C'Mon Now!

CampyCamp, RN · Sep 30, 2019

1 hour ago, k1p1ssk said:
I should have told her she had ebola.

That made me think of the old humor blog post "my boyfriend doesn't have ebola. Probably" It had the BEST pain scale that the author made up. I think bleeding from the eyes was one of the worst levels.

BrisketRN, BSN, RN · Sep 30, 2019

3 minutes ago, CampyCamp said:
That made me think of the old humor blog post "my boyfriend doesn't have ebola. Probably" It had the BEST pain scale that the author made up. I think bleeding from the eyes was one of the worst levels.

I just looked this up...omg...the pain scale. How I wish I could post that in my office.

AngelfireRN, MSN, RN, APRN · Sep 30, 2019

Back aeons ago, when I was a school nurse, they tried to tell me that being a 'Title I Aide' was part of my job description. I was expected to go into classrooms with children who were slow to read and help them with their reading. I was not allowed to bring them out with me so as to, you know, NOT DISRUPT THE CLASS and also be in my office where they didn't have to page me every time a kiddo needed me to do nursey stuff.

It was a nightmare and died a quick death when I just outright refused to do it anymore. But it absolutely took me threatening to leave. I couldn't get them to back me up to the blooming parents when their kids were sick enough to go home, and parents were balking about coming to pick them up. My nursing degree didn't qualify me to make that decision. But I was qualified to teach reading.

BeckyESRN · Sep 30, 2019

It's pajama day (why?!). I was sent six 1st graders for temp checks because they felt/looked hot...after recess...in 80 degree weather...wearing one piece, hooded, fleece pajamas. Ya think?!

Flare, ASN, BSN · Oct 1, 2019

it took me until i was driving home to realize why my day was nutso yesterday - i forgot the HS had off for Rosh Hashanah. Cue the needy / jealous siblings trying to get sent home.

kidzcare · Oct 1, 2019

23 hours ago, CampyCamp said:
That made me think of the old humor blog post "my boyfriend doesn't have ebola. Probably" It had the BEST pain scale that the author made up. I think bleeding from the eyes was one of the worst levels.

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/02/boyfriend-doesnt-have-ebola-probably.html

Awesome blog.

EnoughWithTheIce · Oct 1, 2019

Kid comes from PE with a shabbily wrapped gauze around his knee. Turns out he fell and had torn a scab from a previous abrasion. "Coach already put some alcohol on it but wants you to look at it."

Me: Like, he wiped it with an alcohol pad??

Kid: No, he has a big bottle of it. But, he only put the alcohol on it because he couldn't find his hydrogen peroxide.

I.JUST.CAN'T!!!!

CanIcallmymom, BSN, RN · Oct 1, 2019

3 hours ago, EnoughWithTheIce said:
Kid comes from PE with a shabbily wrapped gauze around his knee. Turns out he fell and had torn a scab from a previous abrasion. "Coach already put some alcohol on it but wants you to look at it."
Me: Like, he wiped it with an alcohol pad??
Kid: No, he has a big bottle of it. But, he only put the alcohol on it because he couldn't find his hydrogen peroxide.
I.JUST.CAN'T!!!!

I have kids ask me for alcohol ALL THE TIME. It's crazy.

MegWorth · Oct 1, 2019

On 9/30/2019 at 12:17 PM, BeckyESRN said:
It's pajama day (why?!). I was sent six 1st graders for temp checks because they felt/looked hot...after recess...in 80 degree weather...wearing one piece, hooded, fleece pajamas. Ya think?!

This happened to me last week. It was in the high 90s and the students were dropping like flies! Hopefully in the future they rethink having pajama. AZ heat and one piece pajamas do not mix. ?

KeeperOfTheIceRN, ADN · Oct 2, 2019

We have a new admin assistant on one of my campuses. She's nice, but she's a "laugher". She laughs with EVERYTHING she says. Even if it's not a funny thing (like simply asking a question about the printer, for example). It's really kind of annoying. BUT. If I have to hear "oh yay! You're here! We've had a lot of visitors looking for you lately! I don't know how you get anything done!" every time I walk onto this campus, I'm might start throwing peppermints at her.

Welcome to my world, Carole. ?

Feral.Cat.Herder, RN · Oct 3, 2019

I get a call about a child who is obviously faking illness and is acting out in class. the request is that I keep the child with me until the end of class because the teacher is training a student teacher. Ummmm... NO. I will check her out and after concluding she doesn't need to go home I will send her back. Sounds like a behavioural problem and therefore you should call the councelor or RBI.

I think the next time I have a student nurse in the clinic I will call the classroom and ask if I can send all sick kids to the classroom so I can teach the student nurse without interruption.

C'mon now! Why does the clinic always become the dumping ground?????

k1p1ssk, BSN, RN · Oct 3, 2019

I got sent two students yesterday because one of them licked the other.

And even though one could make the infection control argument for this situation, this was not why they were sent. Oh no... No, The teacher (who is a LTS and grossly incompetent) didn't feel like disciplining them and wanted me to, since the principal was out of the building.............