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, Oncology.
The nurse before me was lens crafters, there is a basket of cheaters for if the teachers forget theirs, an eye glass repair kit and a handful of the soft glassess cleaning cloths. I see kids allllll the time for dirty glasses.

Teachers here think I'm an eyeglass repair shop. Drives me nuts. Do you know how long it takes my fat fingers to place a microscopic screw into glasses? And most glasses these days take self aligning screws which require a special tool/screw anyway. When I was in school and I lost a screw, my teacher placed my glasses in a baggie and said, "Give these to your mom."

I do keep cleaner and cloths here, Walmart sends us a small box at the start of each school year. I mostly use it after I smudge up a kids glasses after putting screws back in. Some optometrist sends me contact lens holders and I'm in elementary so they just pile up. I buy lens solution once a year because there is always ONE staff member who needs it, otherwise it goes to waste.

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I discovered that if I use dental wax on the screwdriver to hold the nearly microscopic screw in place, it's much easier to work with! That or thread dental floss through the hole and tie it in place and send them on their way.

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BeckyESRN said:
I discovered that if I use dental wax on the screwdriver to hold the nearly microscopic screw in place, it's much easier to work with! That or thread dental floss through the hole and tie it in place and send them on their way.

I like the dental floss trick. I have also used small safety pins to hold in place. A lot of times, the area is stripped and that is why the screw won't hold anyway....

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BeckyESRN said:
I discovered that if I use dental wax on the screwdriver to hold the nearly microscopic screw in place, it's much easier to work with! That or thread dental floss through the hole and tie it in place and send them on their way.

The dental wax trick is exactly what I do! I mean, I still struggle for a good 15 minutes sometimes but it helps.

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BeckyESRN said:
I discovered that if I use dental wax on the screwdriver to hold the nearly microscopic screw in place, it's much easier to work with! That or thread dental floss through the hole and tie it in place and send them on their way.

Thanks for the ideas!

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Yep sounds like my lovely kiddos..

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Specializes in School Nursing, Hospice,Med-Surg.

Kid with lice yesterday says, "I can't have lice because I've never had lice before."

Yeah, that's how this works. That's pretty much how every disease process, illness, virus, cancer, basically everything health related ever works.

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NanaPoo said:
Kid with lice yesterday says, "I can't have lice because I've never had lice before."

Yeah, that's how this works. That's pretty much how every disease process, illness, virus, cancer, basically everything health related ever works.

I like when a kid says "I can't have lice, my mom puts essential oils in my hair" I've also enjoyed a "She can't have strep, she's been taking tea tree oil all week for her sore throat and my Do Terra rep. says that it prevents infection"

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Oh, DoTerra. I swear the good Lord is putting me through some kind of test via Facebook friends who post about essential oils, vaccines causing autism, and what a great, brave guy Donald Trump is.

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NanaPoo said:
Oh, DoTerra. I swear the good Lord is putting me through some kind of test via Facebook friends who post about essential oils, vaccines causing autism, and what a great, brave guy Donald Trump is.

YES! I have close friend who I respect and love who are suddenly jumping on the antivax train and breaking my heart!

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NanaPoo said:
Oh, DoTerra. I swear the good Lord is putting me through some kind of test via Facebook friends who post about essential oils, vaccines causing autism, and what a great, brave guy Donald Trump is.

That's funny - most of the pro-essential-oils-cure-disease and vaccines-cause-autism folks on my FB are my liberal friends who believe in using a midwife for a home birth about an hour from a hospital and who are not fans of Trump. :sarcastic:

One is a family member; with small children; who uses an amber necklace to help with teething; and essential oils to keep the family healthy. :speechless:

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WineRN said:
YES! I have close friend who I respect and love who are suddenly jumping on the antivax train and breaking my heart!

Dr. Paul Offit has a FB page . . . He's a pro-vaccine physician who speaks out regularly and has written many books about the mistakes anti-vaxxers make.

Paul Offit | Facebook

Deadly Choices | Paul Offit

Here's an article regarding his latest book:

5 questions: Paul Offit on heroin, lobotomies, and how science eventually gets things right

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