floating rib

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okay, a student insists that he has a "floating rib" (never diagnosed) on left side that has now floated to his right and he cant take his math test. hmm I say, let me call your mom to see how she wants to handle the "rebel rib" and the rib's refusal to calculate the Math world. he insisted she wont do anything, so I call Mom..I think she peed her pants...just sayin'

Specializes in School Nurse.

The student must have been looking at his Mom's anatomy books and found the section on thoracic cage and thought a "floating rib" sounded like a good condition to have to get him out of class.

Specializes in School Nursing, Hospice,Med-Surg.

That's awesome.

I'd tell him, "hey, I've got 4 floating ribs but you don't hear me whining about it."

Who can forget Bobbie Spencer, the "hooker with a heart of gold" who became a nurse? :nurse:

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And of course, the epitome of RN greatness, Jessie Brewer...

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Specializes in School nursing.
Wait, this is the kid whose mom is a gynecologist, and she covers his absences...(yup, I swear) and we laughed so hard every time he is absent, because the next day he will hand in a note stating, So & so was seen in our office today, please excuse his absence. and we have to cover a "doctors' note. its all B/S, but who am I to argue.

Well, if this male student needs to see a gynecologist, I'm thinking he has bigger problems than a floating rib... :cheeky:

Specializes in Hospice.
Who can forget Bobbie Spencer, the "hooker with a heart of gold" who became a nurse? :nurse:

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Yeah, in about two months lol.

And just look at all that lovely flowing hair...

Well if mom took him to the office with her in theory he was "SEEN" there.

Wait, this is the kid whose mom is a gynecologist, and she covers his absences...(yup, I swear) and we laughed so hard every time he is absent, because the next day he will hand in a note stating, So & so was seen in our office today, please excuse his absence. and we have to cover a "doctors' note. its all B/S, but who am I to argue.
Specializes in LTC, Rehab.

Tonight! Sherlock Holmes in 'The Case of the Mysterious Floating Rib'.

we all have them, I hear ya, but his is special cause it floats around his thoracic cavity and never punctures anything. it only acts up when he has a test.

we all have them, I hear ya, but his is special cause it floats around his thoracic cavity and never punctures anything. it only acts up when he has a test.

A MATH test.

we all have them, I hear ya, but his is special cause it floats around his thoracic cavity and never punctures anything. it only acts up when he has a test.

That's a very considerate rib.

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