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 NCSN.

I know we have all been here but...

20 mins left of the day, teacher sends student with a note saying they have a stomach ache that just started...

C'MON NOW!!!!!!

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WineRN said:
I know we have all been here but...

20 mins left of the day, teacher sends student with a note saying they have a stomach ache that just started...

C'MON NOW!!!!!!

Last week I had a kindergartener sent to me AT dismissal--teacher called me stating his stomach hurt and she wanted to make sure he wasn't nauseous. "He takes the bus but his bus always runs late." (And if it doesn't run late this time?) No fever, and he shrugged when asked if he felt like he would throw up. When I called Dad to make sure he did not want to pick him up, Dad said, "isn't the bus there already?" And we both agreed that he could take the bus and I ran him over there. :confused:

At the same time, I had four other students in with me in the last few minutes of an early release day, the same day I was supposed to hurry to a sister school for a nurses' meeting :wtf:

Those late-afternoon "just started right now" stomach aches are the worst. (Granted, I have had late afternoon headaches turn out to be pretty bad fevers so I feel for the teachers who just want to be sure they aren't sending sick students home on the bus.)

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I just had a kid come in with handcuffs on his wrist. His friend put them on and assured him they were "fake". Then when they were on the wrist, and indeed real enough to be stuck/locked, he admitted he didn't have a key.

Why would the nurse have a HANDCUFF KEY? C'MON NOW!!

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C.MackeyRN said:
. . . but I feel my admin assistant handled it better than I would have! She simply, but firmly, said "No!!! He can't use those, they're BLEACH wipes!! That's why the nurse is the only one with them in their office!!" Y'all. The teacher was dumfounded. Like, honestly can't understand how she was supposed to know they were bleach (never mind the GIANT LETTERS ON THE TOP THAT SAY "BLEACH WIPES. NO STUDENTS")!!! She tells the admin assistant "Oh. Oh I thought they were just regular Clorox wipes." :wideyed: WHAAAAA?!?!?! At this point I would have had to throat punch her had it been me in this situation. But my admin assistant, being the more controlled one apparently, calmly said "Clorox wipes aren't for use on skin either....." to which the teacher replies "Oh. Well, I guess I'll just go back to my room now...." wave.gif.f76ccbc7287c56e63c3d7e6d800ab6c

I owe my admin assistant lunch for handling this so well. Its quite possible I would have been charged with assault for smacking this lady for trying to give a kid a bleach wipe to wipe their face off with!!! C'MON NOW!!!!

That's hilariously frustrating but common. I've had to mention this at work and at home as I have them both places and I have to say . . . Clorox is bleach folks. The brand name but still, it is bleach. C'Mon Now!

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NurseBeans said:
I just had a kid come in with handcuffs on his wrist. His friend put them on and assured him they were "fake". Then when they were on the wrist, and indeed real enough to be stuck/locked, he admitted he didn't have a key.

Why would the nurse have a HANDCUFF KEY? C'MON NOW!!

I had this exact scenario happen to me - except they WERE fake. The kid said they were real, he said he didn't have the key. It took me about 5 seconds to look at them, determine they were fake and flip the little switchy thingy. SPROING! He was free. The teacher just stood there befuddled.

Now why did this require a nurse to figure out? Oh wait...I think I know the answer to that.

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NurseBeans said:

Why would the nurse have a HANDCUFF KEY? C'MON NOW!!

You obviously haven't seen the naughty nurse movies.

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MrNurse(x2) said:
You obviously haven't seen the naughty nurse movies.

That's what I was thinking when I posted the smilies earlier.:sneaky:

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

Well, i do have a handcuff key on my keyring... but that has to do with my OTHER job :devil::whistling:

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Pet Peeve #17. Don't you love the kids that come in with a bleeding cuticle or tiny papercut and as you are preparing a band aid they say "My teacher told me to tell you to clean it first" Really? Gee thanks for that recommendation. Why don't you tell your teacher when you go back that I said to "make sure you teach this child something today" C'Mon now !!!

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Riley RN said:
Pet Peeve #17. Don't you love the kids that come in with a bleeding cuticle or tiny papercut and as you are preparing a band aid they say "My teacher told me to tell you to clean it first" Really? Gee thanks for that recommendation. Why don't you tell your teacher when you go back that I said to "make sure you teach this child something today" C'Mon now !!!

A hundred times yes...this annoys me. I just had one with a mosquito bite and he said "the teacher told me to tell you to put some cream on it". I asked if he puts cream on all his mosquito bites at home and he said no...then I asked what made this different and he said "well the teacher said..."

Like, why even involve me?

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Just 4 days left, but as my first 1/2 year of school nursing comes to a close I am reviewing old threads about "frequent flyer" management.

At my school, there are A LOT of students who visited 1-2 times in the first half of the year, then met me at some point, and promptly filled several 5x8 index cards with visits, double sided, in a few months' time. I do see myself to blame in some ways but I also see it as part of the growing pains of school nursing--you start out 100% attentive and lower your nurturing power to a more suitable level as you acclimate to your new surroundings. I have gotten more stern with my students for sure.

But of the 60 students I see in a day I know every single one's name--many, I even know who their teacher is--and I just read an NASN article that defines "frequent visitor" as a student with 5+ visits in a year. I think my frequent visitors have visited 20 (some, more) times in the five months I've been here.

I could only think to put this here and say "c'mon now" but also "thank you" to those who have come before me (many of whom are still here) who have shared their own struggles for me to learn from. Can't wait to hopefully get my ship in order next year :). I decided to work closer to home at a closer district's summer school so I may still see you guys around but "happy summer" to all ahead of time!

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Specializes in Med-surg, school nursing..

School's back. It's the third day of school... I've sent three home TODAY with lice. C'mon now.

WELCOME BACK Y'ALL!!!

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