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 Peds, MS, DIDD, Corrections, HH, LTC, School Nurse.

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?????

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Specializes in pediatrics, school nursing.

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............. :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

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Specializes in Peds, MS, DIDD, Corrections, HH, LTC, School Nurse.
4 minutes ago, k1p1ssk said:

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............. :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

For the love of wholly donuts, are you serious!!!!!! ??‍♀️

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.
22 minutes ago, k1p1ssk said:

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............. :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

i had a teacher get annoyed with me last week. She called me while i was in the middle of a CPS saying she had an emergency. The emergency was that 3 of her students found wrapped gum on the playground and chewed it. She was concerned it may have been tampered with and left. My CPS interview ended and then I had an EMS call (unrelated) so I still had no time to deal with kids chewing wrapped gum. The EMS called ended but it was getting late in the day and I still had to update the list of sports physicals that had come in... the coaches had been in a tizzy... still no time to deal with poor life choices in chewing WRAPPED gum found on the ground. I poked my head in her classroom while passing and told her I literally had no time to investigate this or make calls, which was met with a scowl and her asking "Who's going to handle this??" I told her idk, the principal? She got coverages and walked out of her class in a huff... Glad I could please another happy customer...

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Specializes in pediatrics, school nursing.
5 minutes ago, Flare said:

i had a teacher get annoyed with me last week. She called me while i was in the middle of a CPS saying she had an emergency. The emergency was that 3 of her students found wrapped gum on the playground and chewed it. She was concerned it may have been tampered with and left. My CPS interview ended and then I had an EMS call (unrelated) so I still had no time to deal with kids chewing wrapped gum. The EMS called ended but it was getting late in the day and I still had to update the list of sports physicals that had come in... the coaches had been in a tizzy... still no time to deal with poor life choices in chewing WRAPPED gum found on the ground. I poked my head in her classroom while passing and told her I literally had no time to investigate this or make calls, which was met with a scowl and her asking "Who's going to handle this??" I told her idk, the principal? She got coverages and walked out of her class in a huff... Glad I could please another happy customer...

Just a thought... Is gum allowed in your school? Is there a chance the gum belonged to a student and they were...GASP... Lying about where they got it?! IDK, kids will say anything to deflect blame.

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6 minutes ago, Flare said:

i had a teacher get annoyed with me last week. She called me while i was in the middle of a CPS saying she had an emergency. The emergency was that 3 of her students found wrapped gum on the playground and chewed it. She was concerned it may have been tampered with and left. My CPS interview ended and then I had an EMS call (unrelated) so I still had no time to deal with kids chewing wrapped gum. The EMS called ended but it was getting late in the day and I still had to update the list of sports physicals that had come in... the coaches had been in a tizzy... still no time to deal with poor life choices in chewing WRAPPED gum found on the ground. I poked my head in her classroom while passing and told her I literally had no time to investigate this or make calls, which was met with a scowl and her asking "Who's going to handle this??" I told her idk, the principal? She got coverages and walked out of her class in a huff... Glad I could please another happy customer...

It amazes me what some staff consider "emergencies." I'll ask "would you phone 9-1-1 or the doctor immediately if this happened at home?" And they're like "uh yeah."

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Specializes in school nursing/ maternal/child hospital based.

It amazes me what some staff consider "emergencies." I'll ask "would you phone 9-1-1 or the doctor immediately if this happened at home?" And they're like "uh yeah." 

Im working toward some major re-education in my building. If I have to run to the playground for another " major emergency" only to find the little darling sitting up talking and laughing and being the center of attention, Im GOING TO LOSE IT!!!!!!!

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

i went home for lunch today - i have been mostly to prove a point - only to get called back immediately because an employee hurt their back "so bad they're shaking". Fine... i know i have to do the workers comp paperwork and i'll get an earfull if i wait... let me at least change my shoes (i chose wrong this am) and make sure my potty still works. You'd think i'd be super model skinny with all the meals i miss...

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Specializes in Peds, MS, DIDD, Corrections, HH, LTC, School Nurse.
37 minutes ago, Cas1in72 said:

It amazes me what some staff consider "emergencies." I'll ask "would you phone 9-1-1 or the doctor immediately if this happened at home?" And they're like "uh yeah." 

Im working toward some major re-education in my building. If I have to run to the playground for another " major emergency" only to find the little darling sitting up talking and laughing and being the center of attention, Im GOING TO LOSE IT!!!!!!!

Agree! I was called on the radio for a playground emergency just last week. "Hurry and bring the wheelchair, student has fallen and cannot move at all!"

I take w/c and make the hike up to the playground to find said student up walking around. What the Heck!! Teacher said the student decided to get up.

It's a flipping miracle!!!

The student also walked all the way to the clinic to be assessed.

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Specializes in school nursing/ maternal/child hospital based.
2 minutes ago, Feral.Cat.Herder said:

Agree! I was called on the radio for a playground emergency just last week. "Hurry and bring the wheelchair, student has fallen and cannot move at all!"

I take w/c and make the hike up to the playground to find said student up walking around. What the Heck!! Teacher said the student decided to get up.

It's a flipping miracle!!!

The student also walked all the way to the clinic to be assessed.

WE must be on the same radio frequency!!!! Im getting too old to be running with the WC carrying a 30 pound emergency bag. They are gonna need to call 911 on this old nurse one of these days!!!!

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Specializes in pediatrics, school nursing.

At 2:55 today, a 12yr old boy came in to tell me he sat on a push pin he found under his teacher's desk. I asked why he was sitting under the teacher's desk. Oh, no, he just found it there. He then put it in his back pocket and forgot it was there and he sat on it and now it hurts.

I offered to take a look to see if his butt cheek was bleeding and needed a bandaid. He politely declined and slowly started backing out of the office. I asked him what else he thought I was going to do about it. He shook his head that he didn't know, just that he thought I should know...

Right.

19 hours ago, Cas1in72 said:

Im working toward some major re-education in my building. If I have to run to the playground for another " major emergency" only to find the little darling sitting up talking and laughing and being the center of attention, Im GOING TO LOSE IT!!!!!!!

I've got so many non-emergency "emergency" stories. I've tried saying "bleeding, barfing, on the floor, crying" to get them an idea of what I'll consider an emergency. I've tried the 6 Bs. I still got a call to a classroom for an "emergency" because a 12 yr old lost a tooth and the teacher was convinced it was an adult tooth (spoiler: it was a baby tooth). I still got a girl cruising in chewing gum saying "it's an emergency. I've got a headache," while I was waiting for EMS with a student and said "emergencies only" to my secretaries.

We've actually got new secretaries this year, and without even teaching them they're great at keeping non-nurse problems out of my office. I mean they're handing out band-aids AND using common sense AND saying "you really need the nurse for that?". I'm in heaven.

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