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 ICU/community health/school nursing.
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!!

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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....

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Specializes in Med-surg, school nursing..

Had a kid come up complaining of a stomachache because Mom is making them drink a ton of grape juice to avoid the flu.

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.
Had a kid come up complaining of a stomachache because Mom is making them drink a ton of grape juice to avoid the flu.

stand by for loose stools - then the amazement at What on earth could have caused it. :banghead:

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Specializes in ED, School Nurse.
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...

I have had this conversation SO many times with students. I empathize with the :banghead::sniff:

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Specializes in Telemetry, Gastroenterology, School Nrs.

I literally just pulled this thread up to read, to give my self a little humor, and ended up drumming up my own "C'mon Now"

KG little: Standing quietly at my desk, just staring at me, staring

Me: "What's up?"

KG: "I have dry skin on my elbow"

Me: :banghead:

Me: I don't have lotion to give. Please make sure you tell somebody when you get home, so that they can get some lotion for you.

Is this really a reason to send a student to the nurse?!?!

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Specializes in Med-surg, school nursing..
Had a kid come up complaining of a stomachache because Mom is making them drink a ton of grape juice to avoid the flu.

Kid left with a fever, grape juice didn't work, Ma.

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Specializes in School nursing.
Had a kid come up complaining of a stomachache because Mom is making them drink a ton of grape juice to avoid the flu.

Did I miss the Dr. Oz episode that gave this crazy nonsense?

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Specializes in ICU/community health/school nursing.
Did I miss the Dr. Oz episode that gave this crazy nonsense?

:roflmao: :roflmao:

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Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.
Did I miss the Dr. Oz episode that gave this crazy nonsense?

I saw it on facebook. So it must be true.....

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Specializes in Med-surg, school nursing..
I saw it on facebook. So it must be true.....

Ditto, along with potatoes in the socks or an onion on the dresser.

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Specializes in School Nurse. Having conversations with littles..
Had a kid come up complaining of a stomachache because Mom is making them drink a ton of grape juice to avoid the flu.

Funny this would come up. I had a lady tell me at church on Sunday that her grandbabies were not feeling the best with belly issues. And said- even though her daughter (the grandbabies mom) has them to drink grape juice everyday.

She looked at me like I would agree that grape juice SHOULD help fight the belly bugs. All she got was this from me -:nurse:

Then I remembered- Oh yeah- this mom also does those beloved "Oils". :banghead:

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