dumb staff

[lvnforschool]

Im sorry, but I had a really dumb lady in my office yesterday. She showed up in my office about 10 minutes before she was scheduled to do lunch duty. Ive never met her before, but she asked me if I could "clear" her to work because she thought she had pink eye. First, your an adult, so you are the only one who needs to CLEAR" anything. Second I told her I am sorry but I cannot diagnose you. I have a poster in my office with an nurse on-call 24/7 number I referred her to. Well here's where things get STUPID! She calls the number I gave, and it's not an advice Nurse, it's for worker comp. (Oops)! So right then and there she should of said Nevermind sorry and HUNG UP! Guess what she did? Yes, she freaking tried to make a worker comp claim for PINK EYE!!! OMG! So I get a call from HR asking why I gave her that number. Okay so this might be like 5% my fault, but seriously use your common sense people.

[MrNurse(x2), ADN]

People hear the word NURSE and just assume we can do anything we want. I am human like everyone else, and I am sorry I don't know everything just because I work in a medical field.

Thank you guys for your input/comments. It really makes me feel better when I know I am not alone

Ask them for study sheets for your children and make them tutor for free.

[KKEGS, MSN, RN]

I got to piss off a sub a few months ago by telling him no, I cannot administer your chemo at work. Seriously. He was irate but my principal backed me up and said, "She knows the rules. She sets the rules." :) I'm gonna miss her when I transfer districts.

[kidzcare]

Ask them for study sheets for your children and make them tutor for free.

My kid's English essay is due tomorrow. I left it in your mailbox so you could glance it over for me! Just write any notes you have in pencil so we can erase it! Kthnxbye!!

[LoveandRockets]

I had a fifth grade teacher convinced a louse fell out of her classroom ceiling onto one of her students. I had to check the heads of all the teachers on that floor.

[SchoolNurseTXstyle]

I got to piss off a sub a few months ago by telling him no, I cannot administer your chemo at work. Seriously. He was irate but my principal backed me up and said, "She knows the rules. She sets the rules." :) I'm gonna miss her when I transfer districts.

CHEMO?????? That is a big C'MON NOW!!!! I have now heard it all........

CHEMO in a school setting????????????????????????????? NO!!!!

[magigal]

I got to piss off a sub a few months ago by telling him no, I cannot administer your chemo at work. Seriously. He was irate but my principal backed me up and said, "She knows the rules. She sets the rules." :) I'm gonna miss her when I transfer districts.

Chemo? Wha...?

[Kooky Korky, BSN, RN]

I have one that her doctor told her she needed to come in to their office once a week for BP checks r/t a recent MI. She tells the doc "nah, I have a school nurse, she can do it and I'll just call you."

So instead of coming in once weekly, she comes in EVERY. DAY. And always right when I start my lunch. I hate how teachers think we are a free clinic to come and go as they please. I kid you not, one day I had three teachers sitting on my health mat for BP checks.

Does your insurance cover you for their BP checks or for treating adults at all?

Why do you allow yourself to be used like this? (possible liability of treating adults, cutting into your lunchtime)

[SaltySarcasticSally, LPN, RN]

I am not a school nurse but came across your thread and it reminded me of my most ridiculous worker's comp claim. I used to do occupational health, I had a worker file worker's comp for a penile injury, he said he slipped trying to sit down on the toilet during break and injured his groin because he ended up sitting on it on the seat....I have no idea how you do that, how it happens, all I know is that thankfully I didn't have to assess it, just passed him right along to the doctor.

[Windchaser22]

That and when it is very clear that I am TRYING for the eighth time today to finish my lunch and you walk in, take a seat, and start talking about some non-important medical event that happened to you over the weekend. C'mon now!

Put a sign up, LOCK the door and pull the shade.

[NurseBeans, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

Does your insurance cover you for their BP checks or for treating adults at all?

Why do you allow yourself to be used like this? (possible liability of treating adults, cutting into your lunchtime)

It probably varies by state and district, but it was made clear to me during my interview that I am here for the staff as well as the students, although the students take priority. I don't feel as though I am abused, but I think some school nurses do get used as a primary care for staff. That isn't fair but remember that our supervisors and bosses aren't usually nurses, so our roles get muddied. We aren't managed by people who actually understand our job AT ALL.

For me it's usually just giving a motrin for a headache or an allegra when someone forgot their allergy meds. I do try to make it clear I am giving these meds AS A FRIEND, not as a nurse. I even keep them in my desk drawer as opposed to my med cart. And my standard reply to the advice seekers is "better see your doctor".

As far as cutting into lunch time, the expectation is that we are flexible, and labor law or no labor law, sometimes we just don't get lunch time. I think most of us get that and accept it, but it still bothers us. We still need to vent.

[NutmeggeRN, BSN]

As far as cutting into lunch time, the expectation is that we are flexible, and labor law or no labor law, sometimes we just don't get lunch time. I think most of us get that and accept it, but it still bothers us. We still need to vent.

Yup! I don't have the benefit of union protection. Most days I am ok with having lunch at my desk, some days it irks the bejezubs out of me.

[KKEGS, MSN, RN]

CHEMO?????? That is a big C'MON NOW!!!! I have now heard it all........

CHEMO in a school setting????????????????????????????? NO!!!!

Yep! This sub had some sort of eye cancer and walked in with chemo eye drops. I recognized the yellow label on the bag right away and was like, uh uh! Not gonna happen. He asked why? I said because nurses must receive special training to handle chemo and we are not equipped to handle spills or disposal of those types of drugs in the school setting. He argued with me saying his daughter gives it to him at home and they didn't have special training in the hospital. I countered with the fact that, as a nurse, I know better than to administer chemo without being properly trained. Even in the hospital, on the very rare occasions that a baby in the NICU needed a chemo drug, we called a trained nurse from the Heme/Onc floor to come administer it. I absolutely refuse to back down on this! Luckily my principal backed me up. One of the office admins ended up giving it! I was really uncomfortable with the whole thing and she was too so she told him she wouldn't do it again.