Go to the nurse.

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So I've noticed a lot of students coming to me for things that are somewhat unnecessary. When asked about a situation, I'll ask "Did your tell your teacher?" student : "yes." me: "what did they say?" Student: "Go to the nurse."

What do you consider reasons to NOT come to the nurse?

All of these are funny and true, but the tap shoes have me laughing so hard that I almost peed my pants. Then I would have to go to the school nurse for a new pair of pants!!!

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A bird pooped on my head!

Oh how I love spring :)

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Specializes in School nursing.
A bird pooped on my head!

Oh how I love spring :)

That's good luck!

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Specializes in Cardiology, School Nursing, General.
That's good luck!

Are you serious? Or joking? Because I never heard of that.

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Specializes in School Nursing.

This thread was a nice way to have a Friday smile :)

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Specializes in school nursing/ maternal/child hospital based.
All of these are funny and true, but the tap shoes have me laughing so hard that I almost peed my pants. Then I would have to go to the school nurse for a new pair of pants!!!

Oh, its better than just the tap shoes. She came running into my office with the tap shoes on, hit the tile floor and slid like an elephant on skates into my desk. I didnt know what the heck was going on!!!! To this day, still makes me laugh thinking of how she came into my office!!!!

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Specializes in School nursing.
Are you serious? Or joking? Because I never heard of that.

Oh, I'm serious. It is an old superstition and actually pretty rare thing.

Is Getting Pooped on by a Bird Really Good Luck?

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Specializes in IMC, school nursing.
Yesssssssssssssssss broken flip flops.

Flip flops are for pools not for schools!

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What gets me is that most all of these silly offices visits would be eliminated if the teacher would stop and say, "if you still have this concern, at the end of class, you can go see the nurse".. that way no one can say they weren't allowed to "see the nurse". I get sooo many teachers saying, "I can't deny them a nursing visit, their parents will be mad". NO as a parent i would be mad you allowed my child to go to the nurse during instruction time for something silly!!!!! I am trying to come up with a letter for next school year to send to teachers what is and isnt an emergency during class time. If anyone has any suggestions. I am going to include a list of 7B's i have found. Barfing, Bleeding, Breathing problems, Bee stings, Burning up with fever, Broken bones, Bumped head. Along with a few I can and can't do such and such. Hopefully this can decrease alot of unnecessary visits. I mean our main goal is to keep them in class!!!

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What gets me is that most all of these silly offices visits would be eliminated if the teacher would stop and say, "if you still have this concern, at the end of class, you can go see the nurse".. that way no one can say they weren't allowed to "see the nurse". I get sooo many teachers saying, "I can't deny them a nursing visit, their parents will be mad". NO as a parent i would be mad you allowed my child to go to the nurse during instruction time for something silly!!!!! I am trying to come up with a letter for next school year to send to teachers what is and isnt an emergency during class time. If anyone has any suggestions. I am going to include a list of 7B's i have found. Barfing, Bleeding, Breathing problems, Bee stings, Burning up with fever, Broken bones, Bumped head. Along with a few I can and can't do such and such. Hopefully this can decrease alot of unnecessary visits. I mean our main goal is to keep them in class!!!

That is supposed to be the goal but unfortunately I think the school nurses are the only ones that got that memo. I feel the same way unless its and emergency I dont care to see any of them for even the most minute stupidest detail but it needs to wait till in between classes! Ive preached to them till I am blue in the face. I hope yours will listen. Mine will not.

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That is supposed to be the goal but unfortunately I think the school nurses are the only ones that got that memo. I feel the same way unless its and emergency I dont care to see any of them for even the most minute stupidest detail but it needs to wait till in between classes! Ive preached to them till I am blue in the face. I hope yours will listen. Mine will not.

I had a teacher say that if I didn't want to be a school nurse then I shouldn't have became a school nurse. I honestly wanted to say that I didn't mind the "nursing" part of it but i did have a problem with baby sitting, but instead I bit my tongue and moved along. The next she was trying to have casual conversation with me as if nothing was said, lucky for her I'm not petty lol.

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Specializes in Cardiology, School Nursing, General.
I had a teacher say that if I didn't want to be a school nurse then I shouldn't have became a school nurse. I honestly wanted to say that I didn't mind the "nursing" part of it but i did have a problem with baby sitting, but instead I bit my tongue and moved along. The next she was trying to have casual conversation with me as if nothing was said, lucky for her I'm not petty lol.

Nah son.

I had one told me it's MY JOB to look for lice and to prevent it. And I told her straight up, "No, that's the parents job to prevent it. Not me."

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