Getting out just in time!

grammy1 · May 30, 2019

**That is the DUMBEST thing I ever heard of!!! Whose brilliant idea was this?? Tell her you want evidence based info on WHY this is good idea and how it will improve your nursing practice!!

**I just want to know what in the name of God happened that made some super intelligent administrators decide this is a good idea??

They don't want a parent complaint call, that's it. Doesn't matter how inconvenient or stupid the rule is, admin just doesn't want to deal with an angry parent. Mine was a parent who complained about a child's "scratch" that 99% of the students would have never even come to the clinic for. After that the rule was call every parent for every visit. Yeah, like I said I did it for about a week, my coworker did it for the entire year. It really ticked her off too because at the end of the year the principal commented on how she didn't get any more complaints once we started calling for every visit. ?

Guests · May 31, 2019

One of my major concerns is privacy with the MS/HS kids. Those kids need to feel like they can come to the nurse with a concern and not have a parent ask them at some point "so why did you see the nurse today"? I feel like the nurses and counselors are all these kids have sometimes and we work so hard to build up trust with them, to then have that trust go down the toilet due to some stupid admin policy. It just kills me that admin is doing this. We got an email back this morning that basically says "this is happening whether you like it or not, deal with it". ?

beachynurse, ASN, BSN · May 31, 2019

On 5/29/2019 at 12:56 PM, MHDNURSE said:
I was chatting with the nurses at the MS/HS and this is their fear- that if they call for every little thing, parents will stop answering their phones. It is already difficult to track down some of these parents.

You would be surprised how many I have at the high school level that want to be called every time their, kid comes into the clinic. Be careful what you wish for...... some of these kids come in for nothing.... so the parents get a call, for nothing..

KonichiwaRN · May 31, 2019

On 5/29/2019 at 10:24 AM, MHDNURSE said:
I just got an email to all the nurses at my three schools, telling us that beginning in August when the new school year begins, every parent is to be notified of any and every visit to the nurse ? I just emailed the regional director who sent to email and told her it is unreasonable to expect every parent to get a call on every kid. I tired to explain there are often lines of students waiting to be seen and the lines will grow if students are waiting for us to call the family of the kid who was just seen. She is not budging on this. I am extra glad that I am not returning next year. They have been making all sorts of changes in the last few weeks for some reason and it is definitely not going to help the nurses.

Your regional director is a pencil pushing bureaucrat?

JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN · May 31, 2019

2 hours ago, beachynurse said:
You would be surprised how many I have at the high school level that want to be called every time their, kid comes into the clinic. Be careful what you wish for...... some of these kids come in for nothing.... so the parents get a call, for nothing..

Are these parents planning on going to college with their children? (And, believe me, I know the answer might be yes for some...)

Summers_Off · Jun 1, 2019

On 5/30/2019 at 5:29 PM, grammy1 said:
**That is the DUMBEST thing I ever heard of!!! Whose brilliant idea was this?? Tell her you want evidence based info on WHY this is good idea and how it will improve your nursing practice!!
**I just want to know what in the name of God happened that made some super intelligent administrators decide this is a good idea??
They don't want a parent complaint call, that's it. Doesn't matter how inconvenient or stupid the rule is, admin just doesn't want to deal with an angry parent. Mine was a parent who complained about a child's "scratch" that 99% of the students would have never even come to the clinic for. After that the rule was call every parent for every visit. Yeah, like I said I did it for about a week, my coworker did it for the entire year. It really ticked her off too because at the end of the year the principal commented on how she didn't get any more complaints once we started calling for every visit. ?

That's not a guarantee. I had a student come in complaining of ear pain. No fever. Tympanic membrane looked fine. Sent student back. Called Mom just to inform and she decided to pick up student. Turns out LD was complaining about a scratch behind her ear. Mom sent an email to the principal complaining about my assessment skills and questioning my judgement.

Kooky Korky, BSN, RN · Jun 2, 2019

On 5/29/2019 at 11:46 AM, JenTheSchoolRN said:
This is going to get old fast. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. There isn't enough nope, really.
Can't they settle for a "Your Child was seen in the nurse's office today" half sheet in a backpack at least?
Now I work with the older kids (MS/HS). I only call home for the bigger stuff - frankly because of this, I've learned most parents take my calls seriously. I'll email with a few that I need to check in with vs call (usually a FF and more to update - even I need to send home I'll call, so they know I mean it).
I hope those nurse track every phone call and put in a spreadsheet. Charter schools love quantitative data ;).

If I got such a note, I'd want to know what it was about. I'd be calling you, taking up at least as much time as you would need to write a complete note in the first place.

JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN · Jun 3, 2019

On 6/1/2019 at 8:09 PM, Kooky Korky said:
If I got such a note, I'd want to know what it was about. I'd be calling you, taking up at least as much time as you would need to write a complete note in the first place.

To be fair, I don't actually write those notes - suggestion for this thread when admin said to call home for every single thing. Would you like me to call you every time I see your child for a bandaid or when they have a stomachache that is code for "I have to poop" ?

If I need to write a note, I call home. If I can't reach a parent that way and it is a need to know, but not urgent, I'll email. I have a Google phone number to send texts out as well to reach a parent. I have all the ways. But to call for every single thing, even when I'm sent a MS student because their hair is "scratchy" (yes, that has happened, and no, no lice concerns, just teachers being like "itchy hair - oh no"), nope.