C'Mon Now!

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Had a kid bring his wet, bloody tooth and plop it right on my desk.

C'mon now!

Or the kid that did running knee slide into my office.

C'mon now!

The ones old enough to cover their mouths but choose to cough right in your face instead.

All together: C'mon now!!

Some things just make me shake my head.

40 minutes ago, CanIcallmymom said:

Nope... I will not give you clothes to change into for:

Water on pants
Small amount of Dr. Pepper on pants
Ketchup on pants
Streak of paint from art on pants....

I am in that blissfully happy stage of "I gave my last pair of pants away last week."

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Specializes in pediatrics, school nursing.

I have 2 ice packs for the foreseeable future. 2. My cough drop supply ran out a week ago, and even though a bag got donated by the PTO, I have been reluctant to let the teachers know just yet... It has been the best week of my life. I can't wait until I run out of bandaids and vaseline!!

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Just now, k1p1ssk said:

I have 2 ice packs for the foreseeable future. 2.

This happened to me last year. I ran to the dollar store and got 2 ice cube trays. Put them in the staff freezer and could make about 10 ice packs a day. My school is full of ice pack thieves.

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14 minutes ago, BiscuitRN said:

This happened to me last year. I ran to the dollar store and got 2 ice cube trays. Put them in the staff freezer and could make about 10 ice packs a day. My school is full of ice pack thieves.

we use frozen paper towels in baggies. Fold up a paper towel, stick in a zippy bag, add a little water, and freeze.

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27 minutes ago, BiscuitRN said:

This happened to me last year. I ran to the dollar store and got 2 ice cube trays. Put them in the staff freezer and could make about 10 ice packs a day. My school is full of ice pack thieves.

I have several sponges that I cut in half, soaked in water, and froze in a zip-lock bag. I also make my ice packs stay in the office. When they ask me why, I simply say "because they're terrible with directions and can NEVER find their way home". If its bad enough they'll hang in the office and if its not, they'll quickly give the ice pack back and return to class.

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4 minutes ago, KeeperOfTheIceRN said:

I have several sponges that I cut in half, soaked in water, and froze in a zip-lock bag. I also make my ice packs stay in the office. When they ask me why, I simply say "because they're terrible with directions and can NEVER find their way home". If its bad enough they'll hang in the office and if its not, they'll quickly give the ice pack back and return to class.

This was my fight last year. I took all the advice on this board, and I swear I had nightmares about ice packs. One member of our staff has access to my office (it's supposed to be for "emergency reasons"--getting stock epi mostly if it's before/after school hours) but they're notorious for overstepping their boundaries and giving out my ice packs, heat packs, field trip bags, etc and then having a big dumb look on their face and going "HUH?" when I tell them not to give out non-emergency supplies without my approval. I repeat over and over "if they aren't bleeding, barfing, on the floor crying, or not breathing it's not an emergency." They have my cell phone number! They can call! Anyways, I suspect they were giving my ice packs away to before school sports and then denying it. This year I was approved to buy an ice machine, so I just give away sandwich bags of ice. It's funny to me now how much I freaked out about ICE PACKS!

End rant.

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17 minutes ago, BiscuitRN said:

This was my fight last year. I took all the advice on this board, and I swear I had nightmares about ice packs. One member of our staff has access to my office (it's supposed to be for "emergency reasons"--getting stock epi mostly if it's before/after school hours) but they're notorious for overstepping their boundaries and giving out my ice packs, heat packs, field trip bags, etc and then having a big dumb look on their face and going "HUH?" when I tell them not to give out non-emergency supplies without my approval. I repeat over and over "if they aren't bleeding, barfing, on the floor crying, or not breathing it's not an emergency." They have my cell phone number! They can call! Anyways, I suspect they were giving my ice packs away to before school sports and then denying it. This year I was approved to buy an ice machine, so I just give away sandwich bags of ice. It's funny to me now how much I freaked out about ICE PACKS!

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Well yikes! My office staff is pretty awesome and tend to follow my direction on health related things which is amazing. But really, ice packs are super important in our job! I always have a fear that they'll never get returned and then I won't have one for "that" time that I truly need it. This fear (for lack of a better word) is what led me to get a bagillion sponges! We actually have a plethora of ice packs right now and it's ridiculous how happy it makes me ?

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Specializes in pediatrics, school nursing.

Well, now I'm down to one as someone decided that it looked ripe for the popping with a pencil.

so... C'MON NOW.

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Had a dad bring in his two daughters this morning before school started (mind you they hadn't been to class yet) so I already knew where this truancy train was heading. He proceeds to tell me that they both had fevers last night, vomiting, diarrhea, runny noses and coughs. Then asks if I think we should check them before sending them to class.

*blinks rapidly a few times* Sure.

103 and 101 respectively. Then asked if it would be excused since I was sending them home.

Lemme check on that. Went and got the Principal because this. is. just. ridiculous. Principal backs me up saying that the students were technically never signed into school. Dad not happy.

Of course, we all know that next time dad will just send them on the bus to infect everyone and have them see me when they come in. OY. WITH. THE. POODLES. ALREADY!!!

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Two have left me shaking my head this week... was asking a high school student if they have any photophobia as part of a concussion assessment. As I ask, he spins around and looks at the florescent light on the ceiling and said, "I don't thinks so"... neither do I.

Second kid came in asking if he could "just take a small rest". Complaint- eyes sore because the snow was very bright yesterday.... Suggested next time sunglasses would be helpful. He didn't like that suggestion.

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When the SPED AID is acting all gloaty because she gets to send one of the kids out that she won't have to deal with and acts like she has saved the rest of the school from being exposed!!!! Yep, at 3:05 - after contagious kid has been here since 8:30. Kid got picked up a whopping 7 minutes before she would have left anyway.

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That grateful moment when you get a text saying that the news inaccurately reported a threat against a school in your county... Only minutes later to get a text from your teacher husband saying it was his school (different county) and the police are on scene.

C'mon Now. Praying for safe schools all across the country.

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