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.

Child who walked in today barefoot holding sneakers aloft, “I can’t get the knot out of my shoelaces, my teacher said to come to you”! My response, “no problem, I aced knots in nursing school “ to myself “or was that scouts”

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20 hours ago, MendyT said:

Child who walked in today barefoot holding sneakers aloft, “I can’t get the knot out of my shoelaces, my teacher said to come to you”! My response, “no problem, I aced knots in nursing school “ to myself “or was that scouts”

I hate when they come in barefoot for something like this!! Then, they will be back because they stepped on something on the way to the clinic for something they should never have left the classroom for in the first place.

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Specializes in pediatrics, school nursing.

A 1:1 para came to me last week asking if I had a glasses repair kit. Sure, no problem! "Oh, but I can't see without my glasses, you'll have to fix it"

Ok, fine... the screw is clearly stripped and likely WILL fall out no matter what I do, so I recommend she bring them in to be professionally repaired. "Oh, well, they're just cheap walmart glasses, maybe i'll just tape them." ooooookay.

Guess who shows up again this AM, with the side I tightened last week taped up asking for me to tighten the other side. "I think the kit is in the 3rd drawer down" (spoiler alert, it isn't) "Did you really tighten it enough?"

I shot daggers from my eyes.

This is the same woman who frequently comes first thing in the AM looking for pain medication for whatever ache or pain she blatantly tells me she "woke up with". Like, really???

I keep telling myself to give her the benefit of the doubt that she is struggling financially and can't afford motrin or new readers... But my gut tells me she's just a mooch.

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Specializes in school nursing.
1 hour ago, k1p1ssk said:

But my gut tells me she's just a mooch.

I loathe the mooches of my pads/tampons. Like, I get it. But you're an adult and these are donations. Make a donation tomorrow and we'll be square. Otherwise I'll sigh and tell you where they are as I go back to my work.

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2 hours ago, k1p1ssk said:

A 1:1 para came to me last week asking if I had a glasses repair kit. Sure, no problem! "Oh, but I can't see without my glasses, you'll have to fix it"

Ok, fine... the screw is clearly stripped and likely WILL fall out no matter what I do, so I recommend she bring them in to be professionally repaired. "Oh, well, they're just cheap walmart glasses, maybe i'll just tape them." ooooookay.

Guess who shows up again this AM, with the side I tightened last week taped up asking for me to tighten the other side. "I think the kit is in the 3rd drawer down" (spoiler alert, it isn't) "Did you really tighten it enough?"

I shot daggers from my eyes.

This is the same woman who frequently comes first thing in the AM looking for pain medication for whatever ache or pain she blatantly tells me she "woke up with". Like, really???

I keep telling myself to give her the benefit of the doubt that she is struggling financially and can't afford motrin or new readers... But my gut tells me she's just a mooch.

Over 13 years, I have noticed a trend in SPED paras. There may be a reason they are taking such a low paying jobs. Seems like education is a good place to hide. Overall, most of them just seem so needy (and maybe a little SPED themselves.)

Constantly wanting me to put band-aids for invisible scratches (come on, you are an adult!). Using clinic feminine hygiene products EVERY month, always wanting ice or advil for some ache/pain, needing non-medical stuff (water bottles, eating utensils, etc), looking for reasons for the kids in their care to get sent home.

And my answer for stripped eyeglass screws??? Small Safety Pin!!!!

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17 minutes ago, EnoughWithTheIce said:

And my answer for stripped eyeglass screws??? Small Safety Pin!!!!

The trick I learned right here on this board is dental floss!

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Specializes in pediatrics, school nursing.
1 hour ago, EnoughWithTheIce said:

And my answer for stripped eyeglass screws??? Small Safety Pin!!!!

51 minutes ago, kidzcare said:

The trick I learned right here on this board is dental floss!

YES! THANK YOU! I will definitely use this the next time she comes in... We all know she will!

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53 minutes ago, kidzcare said:

The trick I learned right here on this board is dental floss!

Wow, you have dental floss too.... we have no safety pins or dental floss. I'm sure we could buy it out of our own pocket, but for the most part the nurse don't/won't and we can't help people fix their eyeglasses. Dang, just when I thought I could add school optician to my resume! ??

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

it's got to be a real easy fix for me to attempt glasses. Otherwise the pieces get put in a ziploc and everything gets sent home. I have had to gently explain to my staff that there is no part of school nursing school where a box of broken glasses gets set before us for us to master this skill

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It's our first day back from break. I said the Q word. Now I'm suffering the consequences. Non-stop action.

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34 minutes ago, Flare said:

it's got to be a real easy fix for me to attempt glasses. Otherwise the pieces get put in a ziploc and everything gets sent home. I have had to gently explain to my staff that there is no part of school nursing school where a box of broken glasses gets set before us for us to master this skill

Besides that all it took for me is the one parent that complained I ruined the glasses when I repaired them - my life before becoming a nurse was working at an optometrist office, selling, repairing, fitting glasses etc for over 10 years. So now I do not touch glasses - I call parents and place all pieces in a baggie to go home with the student.

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1 hour ago, AdobeRN said:

Besides that all it took for me is the one parent that complained I ruined the glasses when I repaired them - my life before becoming a nurse was working at an optometrist office, selling, repairing, fitting glasses etc for over 10 years. So now I do not touch glasses - I call parents and place all pieces in a baggie to go home with the student.

This happened to me!! I superglued a frame back together and the parent was told I voided the breakage warranty...huh? The breakage warranty was voided because they were less broken than fully broken? :woot:

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