a good chuckle

[Glitternurse, LVN]

I just had to share this. This is a new one for me. I got notified today that one of our 6th grade SDC students pulled a pair of handcuffs out of his backpack and slapped them on his wrists. He of course did not have the key. They were not actual police handcuffs, but they were pretty sturdy. The teacher had gotten them off before I arrived and no damage was done. I just had to laugh at the whole situation and all the questions that come along with it. 

[Kitiger, RN]

Why did they call you? Did they expect you to have a key?

[k1p1ssk, BSN, RN]

Yet another case of people freaking out prematurely "What ever will we do?! THINK OF THE CHILD's WRISTS!! CALL THE NURSE!! Oh wait, the kid's fine, he just slipped them off...."

I was put in a similar situation yesterday where a student tied the stretchy synch (sinch?) cords on her shoes together in such a fashion that the teacher just COULD NOT. So, the child was brought to me in bare feet and the shoes dropped on my desk. It took me less than a minute to get them undone, meanwhile the teacher has made the student so upset by telling her we were going to have to cut the laces, that she's now wailing that her mom was going to be mad, even though I fixed the shoes.

I'm kinda over the "I just cannot because of COVID" mentality that the rest of the world seems to lean on, but us healthcare professionals don't get to use as an excuse. 

[MHDNURSE]

Someone posted yesterday on the School Nurse facebook page a screen shot of a note to her from the teacher "Zipper is stuck" and she responded "not a medical issue" and sent the kid back to class ?  I mean seriously they send us all kinds of crazy stuff.  Someone on here a couple years ago posted about getting a kid sent to them who had stepped in dog poop at recess.  Um, no thank you.

[k1p1ssk, BSN, RN]

I have gotten both of those things. I think what irritates me the most about the mundane, non-health related things, is that I work in a building where the average class size is 15, and most rooms have a classroom aide (especially the younger grades, where this stuff is more likely to happen/need assistance). I feel like the aides get a little self important when it comes to this stuff. I get that they are mostly there to help keep kids on task, but stuck zippers and knotted up shoelaces are definitely things that can be handled in the classroom. 

[sleepwalker, MSN, NP]

18 hours ago, Kitiger said:

Why did they call you? Did they expect you to have a key?

Maybe she has a lot of personal experience. What someone does on their own time is none of my business...

[Glitternurse, LVN]

22 hours ago, Kitiger said:

Why did they call you? Did they expect you to have a key?

I don't know why they called me, I guess we're the fixers of everything. I certainly did not have a key.

 I did check his wrists and they will probably be bruised, but otherwise there wasn't anything I could have done anyway.

I just wish I could have been a fly on the wall when mom saw the principal to pick them up.

[Glitternurse, LVN]

4 hours ago, sleepwalker said:

Maybe she has a lot of personal experience. What someone does on their own time is none of my business...

??

[tining, BSN, RN]

A 3rd grade teacher friend told me they were discussing what their parents do for work.  A little boy said "I think my mom is a cop because I found handcuffs in her nightstand"

?

[Kooky Korky, BSN, RN]

It amazes me that kids don't know their parents' phone numbers.

[arlingtonnurse]

I wonder if a ring cutter would have been able to cut through the handcuffs if they hadn't opened. 

That would be a reason to get the nurse involved.

 

[BunnyBunnyBSNRN, ASN, BSN]

On 9/30/2021 at 12:45 PM, sleepwalker said:

Maybe she has a lot of personal experience. What someone does on their own time is none of my business...

crying laughing...seriously, I can not breath!  ???☠️