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 Nurse, past Med Surge.
16 hours ago, BiscuitRN said:

Bleh I had bed bugs twice in my crappy college apartment. I'm terrified of them.

We had them once. I wanted to burn my house down. Terrified every time we travel now.

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Specializes in IMC, school nursing.
21 hours ago, OyWithThePoodles said:

Y'all!!! Prepare yourselves. Like seriously, this is going to BLOW. YOUR. MINDS.

Our district now has a live lice can stay policy.

You read that right. Did I just make your day? You're welcome.

After a major win two years ago, the new handbook was released (the old one said there was no nurse, despite me being here for four years) and stated we exclude for lice ? We are only here until June, unless I win the lottery, so I will leave this as is. I really doubt there will be a nurse after us. Our med policy also was wrong. We were never consulted and it was written by an administrator we never ran policy by.

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49 minutes ago, MrNurse(x2) said:

We are only here until June, unless I win the lottery, so I will leave this as is. I really doubt there will be a nurse after us

Is your school not budgeting for nurses after this year?

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Specializes in IMC, school nursing.
8 minutes ago, MHDNURSE said:

Is your school not budgeting for nurses after this year?

I am here for my son. He graduates June 1. This is in addition to my FT job, which I also am transitioning. After 30 years of night shift, I am getting a "real" job, Mon-Fri, holidays and weekends off, for the first time in my life. Should I win the lottery, I will stay in the school for free, I honestly love this job.

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

Wow!! ? Father of the year right there!! They are lucky to have you. Too bad they don't know it - or they'd budget and make your job f/t with benefits and permanent.

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41 minutes ago, Flare said:

Wow!! ? Father of the year right there!! They are lucky to have you. Too bad they don't know it - or they'd budget and make your job f/t with benefits and permanent.

Thanks, but I think everyone here would make sacrifices for their children. This school is very small and pays the teachers half what the county pays. There really is no budget for a nurse, hence why we buy our own supplies. There are no benefits here for any employee, think of it like a nursing agency, they work here for principal, they don't like the politics of public. Almost everyone has a spouse who carries benefits.

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My best complaint of last week came from a 6th grader. "I have a headache, and in class I took my shoes and socks off and rubbed the bottom of my feet together and they burned."

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On 9/19/2019 at 9:02 AM, MrNurse(x2) said:

I am here for my son. He graduates June 1. This is in addition to my FT job, which I also am transitioning. After 30 years of night shift, I am getting a "real" job, Mon-Fri, holidays and weekends off, for the first time in my life. Should I win the lottery, I will stay in the school for free, I honestly love this job.

So happy for you! Still nursing, I presume? What kind?

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I have learned this week several of our admin do not know what a school nurse does and believe the ones on our district do not do enough, so they are assigning one of our new nurses a class!

I am appalled and floored!!!

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Specializes in School Nursing, Ambulatory Care, etc..

that's a hard pass for me.

I think the convo would go like this:

Admin: You are going to teach a class

Me: You mean like teaching hand washing, right?

A: No, you are being assigned a class to teach.

Me: You mean like one afternoon I'm going to talk to 2nd grade about the importance of fruits and veggies, right?

A: No. You will be teaching. For the rest of the year.

Me: (grabs post-it and starts writing) Here's my resignation. I'll clear my desk and leave the keys with you. You are going to enter and verify imms and give meds and check sugars and give insulin and administer meds.

*stands up and walks out*

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

uh yup - me too... but please, don't give them any idea here. What class, pray tell, is she/he being asked to teach

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17 hours ago, ana010 said:

I have learned this week several of our admin do not know what a school nurse does and believe the ones on our district do not do enough, so they are assigning one of our new nurses a class!

I am appalled and floored!!!

I can't even imagine!!! I am so sorry. I hope you find out it was a misunderstanding!

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