenol era child) maybe one handful of times, I visited the nurse once for a nail in my foot, not something I really could have ignored. We are raising little drug addicts before our eyes. I paused when my "migraine" sufferer came in for his daily Tylenol smiling away telling me he had a headache and decided that teaching was in order. I had the Tylenol out to show him that I would give it, but I educated him that all medications have side effects and risks, that a little pain is OK. He chose to wait it out and see if lunch helped. My boys rarely get motrin for pain, my youngest took four Lortabs after DC from the hospital for a pretty big degloving of his leg. Life has pain, why can't parents be comfortable telling their children that?

[scuba nurse, BSN, MSN, RN]

I agree. My own children hardly take any meds, in fact my 13 year old son cannot even swallow pills!!

I always ask students "if you were at home would you be asking mom/dad for tylenol/advil?" The answer is usually NO.

[Jedrnurse, BSN, RN]

On the bright side, when they're all grown up with high deductibles and co-pays for visits they may settle down a bit...

I think it's not even the asking and need for meds, but the utter lack of coping skills in general. None of these kids are being taught to WAIT for anything. Instant gratification for everything. You want something? Go on Amazon one click and BAM, 3 seconds later it's on it's way! You get a trophy for showing up. You feel sick? Go to school and tell the nurse and I will come get you. You get my point. I am trying so hard to raise my 11 and 13 year-olds to be more resilient, more independent, have self-control, etc. But in this day and age, it is HARD. We are raising snowflakes left and right. I am convinced we will self destruct in the next few hundred years, LOL.

[MrNurse(x2), ADN]

I think the cruise spaceship depiction in WALL-E predicts it pretty well.

[EnoughWithTheIce]

1 minute ago, MHDNURSE said:

I think it's not even the asking and need for meds, but the utter lack of coping skills in general. None of these kids are being taught to WAIT for anything. Instant gratification for everything. You want something? Go on Amazon one click and BAM, 3 seconds later it's on it's way! You get a trophy for showing up. You feel sick? Go to school and tell the nurse and I will come get you. You get my point. I am trying so hard to raise my 11 and 13 year-olds to be more resilient, more independent, have self-control, etc. But in this day and age, it is HARD. We are raising snowflakes left and right. I am convinced we will self destruct in the next few hundred years, LOL.

Yep! Had one texting mom from athletics this morning. Mom comes running with Advil. Had student even had any water this morning? Nope, of course not. Let's not try anything first when we have "magic pills."

[CampyCamp, RN]

God forbid they have a stomachache! There's no pill for that?! "I triiiieeed laying down! 3 minutes! It still huuuurts!" More and more, I find out that they are getting tylenol at home for stomachaches. I'm not doing that here.

No wonder there are so many addicts. Motrin no longer works in any dose for normal injuries and pain by the time they graduate. I was 23 when I had wisdom tooth surgery and took a couple of my Tylenol #3 on day one. Now they can't come to school without them for a week.

Sadly, some of it is our coping as adults. So much is demanded of us and we are stressed as well that I'm guilty of giving in and giving my child medicine because I just can't bear to hear her complain one more time or we have places to go so this headache needs to pass quickly. I try so hard but when I give a medicine that might have been avoided, I see the trap that less educated, diligent, or supported parents fall for.

[BrisketRN, BSN, RN]

This is why I always get the grossest flavored medication for my office. Generic cherry flavored acetaminophen? Oh heck yeah! The kids gag as they take it.

[Jedrnurse, BSN, RN]

15 minutes ago, BiscuitRN said:

This is why I always get the grossest flavored medication for my office. Generic cherry flavored acetaminophen? Oh heck yeah! The kids gag as they take it.

Gagging as a quality indicator- I love it!!

[MrNurse(x2), ADN]

I have said before, my office is self funded, trust me, I'm getting Dollar Tree meds and my FF are required to bring medicine in for their child, so the worst offenders get the good stuff, unfortunately.

[kunaspud]

Does anyone have any suggestions for yucky antacids. The district provides lovely fruit flavored ones and I am definitely up for nasty tasting! Especially for FF.

[Eleven011]

I order a supply of the single use packets of yummy berry lip balm each fall and I guess they became very popular this year because I just ran out. I am now offering up vasoline on a qtip. You'd think I switched out their charmin for sandpaper!