Freaking out about an injury!

[zombieghoast]

Today I got a forward email from a teacher which a parent sent a picture of the child's face with bruising and she was wondering why the nurse didn't give her a call about the head injury. The student told mom that he came down to the nurse and got an ice pack from me. The thing is I honestly can't remember if I saw the kid or not. He said he fell and came to the office after recess. I looked at my login sheet and I do see that a different student came down at the same time as he allegedly said but I would have written his name down. I am having a lot of self doubt because I am second guessing myself. My other line of thinking is if I don't see any marks, swelling, or bruising I don't give a call so maybe I just didn't see anything and the student is a frequent flyer of injuries too. Last year he was complaining his heart was hurting and was clutching the right side of his chest. I told him that his heart is on the left side. He came down an hour later swearing his heart was hurting. Teacher was absent that day!

[kidzcare]

heehee, Flare... Red light of doom! I thought I was the only one that felt this way when that light is blazing first thing in the morning!!

My message light is always on because I get all the absence calls. Who records the attendance at your schools?

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

Guidance secretary does attendance. I still get an occasional call, but it's usually because someone thinks that i need to know that Jimmy has strep and they also left a call on the attendance line too

[crazynursebsn]

I always chart - "No swelling or bruising seen at this time." Some injuries look innocent at first and then look totally different later. Obviously we cannot predict what an injury or bruising will do.

I do the same thing. "No bruising or swelling noted at this time. Student told to return to clinic for reassessment if swelling or bruising start."

[mc3, ASN, RN]

heehee, Flare... Red light of doom! I thought I was the only one that felt this way when that light is blazing first thing in the morning!!

Ha Ha Ha! You guys keep me sane! Red light of doom :roflmao: :roflmao: I'm using that one, OK?

mc3:cat:

[SchoolNurseTXstyle]

Sometimes I have started sweating over that "red light of doom." Dial my voice mail slowly, take a deep breath, make the sign of the cross and THEN remember that I left myself a message on there to jog my memory!! Whew, crisis averted!!

[OldDude]

Sometimes I have started sweating over that "red light of doom." Dial my voice mail slowly, take a deep breath, make the sign of the cross and THEN remember that I left myself a message on there to jog my memory!! Whew, crisis averted!!

Totally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!