Do You Remember...

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Back in the day when we spilled milk, juice or water on our clothes we were told it will dry and we'd be ok?

OR

When we fell on the playground we were told to shake it off, we would be ok (unless there was blood squirting to the sky).

OR

When we had a headache, a belly ache or sore throat we were told to tough it out until after school?

Parents were only called IF we were bleeding profusely, had a bone literally sticking out, or had a temperature so high you could actually fry an egg on our foreheads. ?

On a more serious note... does anyone feel we may be teaching this generation how NOT to cope with life?

Back in my day we didn't cry over spilled milk.... today you get a new set of clothes, and if you're real lucky you may even get some socks and shoes to go with your new duds! ?

Specializes in school nursing.
1 minute ago, JenTheSchoolRN said:

I will say that I do carry underwear - but it is that kind that stretches to fit sizes 0 - 24 and is disposable. And I really only stock it and use them for period mishaps. And khakis are part of the school uniform here and their light color isn't forgiving for a tween/teen girl still learning how her cycle works. Why I have extra pants as well.

I just hate how having this things now makes me the queen of all uniform mishaps - real or not.

I think we live the same life.

Specializes in Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory.
On 5/3/2019 at 12:54 PM, Glitternurse said:

I always tell the kids I didn't even know we had a nurse, much less where her office was.

At the elementary school I attended (built in 1913 and the teachers came with the school) there was no school nurse. The only time we saw a nurse was when a public health nurse turned up to update shots. That wasn't a happy day.

Also, our recesses were unsupervised. If a kid fell off a swing and was bleeding from anywhere, her classmates would take her inside to the bathroom to clean her up with paper towels. (I don't know if the boys did this also; we played on separate sides of the school.) It had to be a pretty bad situation for someone to knock on the staff room door and disturb the teachers.

And I don't remember a single fatality.

(And yes, there was snow. And I walked.)

I’ve asked a few times that my daughter stop being sent to the nurse for every single tiny bump but they still send her a few times a week and I get a call and a paper sent home to sign.

Specializes in Peds, MS, DIDD, Corrections, HH, LTC, School Nurse.
41 minutes ago, TriciaJ said:

And I don't remember a single fatality.

(And yes, there was snow. And I walked.)

I love this!!!! Truly the good 'ole days!

Do you remember being a kid and ALWAYS having knee and elbow abrasions? I cleaned my booboos off with a water hose and kept playing. Never once did they get infected either! It was just part of being an active, out in the dirt kid.

7 minutes ago, EnoughWithTheIce said:

Do you remember being a kid and ALWAYS having knee and elbow abrasions? I cleaned my booboos off with a water hose and kept playing. Never once did they get infected either! It was just part of being an active, out in the dirt kid.

My dad always said "you're not having a good summer if your knees aren't all scab."

Specializes in school nursing.
20 minutes ago, EnoughWithTheIce said:

Do you remember being a kid and ALWAYS having knee and elbow abrasions? I cleaned my booboos off with a water hose and kept playing. Never once did they get infected either! It was just part of being an active, out in the dirt kid.

"Rub some dirt on it and keep playing." That's what I lived by.

Specializes in IMC, school nursing.

This morning I had a boy come in straight from PE which is right outside my office. He asked for an ice pack for bumping into another child. I offered it to him and asked him to stand by the sink (it was a place other students couldn't see him) and amazingly he declined. I told him part of my job here is to let you know sometimes things hurt for a while and that's OK. I think I said it in German by the look on his face.

Specializes in School Nursing.

Teachers are to blame for this as well. They send them down for every little thing too especially for supplies I gave them at the first of the year. When I have the time to call or see them I ask:

me: "Do you still have plenty of supplies in your first aid kit I gave you the beginning of the year?"

teacher: "Yes."

me: "Oh ok well bc you sent a kid down for a band-aid and they are in the first aid box and assorted sizes as well."

teacher: "Oh, I forgot." *laughs*

Really?!?! I guess I will forget to send a letter home about little dudes ADD/ADHD medication being out. *internally says and laughs*

Specializes in School Nursing, Ambulatory Care, etc..

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