C'Mon Now!

SchoolNurseTXstyle · Mar 23, 2017

I am up to my ears in eyes!!!! Itchy eyes, poked with pencil eyes, my teacher says I have pink eye, the tip of the pencil broke off and flew in my eye. CALGON.TAKE.ME. AWAY

C'mon NOW!!! Pollen counts, please go down!!

WineRN · Mar 23, 2017

I have a student's family who is trying to get us and our middle school to remove all of the carpet in the building because her son has such "severe allergies" and "has developed asthma" because of my school. He is "only well in the summer". Dad is an MD they somehow got a doctors note to back up this request that we "legally have to provide".

He has been seen 4 times this year total in the nurses office, none for allergies or asthma...

C'mon now

C'mon now.

kidzcare · Mar 24, 2017

WineRN said:
Dad is an MD they somehow got a doctors note to back up this request that we "legally have to provide".

Seriously?!?

C'mon now, indeed.

SchoolNurseTXstyle · Mar 24, 2017

WineRN said:
I have a student's family who is trying to get us and our middle school to remove all of the carpet in the building because her son has such "severe allergies" and "has developed asthma" because of my school. He is "only well in the summer". Dad is an MD they somehow got a doctors note to back up this request that we "legally have to provide".
He has been seen 4 times this year total in the nurses office, none for allergies or asthma...
C'mon now
C'mon now.

Just wow!!!Then, when carpet is removed I am sure they will think of something else that snowflake will need, his own personal sauna and spa bathroom or something.

JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN · Mar 24, 2017

WineRN said:
I have a student's family who is trying to get us and our middle school to remove all of the carpet in the building because her son has such "severe allergies" and "has developed asthma" because of my school. He is "only well in the summer". Dad is an MD they somehow got a doctors note to back up this request that we "legally have to provide".
He has been seen 4 times this year total in the nurses office, none for allergies or asthma...
C'mon now
C'mon now.

UGH. Do he even have multiple sick absences? I'm guessing not...

Side story: I actually asked our school to remove the carpet in the two classrooms that still had it, but that was because of a student with severe asthma, continued symptoms in the carpeted classroom, and multiple absences (including 3 hospital stays) due to asthma. But, I requested, not the parent. Parent and student were appreciative, though.

WineRN · Mar 24, 2017

Jen-Elizabeth said:
UGH. Do he even have multiple sick absences? I'm guessing not...

Nope, he doesn't miss school.

I would COMPLETELY get it if he was having problems here...but this came out of no where to me and the staff.

NurseBeans, BSN, MSN, RN · Mar 28, 2017

Mom brought in sick kiddo yesterday, had a fever and threw up this morning "but I gave her tylenol so now she's fine". Um, no.

Called this morning to tell me she took her to the ER last night and she has influenza a, and could I please "have them spray or something in the room because I would hate for other kids to get it". :mad:

C'mon now!

WineRN · Mar 28, 2017

NurseBeans said:
Mom brought in sick kiddo yesterday, had a fever and threw up this morning "but I gave her tylenol so now she's fine". Um, no.
Called this morning to tell me she took her to the ER last night and she has influenza a, and could I please "have them spray or something in the room because I would hate for other kids to get it".
C'mon now!

Why does the general public think that Tylenol is a CURE instead of just a treatment for symptoms?! Even my staff comes in reporting that they felt awful during the night, but took a tyelnol this morning so they should be fine.

Bah!

Finally2008 · Mar 28, 2017

NurseBeans said:
Mom brought in sick kiddo yesterday, had a fever and threw up this morning "but I gave her tylenol so now she's fine". Um, no.
Called this morning to tell me she took her to the ER last night and she has influenza a, and could I please "have them spray or something in the room because I would hate for other kids to get it".
C'mon now!

Had the same exact thing happen this morning...poor little girl looked miserable. Mom asked for a temperature check "because she was so hot yesterday and was throwing up.". The child proceeded to vomit as I was giving my 24-hr fever-free/vomit-free spiel :barf02:

NurseBeans, BSN, MSN, RN · Mar 29, 2017

Parent of two new KN (started last week) came in this morning angry because his kids have been given pears (they are allergic) two days in a row. "what do I have TO DO to make sure they aren't given pears?!"

I check my files--no medical records. In my mailbox are their emergency cards he filled out yesterday afternoon, after I left for the day. Only one of them mentions a pear allergy.

Um, telling someone about the allergy would be a good way to help avoid the allergen? Just an idea.

MrNurse(x2), ADN · Mar 30, 2017

NurseBeans said:
Parent of two new KN (started last week) came in this morning angry because his kids have been given pears (they are allergic) two days in a row. "what do I have TO DO to make sure they aren't given pears?!"
I check my files--no medical records. In my mailbox are their emergency cards he filled out yesterday afternoon, after I left for the day. Only one of them mentions a pear allergy.
Um, telling someone about the allergy would be a good way to help avoid the allergen? Just an idea.

... and possibly teaching your kids not to eat pears? They are 5 years old, this is possible. Accountability people, it may be old, but it has kept us, as a society, alive for generations.

Flare, ASN, BSN · Mar 30, 2017

MrNurse(x2) said:
... Accountability people, it may be old, but it has kept us, as a society, alive for generations.

YAAAAASSSSSS!! a thousand times yes!