C'Mon Now!

CanIcallmymom, BSN, RN · Nov 16, 2018

5th grader: I need my inhaler
Me: "You self carry, is it in your backpack?"
5th: No, I got new one from Rite Aid yesterday, but it didn't taste right, so I threw it away.
Mom was NOT amused!

As a mom I would be livid! As a nurse, I crack up. I had a highschooler come in here with his inhaler that he self carries "because I didn't want to breathe loud in class." It made me chuckle. I don't mind it though, he was probably a little self-conscious about it.

AngelfireRN, MSN, RN, APRN · Nov 16, 2018

Oh, me, where to start...I had to dust off my old notes, but I knew I had some gems:

In a meeting with the principal and we hear hollering from the front of the office "Hellooo-ooo! We need a temp check!" I walked out to see what the ruckus was and it was the SPED aide with one of the SPED kiddos (who had a nurse assigned JUST TO THEM, fyi). So, naturally, I asked where she was, as I had been told these were hers to deal with and I had no records on them. "She's not here, he needs his temp checked." Fine.

We head to my office, where 3 kids were waiting. Cyclone Sally wasn't going to let that go, "You need to be down here taking care of these kids, not up in the office goofing off."

Oh, I LOST IT. Checked the child's temp, normal, and sat him down outside my door, and proceeded to read her the riot act about manners, respect, and the fact that I was specifically told not to treat this class because they had their OWN NURSE!

It wasn't 2 minutes later that the teacher came barging in to tell me that, if she sent me a child, I better see that child or she would call my supervisor and tell her I wasn't doing my job. I handed her my phone.

Admin loved that one. I refused to return to that school the following year.

C'mon now!

EnoughWithTheIce · Nov 16, 2018

Oh, me, where to start...I had to dust off my old notes, but I knew I had some gems:
In a meeting with the principal and we hear hollering from the front of the office "Hellooo-ooo! We need a temp check!" I walked out to see what the ruckus was and it was the SPED aide with one of the SPED kiddos (who had a nurse assigned JUST TO THEM, fyi). So, naturally, I asked where she was, as I had been told these were hers to deal with and I had no records on them. "She's not here, he needs his temp checked." Fine.
We head to my office, where 3 kids were waiting. Cyclone Sally wasn't going to let that go, "You need to be down here taking care of these kids, not up in the office goofing off."
Oh, I LOST IT. Checked the child's temp, normal, and sat him down outside my door, and proceeded to read her the riot act about manners, respect, and the fact that I was specifically told not to treat this class because they had their OWN NURSE!
It wasn't 2 minutes later that the teacher came barging in to tell me that, if she sent me a child, I better see that child or she would call my supervisor and tell her I wasn't doing my job. I handed her my phone.
Admin loved that one. I refused to return to that school the following year.
C'mon now!

All I had to read of that was SPED aide and I barely needed to read the rest to know how that story was going to go. I just don't know what it is about SPED that thinks we are there to serve their (and I mean the adult, not the students) every need. Because, half the time they just want that kid out of their hair. Lord knows that is one tough job and they make peanuts but that does not mean they have the right to tell me how to do mine!!!

I had a SPED teacher (at my old school) call me on the radio while her class was in the cafeteria during lunch to come check a temp. Now, my clinic was about 7 miles from the cafeteria and I was counting carbs with my diabetic at the time. They were in the last 3-4 minutes of lunch and had to walk by my clinic on the way back anyway. She got all huffy when I told her it would be 10 minutes before I could get down there. His temp was a 97.9 which seemed to make her even more angry at me. Maybe that was because I practically shoved the thermometer up her nose to see for herself......

Don't miss that teacher, those aides or that school!!!

scout mom · Nov 20, 2018

Apparently two Kinders decided it would be a good idea to throw poopy toilet paper at each other in the bathroom. Then they had to wait in here for what seemed like eternity because, of course, we couldn't reach any family. Is it Thanksgiving break yet?!

Amethya · Nov 26, 2018

Had a student come in about stomach pain, changed pants because they felt tight and she started to vent that she's having the same symptoms as her pregnant sister and she's not pregnant and she's mad that her pants don't fit her any more. She made me laugh so hard. I love this student, she's very entertaining. xD

EnoughWithTheIce · Nov 26, 2018

A kid down here 3 minutes before end of day wanting an ice pack for his chapped lips! C'MON NOW! Glad this first day back from a break is almost over....

Amethya · Nov 27, 2018

A kid down here 3 minutes before end of day wanting an ice pack for his chapped lips! C'MON NOW! Glad this first day back from a break is almost over....

I have chap stick in little packs and I give it out for them if their lips are chapped. It works.

Flare, ASN, BSN · Nov 27, 2018

i do too, but with 3 minutes left in the day??? For the love of Mark Harmon, tough it out!

k1p1ssk, BSN, RN · Nov 27, 2018

Had a girl with wet gloves requesting to borrow a pair for second recess... Ok, so we trudge down to the storage closet (on the lower level) and I pull out the massive tupperware full of gloves and hats... But none are to her satisfaction, so she says, "eh, I think I'll just use my wet ones..." No thank you or anything.... C'MON NOW.

AngelfireRN, MSN, RN, APRN · Nov 27, 2018

Another incident at the same school that still raises my blood pressure..

Had a teacher send a Kinder in with a gallon size baggie FULL of bottles. Nothing like I'd ever seen before, they had typed labels taped on them and some had little pellet looking deals in them while others had liquid. There were no orders.

I called Mom, who apparently thought she was SOMEBODY. Told her that I could not administer the meds d/t improper transport, no directions, no med forms, etc. She FREAKED! Started hollering about how the child needed these and that they weren't really medicine but that they had the 'energy of what she was allergic to in them'. I still refused.

Fast forward about an hour and I was raised on the walkie that a parent was in the office. It was Mom, who had with her a piece of paper with penciled instructions on it, but no signature. It looked to have been ripped off a notepad, no letterhead or anything to denote from whence it originated. The principal was out that day, the vice principal was also away. The acting principal was a coach. He was completely out of his element. I pointed out the lack of necessary info on the paper and was met with 'The doctor isn't there today. His secretary wrote this. It'll do'. Um, no. No, ma'am it wont.

She refused to fill out medication papers, threw a fit when I told her the meds could not be carried back and forth in the Kinder's backpack ("These meds are too expensive to leave!") and told me "I know you're ignorant. You just don't know how it works." Coachipal asked if there was no way to 'work around' the situation but I had already called my head nurse and the answer was no. Mom stomped out.

The next day the principal told me I should have done a better job of handling the situation. He was at a loss to say how, though.

Several weeks later, the secretary came in toting the little one, wanted a temp check. It was 104 and she had a rash that looked like chickenpox. I held my arms out for her to sit in my lap while I called Mom but secretary insisted on LO staying with her. I later found out that in addition to everything else, Mom was an antivaxxer (which explained the varicella) and had told the school that if they sent LO to my office again, she would sue.

This was over a decade ago but I still remember that baby's name. I miss that school like I'd miss a root canal without anaesthesia.

C'mon, now!

EnoughWithTheIce · Nov 27, 2018

Had a girl with wet gloves requesting to borrow a pair for second recess... Ok, so we trudge down to the storage closet (on the lower level) and I pull out the massive tupperware full of gloves and hats... But none are to her satisfaction, so she says, "eh, I think I'll just use my wet ones..." No thank you or anything.... C'MON NOW.

Had one of those from athletics this morning, out of dress code and needing a tshirt. Looked through my box and said, I will just borrow the one my friend offered to me. Well, sorry about that princess - just ran out of my new york fashion week t shirts right before you got here.

EnoughWithTheIce · Nov 27, 2018

Another incident at the same school that still raises my blood pressure..
Had a teacher send a Kinder in with a gallon size baggie FULL of bottles. Nothing like I'd ever seen before, they had typed labels taped on them and some had little pellet looking deals in them while others had liquid. There were no orders.
I called Mom, who apparently thought she was SOMEBODY. Told her that I could not administer the meds d/t improper transport, no directions, no med forms, etc. She FREAKED! Started hollering about how the child needed these and that they weren't really medicine but that they had the 'energy of what she was allergic to in them'. I still refused.
Fast forward about an hour and I was raised on the walkie that a parent was in the office. It was Mom, who had with her a piece of paper with penciled instructions on it, but no signature. It looked to have been ripped off a notepad, no letterhead or anything to denote from whence it originated. The principal was out that day, the vice principal was also away. The acting principal was a coach. He was completely out of his element. I pointed out the lack of necessary info on the paper and was met with 'The doctor isn't there today. His secretary wrote this. It'll do'. Um, no. No, ma'am it wont.
She refused to fill out medication papers, threw a fit when I told her the meds could not be carried back and forth in the Kinder's backpack ("These meds are too expensive to leave!") and told me "I know you're ignorant. You just don't know how it works." Coachipal asked if there was no way to 'work around' the situation but I had already called my head nurse and the answer was no. Mom stomped out.
The next day the principal told me I should have done a better job of handling the situation. He was at a loss to say how, though.
Several weeks later, the secretary came in toting the little one, wanted a temp check. It was 104 and she had a rash that looked like chickenpox. I held my arms out for her to sit in my lap while I called Mom but secretary insisted on LO staying with her. I later found out that in addition to everything else, Mom was an antivaxxer (which explained the varicella) and had told the school that if they sent LO to my office again, she would sue.
This was over a decade ago but I still remember that baby's name. I miss that school like I'd miss a root canal without anaesthesia.
C'mon, now!

You know what, I have no problem staring at any parent, coach, principal in the eye and telling them "I know EXACTLY how the Nurse Practice Act works and I will be glad to print out the necessary information that backs me up!"

So, good for you with standing your ground no matter what! The same people that push and try to bully you into giving unlabeled, unknown pills are the 1st ones who will throw you under the bus when you administer them and child has even the tiniest of side effects.