C'Mon Now!

ohiobobcat · Jan 3, 2018

I have seen this snowflake 19 times this year, and nearly every visit has been at 12:30 pm, which happens to coincide with the beginning of snowflake's English class. Yesterday, the first day back from vacation, snowflake comes to see me at 12:30, c/o ankle pain x 1 week. We have been in school 5+ hours at this point in the day. "I hurt my ankle during track practice on..... it was December 26." Really. A whole week ago? "Yeah, we thought we'd wait and have you look at it, rather than go to the hospital." Ankle is purple and swollen. Then I look around and realize snowflake walked all the way to my office (down 2 long hallways) with no shoe on her injured foot. I am mentally banging my head on my desk.

BeckyESRN · Jan 3, 2018

Christmas morning, my daughter handed me an adorable ornament with a picture of her in a santa hat. The entire grade made these ornaments and SHARED that santa hat! Ugh, cringe. I swear when the half that grade has lice in the next 2 weeks, I'm blaming the teachers! C'Mon Now!

Cattz, ADN · Jan 3, 2018

Ugh!!!! Really!!!!
I was just talking to one of our maintenance guys and he casually mentions that our cafeteria manager told him she had the flu. WHAT!!!! He said he started to go into her office for something and she told him he did not want to come into the office because she has the flu.
This really irks me. We have been battling the flu all week. My admin have acted proactive and adjusted some things so we could get kiddos off campus. Earlier in the week I sent her daughter home from the Middle School with a fever and s/s of the flu. (There is so much more to this, but I will stop here)
C'mon Now!!!

Speaking of the kitchen ladies (Bless them, I love them, they take such good care of us and the kiddos) I bet I have a situation that no one else has in their building- One of my cooks pulls kid's loose teeth. The kids love it- it has been going on her since waaaay before I arrived. There is even a special stool that they sit on. It is kind of like their right of passage.

I had a parent that I am friends with- tell me that the cook called and asked permission because the little had asked her to pull her tooth. Of course, mom gave permission. BUT, I DO NOT CARE--this is not something that needs to be done (especially) in the kitchen- or anywhere in school for that matter-- we are not a dentist office! I am over it. A battle I can't win...sooooo...I'm. just. over. it! C'mon NOW! (I told the mom that this is something that I wish didn't happen, but it does and I can't stop it without creating a big to-do. Mom -- :woot: and this was me -- :nurse: :banghead:

OyWithThePoodles, RN · Jan 4, 2018

Speaking of the kitchen ladies (Bless them, I love them, they take such good care of us and the kiddos) I bet I have a situation that no one else has in their building- One of my cooks pulls kid's loose teeth. The kids love it- it has been going on her since waaaay before I arrived. There is even a special stool that they sit on. It is kind of like their right of passage.
I had a parent that I am friends with- tell me that the cook called and asked permission because the little had asked her to pull her tooth. Of course, mom gave permission. BUT, I DO NOT CARE--this is not something that needs to be done (especially) in the kitchen- or anywhere in school for that matter-- we are not a dentist office! I am over it. A battle I can't win...sooooo...I'm. just. over. it! C'mon NOW! (I told the mom that this is something that I wish didn't happen, but it does and I can't stop it without creating a big to-do. Mom -- and this was me --

I have a teacher here that pulls teeth. I refuse to do so, so the kids just go to her. Drives me crazy.

SchoolNurseTXstyle · Jan 4, 2018

Wasn't there a story a few years ago that a school employee got in serious trouble for pulling teeth at school??? For practicing dentistry without a license!!!!!

SchoolNurseTXstyle · Jan 4, 2018

I found the story!

Oklahoma dental board investigating Tulsa private school's 'Tooth Fairy' | Homepagelatest | tulsaworld.com

Flare, ASN, BSN · Jan 8, 2018

That's the first thing I tell the kids when they come in and tell me they want me to pull their tooth out. "My mom said to see if the nurse could pull it." (of course... they send their kids to us for everything!) Me: "I'm sorry, I can't pull out your tooth. I am not a dentist. I am a school nurse. I asked the superintendent if he would let me go back to school for dentistry, they said no."

JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN · Jan 8, 2018

That's the first thing I tell the kids when they come in and tell me they want me to pull their tooth out. "My mom said to see if the nurse could pull it." (of course... they send their kids to us for everything!) Me: "I'm sorry, I can't pull out your tooth. I am not a dentist. I am a school nurse. I asked the superintendent if he would let me go back to school for dentistry, they said no."

I don't pull teeth. If it very close, I will have a student wiggle it a bit and it may pop out and then I'll put it in a sleeve, call home, and have them rinse their mouth. I do see loose teeth in my 7th and 8th graders, but not as much as when I worked in the elementary setting.

As for the article above - I'm confused. Was the person a nurse?

WineRN · Jan 8, 2018

Little girl brought to me with trash can filled with her breakfast right after morning announcements. I call home and get into an argument with dad about why she can't just stay in my office all day. "She will just lay down and sleep at home, why can't she just do that in your office?"

When her mother came to get her she told me her daughter was throwing up all night last night. AND immediately started to argue with me when I said that she couldn't come back till Wednesday.

C'MON now.

SchoolNurseTXstyle · Jan 8, 2018

I don't pull teeth. If it very close, I will have a student wiggle it a bit and it may pop out and then I'll put it in a sleeve, call home, and have them rinse their mouth. I do see loose teeth in my 7th and 8th graders, but not as much as when I worked in the elementary setting.
As for the article above - I'm confused. Was the person a nurse?

I think the person in the article was a health aide.

ruby_jane, BSN, RN · Jan 8, 2018

Christmas morning, my daughter handed me an adorable ornament with a picture of her in a santa hat. The entire grade made these ornaments and SHARED that santa hat! Ugh, cringe. I swear when the half that grade has lice in the next 2 weeks, I'm blaming the teachers! C'Mon Now!

THE CRINGIEST!!! EVER!!

KeeperOfTheIceRN, ADN · Jan 9, 2018

30 minutes left in my day and a super sweet 8th grader comes to the office complaining of feeling nauseated. She had the tell-tell chipmunk cheeks of recent wisdom teeth removal. Stated they were removed this past Friday. :eek:

Convo goes like this:

LD: I had my wisdom teeth taken out this past Friday and I feel nauseated. I have some medicine for it but its not working.

Me: what kind of medicine do you have? *secretly hoping its some kind of ginger ale drink* :nailbiting:

LD: umm...its this gel that I put on my wrist...

Me: *internally* :banghead:

Me: ok can I see it? And how many times have you used it here at school?

LD: ummm, I think 3-4 times *pulls syringe out from under 2 Rx bottles*

Me: what medications are those?

LD: oh just an antibiotic and a pain medication

Me: *internally* :banghead: :sniff: can I see them? *reads abx and TYLENOL 3 labels* :bag:

...and that's how I ended up with a bottle of Tylenol w/ codeine hanging out in my office for the remainder of the day...

In all fairness, both the student and her parents were understanding and seemed to genuinely not know that this was not allowed. She's relatively new so, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt this time....