C'Mon Now!

ABRN2012 · Feb 5, 2018

There's a sub in 2nd grade today. How do I know? Well, I've had the following visits within the first 8 minutes of the doors opening:
1.) "There was a thing under my fingernail yesterday, but my dad got it out"
2.) "My mom put this nail polish on me and it tastes bad when I bite my fingernails"
3.) "I had a fever last week" (denies illness, just thought I should know)
4.) "Can I have cough drops?" (we don't stock cough drops)
5.) "I need cough drops"
6.) "My friend said I look sick" (denies feel sick...)
It's going to be a LONG day!

I swear we have a sub that must go around the class first thing and ask each student if they need to see the nurse. We have one 1st grade teacher that does the same. Cause I see half her class everyday!

JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN · Feb 5, 2018

Right? I chalked it up to ignorance. But there are a lot of people out there who think ADHD and putting your child on medication to treat ADHD really just means you are a lazy parent who can't be bothered to discipline your child.
But holy cow, do I notice a difference in my child and the way she acts and processes information if we we miss a dose of medication for whatever reason.

So much of my previous assumptions about ADHD changed when I started working as a school nurse. All for the better.

OyWithThePoodles, RN · Feb 6, 2018

Other version, different school, kid's got a 101 temp, none of the contact numbers work, I tell the school secretary and she messages them on Facebook, (!) THEN they call me back. I thought keeping a cell phone alive was adulting 101, never mind parenting school children 102.

I have parents that will only respond via Facebook messaging, kinda drives me crazy.

WineRN · Feb 6, 2018

Sad C'mon now.

I have a student in my office who has a flu like symptoms who's been with me for 3 hours now. He burst into tears a minute ago saying "they aren't going to come for me".

Last year they did the same thing to him where I ended up having to send him home on the bus because despite his parents saying for 2 hours they were coming, before they stopped answering my calls and never showed.

I didn't know what to tell him so I just hugged him. I don't even care if I get sick from this.

C'mon now parents, just tell me if you can't come.

kidzcare · Feb 7, 2018

Sad C'mon now.
I have a student in my office who has a flu like symptoms who's been with me for 3 hours now. He burst into tears a minute ago saying "they aren't going to come for me".
Last year they did the same thing to him where I ended up having to send him home on the bus because despite his parents saying for 2 hours they were coming, before they stopped answering my calls and never showed.
I didn't know what to tell him so I just hugged him. I don't even care if I get sick from this.
C'mon now parents, just tell me if you can't come.

Awful. Kids need to be able to depend on their parents and it sounds like this student is coming to learn that he can't. Sigh.

SchoolNurseTXstyle · Feb 7, 2018

When you spend 40 minutes of your day getting the proper paperwork completed for a medication that is BID and should be given at home..........

C'MON NOW!!!

ruby_jane, BSN, RN · Feb 7, 2018

I didn't know what to tell him so I just hugged him. I don't even care if I get sick from this. QUOTE]
Wine, you are a woman of valor, more priceless than rubies!!!

WineRN · Feb 7, 2018

Wine, you are a woman of valor, more priceless than rubies!!!

Aw Shucks, Thanks for the compliment :)

OyWithThePoodles, RN · Feb 8, 2018

I don't know what it is, but I had three kiddos with pencil injuries. Like c'mon kids, do you not know how to NOT poke yourself in the freaking eye? I'm serious, I'm going to start making these kids use jumbo crayons.

KeeperOfTheIceRN, ADN · Feb 8, 2018

The walls that divide our main office into individual offices are paper thin. One of my office mates makes EVERY. SINGLE. PHONE. CALL on speaker phone. You can imagine the AWESOME time the rest of us have all day....

So far this semester I've heard some very "colorful" language from her husband, a discussion about refinancing their car, a comment exclaiming "my boobs are HUGE!!!", complaints about a class party and the money they are having to spend on it for their child, and discussions about various students. Just to name a few.

I'm officially over it.

:cautious: :sniff:

BeckyESRN · Feb 8, 2018

The walls that divide our main office into individual offices are paper thin. One of my office mates makes EVERY. SINGLE. PHONE. CALL on speaker phone. You can imagine the AWESOME time the rest of us have all day....
So far this semester I've heard some very "colorful" language from her husband, a discussion about refinancing their car, a comment exclaiming "my boobs are HUGE!!!", complaints about a class party and the money they are having to spend on it for their child, and discussions about various students. Just to name a few.
I'm officially over it.

You should have a very loud conversation about your annoying co-worker, maybe she'll take a hint!

KeeperOfTheIceRN, ADN · Feb 8, 2018

You should have a very loud conversation about your annoying co-worker, maybe she'll take a hint!

Hahaha, I like how you think Becky! But she probably wouldn't be able to hear me over her speaker phone...I mean. It's not like they make this handy little device she can connect to her phone where only she can hear the conversations.... :sarcastic: