Field Day

MrNurse(x2), ADN · Jun 21, 2016

Field Day Casualties: 1 broken finger, 1 laceration needing sutures (staff), 1 ? broken foot (to be evaluated this afternoon)
SO glad it's only once a year.
Oh, I ran out of ice for the first time.

That's pure craziness there. You earned your keep on this one.

JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN · Jun 21, 2016

My first field day experience in school nursing: they let the student severely allergic to eggs participate in the egg toss (despite warnings from me and the kid's parent). An egg broke all over his arm right before the egg toss ended (last event of the day). Hives up and down the kid's entire arm. :banghead:

Field day is Friday for me for the HS kids, but a lot of kids skip since it's a half day and the last day, so it isn't really that bad at all. Instead we have a trip to the beach for one MS class - beach is walking distance from the school. It's an urban beach, so I cross my fingers when there are no puncture foot injuries :).

Jedrnurse, BSN, RN · Jun 21, 2016

My first field day experience in school nursing: they let the student severely allergic to eggs participate in the egg toss (despite warnings from me and the kid's parent). An egg broke all over his arm right before the egg toss ended (last event of the day). Hives up and down the kid's entire arm.
WERE. THEY. CRAZY?????
(And was anyone disciplined?)

MrNurse(x2), ADN · Jun 21, 2016

My first field day experience in school nursing: they let the student severely allergic to eggs participate in the egg toss (despite warnings from me and the kid's parent). An egg broke all over his arm right before the egg toss ended (last event of the day). Hives up and down the kid's entire arm.
:).

You should tell them to skip final exams. What are you there for if they don't value your opinion?

100kids, BSN, RN · Jun 21, 2016

My first field day experience in school nursing: they let the student severely allergic to eggs participate in the egg toss (despite warnings from me and the kid's parent). An egg broke all over his arm right before the egg toss ended (last event of the day). Hives up and down the kid's entire arm.

Whose bright idea was that? Seriously?

JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN · Jun 21, 2016

My first field day experience in school nursing: they let the student severely allergic to eggs participate in the egg toss (despite warnings from me and the kid's parent). An egg broke all over his arm right before the egg toss ended (last event of the day). Hives up and down the kid's entire arm.
WERE. THEY. CRAZY?????
(And was anyone disciplined?)
They might have been crazy - or just not thinking. I think they were trying to not exclude, which I get, but even this kiddo knows what happens around eggs. The reaction happened with like 10 minutes left of school, responded with 50 mg benadryl per kiddo's allergy plan (and I was so lucky he didn't eat the eggs - previous hx of full blown anaphylaxis there).
I was still very green - in nursing and in school nursing. But I learned from this experience and used to it for teaching and as reasoning for every staff member to be Epi-pen trained the following school year :).