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.

Specializes in School Nursing.
1 minute ago, OyWithThePoodles said:

That is what I do, and have no problems, but I kept seeing that with the dish soap method "the tick just lets go", so I gave it a try, well, two tries. The second time the tick did not come out and when I tried to remove with tweezers the head came off. That has never ever happened before. I'm convinced the dish soap rubbing made it dig deeper.

I avoid anything except the tweezer method. (Or tick removal device like the spoons). I've read that anything that "agitates/irritates" the tick can make it regurgitate and that increases the risk of disease transmission.

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19 minutes ago, CanIcallmymom said:

It probably did! I'll have to keep that in mind so hopefully I don't have that same problem.

18 minutes ago, LikeTheDeadSea said:

I avoid anything except the tweezer method. (Or tick removal device like the spoons). I've read that anything that "agitates/irritates" the tick can make it regurgitate and that increases the risk of disease transmission.

Yuck. Needless to say I called mom to pick her up. Luckily I have a great rapport with my parents and there was no "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY BABY!" I did suggest she take her to the doctor (even though I am not supposed to) but she said she would dig it out at home.

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36 minutes ago, LikeTheDeadSea said:

I avoid anything except the tweezer method. (Or tick removal device like the spoons). I've read that anything that "agitates/irritates" the tick can make it regurgitate and that increases the risk of disease transmission.

That's exactly the concern. It's discouraged by all the literature. I tell camp people all over the country that several times a summer. I have removed many, many dog and blacklegged ticks. I've had a couple not come out intact. Sometimes because a child did not notice until after it expired and dried out. I definitely tell the parent and recommend they keep an eye on it. Usually, it will get some small local inflammation and the immune system will reject it like a splinter, which is how they get noticed if they have died in situ.

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Specializes in pediatrics, school nursing.

https://tickencounter.org/

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I walked past our preschool room and there's an unexpected petting zoo in the middle of the room.

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20 minutes ago, BiscuitRN said:

I walked past our preschool room and there's an unexpected petting zoo in the middle of the room.

I'd be furious. How dare they do that without inviting everyone! What kind of critters? I'm at the museum today. All the critters here are dead. None of them got any younger since last year!

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9 minutes ago, CampyCamp said:

I'd be furious. How dare they do that without inviting everyone! What kind of critters? I'm at the museum today. All the critters here are dead. None of them got any younger since last year!

I saw a chicken, a duck, a goat, a big turtle & some sort of marsupial looking creature. And a fox--just had to lend out my lint roller to the staff member who held the fox.

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37 minutes ago, BiscuitRN said:

I saw a chicken, a duck, a goat, a big turtle & some sort of marsupial looking creature. And a fox--just had to lend out my lint roller to the staff member who held the fox.

Awww. I love when I get to pet goats and I've never met a fox!

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It's finals week for my HS-ers. I've had two come in, IN THE MIDDLE OF EXAMS, asking for bandaids. One for a papercut, another for a scrape, incurred 2 days ago, on his arm which he asked to be "wrapped." No. Please return to your final.

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Specializes in School health, Maternal-Newborn.

I was called for a high school today that I haven't worked since I was oriented 3 yrs ago. I decided that today wasn't a good day to start between senioritis and the June Bug (I love that!)Add in the fact that I'm theoretically supposed to be the attendance person. NOPE! someone who's been there numerous times is doing it, thankfully!

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Yesterday, a teacher sent a student to my office when he developed a bloody nose during a final. He had a bloody nose in class, but after wiping it with tissues it stopped almost immediately. When he arrived, he was holding the bloody tissues (spotty, not saturated) and says:

"My teacher told me to come up here to throw my tissues out in your garbage can."

I had to restrain myself from writing a crazy email to said teacher, but gracias a dios, she is not coming back next year so I let it go.

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Really??? It amazes me that some teachers can reply all to every single staff e-mail, send funny jokes daily, try to sell their furniture, get rid of their pet, etc.

HOWEVER, they are too busy to ever write a nurse pass!!!

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