C'Mon Now!

kidzcare · Dec 7, 2018

Bless. Their. Heart.

Bless it good.

CampyCamp, RN · Dec 10, 2018

A staff member apparently complained anonymously that I was sending kids back from the clinic saying their issues was "not an emergency."
Well, duh.
(I send kids back to class if they A) don't have a pass, B) come during my lunch, C) I'm dealing with another student who is urgent/emergent. And I always tell them to come back later. SMH)

I bet they had to take precious time out of one of their planning periods to make that complaint. Poor thing.

CanIcallmymom, BSN, RN · Dec 10, 2018

When teacher forces a high school student who tells them he's fine to come to the nurse's office for a temp check. :banghead:

Amethya · Dec 10, 2018

When teacher forces a high school student who tells them he's fine to come to the nurse's office for a temp check.

So much this for me and sometimes the kids are like "I feel fine! The teacher sent me".

pedi_nurse · Dec 10, 2018

I get a few of those. I especially love it when they try to diagnose them with the flu or something.

I just had a kid come with cold symptoms. No fever. Sent him back to class. Then I realize that the teacher emailed me saying that mom wanted me to call her (she sent it around when she sent the kid to me). So I call mom and at the same time am emailing the teacher. Mom says "Oh, Billy had called me in class and said he was coughing a lot, so I asked to talk to the teacher and just asked her to have someone call if he has a fever or something. But after Billy saw you, he called me again and told me he didn't have a fever."

So I email the teacher asking her not to let students call parents about being sick and she said, "Oh, of course. Mom had called me."

SMH.

EnoughWithTheIce · Dec 10, 2018

I get a few of those. I especially love it when they try to diagnose them with the flu or something.
I just had a kid come with cold symptoms. No fever. Sent him back to class. Then I realize that the teacher emailed me saying that mom wanted me to call her (she sent it around when she sent the kid to me). So I call mom and at the same time am emailing the teacher. Mom says "Oh, Billy had called me in class and said he was coughing a lot, so I asked to talk to the teacher and just asked her to have someone call if he has a fever or something. But after Billy saw you, he called me again and told me he didn't have a fever."
So I email the teacher asking her not to let students call parents about being sick and she said, "Oh, of course. Mom had called me."
SMH.

The same ones that diagnose with flu are the same ones that cannot give a kid a kleenex and tell them to pinch!!!! Teacher induced selective diagnosing syndrome related to lack of common sense!

Flare, ASN, BSN · Dec 10, 2018

so much truth!!

CanIcallmymom, BSN, RN · Dec 12, 2018

Precious teenager: "Nurse, please let me borrow some pants, I spilled something all over mine!" (student wearing athletic shorts)

Me: "Let me see your pants"

Precious teenager: Displays pants showing

Me: "Go back to class!"

Precious teenager: "Can I please just wait ten minutes."

Me: "Okay, let's call your mom first."

Precious teenager: Runs out of clinic.

BrisketRN, BSN, RN · Dec 13, 2018

I was called to a classroom because a child had their arm stuck in their chair. Good thing I have magic skills to Houdini the arm out.

EnoughWithTheIce · Dec 13, 2018

I was called to a classroom because a child had their arm stuck in their chair. Good thing I have magic skills to Houdini the arm out.

I got called to a classroom a few years ago, finger stuck in metal piece under desk. Took my vaseline - was ready to work some magic. When I looked under there the hole was way bigger than the kid's finger so I told her to pull it out and she did, no jaws of life or lube even needed.

BeckyESRN · Dec 14, 2018

I got called to a classroom a few years ago, finger stuck in metal piece under desk. Took my vaseline - was ready to work some magic. When I looked under there the hole was way bigger than the kid's finger so I told her to pull it out and she did, no jaws of life or lube even needed.

Common sense for the win!

NurseBorg, BSN · Dec 14, 2018

I just had a 2nd grade teacher send down a kid so I could teach him how to blow his nose because she did not think he was doing it right... only 3 more days until break!