Do you notice trends with your student visits?

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I do! And they come in 3s, too.

Today is a rash day. Three rashes so far, but I have a few hours left in my day still.

This week has been a reptile bite week?!? We have a biology teacher who lets his student handle the reptiles he keeps in his class. It's always good fun when you call home to tell mom that Susie got bit by a snake on the back of the neck in biology class. :facepalm: I've had 2 this week (one snake bite and one lizard-ish bite).

At the beginning of April I had cardiology week. One student with a dx of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (no incidents at school thank GOODNESS!!) and 2 students on cardiac monitors at school.

Do you notice these trends/themes as well?

Specializes in School Nursing, Hospice,Med-Surg.

I had "broke my pencil lead off in my leg week" once.

One time I had a few little puddings I couldn't get rid of at home so I threw them in my snack basket at work. Boy, was that a mistake. Once word got out that there was pudding in the clinic I had "I think I need a pudding day" that lasted forever. I still get the random kid that comes in hungry and asks for pudding. And I'm like, "dude, we haven't had pudding in here since March!"

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Specializes in School Nursing, Hospice,Med-Surg.

AND the first 3 weeks of school have been, "I just don't feel right" theme. They just can't put a finger on it, though. No stomach pain, no headache, no fever, no specific pain or problem. THEY JUST DON'T FEEL RIGHT!!

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AND the first 3 weeks of school have been, "I just don't feel right" theme. They just can't put a finger on it, though. No stomach pain, no headache, no fever, no specific pain or problem. THEY JUST DON'T FEEL RIGHT!!

When a patient says that to me in the hospital I get the crash cart.

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Specializes in School Nursing, Hospice,Med-Surg.

Yes, it's amazing how that statement from a student vs a patient makes such a difference!

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Specializes in School nursing.
When a patient says that to me in the hospital I get the crash cart.

Yet in the school I wonder what class that student does not want to be in now...:whistling:

This week is "I feel like I am going to throw up." Which, given it is 90+ degrees and my school is not air conditioned, is actually likely a true statement that I can't do much about.

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Specializes in ED, School Nurse.
This week is "I feel like I am going to throw up." Which, given it is 90+ degrees and my school is not air conditioned, is actually likely a true statement that I can't do much about.

Same weather here, same complaints, too.

Tomorrow it's supposed to be in the 70s- hallelujah!!!!

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Specializes in Hospital medicine; NP precepting; staff education.

Not air-conditioned? Egads.

I'm spoiled, I guess, but I live in the southeast. It would be really rotten without air conditioning. How on Earth did humans exist without it?

Question: do school nurses now provide a variety or selection of feminine products? Because when I started at school for the first time ever, all they had were the huge bulky pads. No tampons.

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I had "broke my pencil lead off in my leg week" once.

....and then the student desperately asks if he/she is going to get lead poisoning now....

AND the first 3 weeks of school have been, "I just don't feel right" theme. They just can't put a finger on it, though. No stomach pain, no headache, no fever, no specific pain or problem. THEY JUST DON'T FEEL RIGHT!!

I chart "general malaise" and give a few minutes rest with the reassurance that sometimes we "just don't feel 100%". BACK TO CLASS!

How on Earth did humans exist without it?

RIght??? I love the 21st century.

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Today is "I just got new contact lenses and I cannot get them in for the life of me" day.

You KNOW I stuck the contacts in those kids' eyes. Or tried. The boy kept blinking and gave up.

It is also period day. My cots are full.

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Two teeth!!! TWO!

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EVERYONE HAS THEIR PERIOD TODAY!!!:eek:

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EVERYONE HAS THEIR PERIOD TODAY!!!:eek:

Blood moon eclipse?

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