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.

Jen-Elizabeth said:
I had student complaining of dizziness, no other symptoms. Had a stomachache the night before, told me that her mother gave her prescription pain medication to take. Thing is, Mom was recently pretty badly injured and I had visions of what the heck this kid took, especially given she is at least 100 lbs lighter...

She may have given her something strong, but the dose is surprisingly similar for kids and adults. My 80lb daughter was prescribed the same dose as my mother for their respective broken arms. Norco 10/325

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With the big Cubs win late last night, I was expecting a bunch of "C'mon nows!!" from kids who stayed up late to watch. I wanted to make a sign that said "Being tired is not medical. Go back to class" But it's been super empty in my office... we have an early release and I think the kids are just toughing through. One girl told me that her family left their house at midnight to wait 2 hours in line to buy a Cubs World Series shirt!

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Specializes in School nursing.
kidzcare said:
She may have given her something strong, but the dose is surprisingly similar for kids and adults. My 80lb daughter was prescribed the same dose as my mother for their respective broken arms. Norco 10/325

Fair, but giving your prescription meds to your kid for a stomachache?

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Jen-Elizabeth said:
Fair, but giving your prescription meds to your kid for a stomachache?

Oh, absolutely. Sounds like she wanted to placate the kid.

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

I agree - a percocet (or whatever) would be my last choice for a garden variety stomachache.

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Specializes in IMC, school nursing.

Worse, could have been Dilaudid. That will reset her pain perception and pain med requirements for life.

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This morning, I had three students in my office vomiting and I'm trying to get in touch with parents that don't want to answer their phones or don't have working numbers anymore :banghead: Then, in walks a kinder student with green marker colored ALL over both legs, tops of thighs down to tops of feet!! She hands me a note from the teacher telling me to clean her up! I asked when she colored on herself, she says just now in class!! HOW did the teacher not see her coloring on herself sooner and WHY can't the teacher send her to the sink IN THE CLASS ROOM to clean herself up!! :banghead: Gotta love Mondays.

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Today I had a 2nd grader sent down to wash off his deodorant and change his shirt. He smelled so intensely of Axe that his classmates were coughing and complaining and he was getting a headache! C'Mon now! On the bright side, I know that there is at least one kid in the school that wears deodorant, now if only I could get the 5th graders to try some...

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Had a student end up in the hospital with meningitis. When we asked for paperwork showing if it was viral or bacterial (at the end of the conversation, mind you), the parent chewed us up one side and down the other saying "You don't really care about my daughter! You're just worried about paperwork!" and then hangs up on us. C'MON NOW! I mean, I guess the "Oh no, we hate to hear that about *******. Is there anything y'all need?" at the beginning of the convo wasn't enough concern....:sniff:

P.S.

It was viral.....:yes:

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Specializes in Med-surg, school nursing..

Just had a teacher come up and shove her finger in my face and say "Can you lance this??" (Foreign object has been stuck deep in finger for a while.)

Me: "No."

Teach: "So, I guess I should just go to my doctor then?"

Me: "Yes."

What exactly does she think I would've lanced it with? The scalpel I keep by my Saltines??

In the hall I hear someone say "I don't know why Sully couldn't take care of it?"

C'mon now!!

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Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.

You don't have lidocaine and needles? No sterile surgical instruments? Nothing to set up a sterile field on your cot? :sarcastic:

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Specializes in IMC, school nursing.
dakotadenise said:
You don't have lidocaine and needles? No sterile surgical instruments? Nothing to set up a sterile field on your cot? :sarcastic:

It was just anxiety.

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