C'Mon Now!

[OyWithThePoodles]

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.

[WineRN]

I chart this ALL THE TIME! Student reports "My teacher checked my head with her hand and said that I have a fever and need to go home" thermometer reads 98.7, note sent to teacher

Thats nearly exactly what I write too. I asked staff in the spring if they could avoid using the word fever with the kids, and they respect that but now i get told that my teacher said I was "reallly hot" or "burning up"

[ruby_jane, BSN, RN]

I take the opportunity to let the teacher know that the student who was "burning up" by their Mom Hand was at a perfect 98.7 degrees by my Welch Allyn. I have yet to suggest they get the Mom Hand calibrated but it may happen this year.....

[OyWithThePoodles, RN]

I have yet to suggest they get the Mom Hand calibrated but it may happen this year.....

I love this. May have to steal it.

[kidzcare]

I chart this ALL THE TIME! Student reports "My teacher checked my head with her hand and said that I have a fever and need to go home" thermometer reads 98.7, note sent to teacher

I would chart "temp check per teacher request" and then chart what you objectively see (i.e. student flushed)

[NurseBeans, BSN, MSN, RN]

There's probably a better thread for this but is it appropriate to chart under complaint "Staff states student has a high fever and needs to go home, staff has not checked temperature"?

Ugh, this. "my teacher says my head is hot"

Your head is fine. No fever, doesn't even feel hot to my hand.

"but my teacher--"

Thermometer beats hand every time. And I do write a little note. That nonsense has slowed down since I started writing the note and sending the kid back quick as I can.

[SchoolNurseTXstyle]

Ink pen barely touched tongue!! Kid only asked for a drink of water and was sent to the nurse instead. She was embarrassed. I told her not to be, it is her teacher that should be embarrassed for making a big deal out of nothing!!

[BeckyESRN]

I had a few 4th grade girls come see me because "My friend said my forehead is really hot" I told each one of them that friend's hands are notoriously unreliable thermometers, especially because their hands are usually cooler than a forehead and showed them the 98.6 on the actual thermometer. No big deal, no one even felt sick, just my friend said...

So, just now, I get an email from a 4th grade teacher. 2 girls were sitting with their foreheads against one another and when she asked what on Earth they were doing, the girls said "the nurse said this is the only way to tell if one of us has a fever" C'Mon Now!

[OyWithThePoodles, RN]

I had a few 4th grade girls come see me because "My friend said my forehead is really hot" I told each one of them that friend's hands are notoriously unreliable thermometers, especially because their hands are usually cooler than a forehead and showed them the 98.6 on the actual thermometer. No big deal, no one even felt sick, just my friend said...

So, just now, I get an email from a 4th grade teacher. 2 girls were sitting with their foreheads against one another and when she asked what on Earth they were doing, the girls said "the nurse said this is the only way to tell if one of us has a fever" C'Mon Now!

This made me laugh out loud. But now they are going to get lice since their heads were touching and the nurse said that lice don't fly, that heads have to touch.

[OyWithThePoodles, RN]

Had a kid come in and say "I fell at recess and hit my back leg".

I stood confused for a minute, because Monday and wanted so bad to say "As opposed to your front leg?"

You aren't a horse, you don't have hind legs.

[OldDude]

Had a kid come in and say "I fell at recess and hit my back leg".

I stood confused for a minute, because Monday and wanted so bad to say "As opposed to your front leg?"

You aren't a horse, you don't have hind legs.

Good One!! Reminded me of a kid coming in some years ago complaining about pain in his "leg pit."

[hope4673]

Kid comes in complaining his throat & tongue is itchy.

"I know I'm allergic to apples, but I really wanted to eat one!"

Proceeds to give him his Benadryl. Cmon!

[BeckyESRN]

Good One!! Reminded me of a kid coming in some years ago complaining about pain in his "leg pit."

Lol. I had complain about his "leg elbow"