Guess what I did today?!

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Specializes in Sub-Acute, School Nursing, Dialysis.

Checked heads.

22 of them.

One has lice. A lot. And it was a busy day at the school too with Mass.

Fun times! And to top it off, I've been up since 3 with my youngest little guy and cleaning the house. Can't wait to go to sleep!

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Specializes in ICU/community health/school nursing.

OY!!!!

:yuck: :wideyed:

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Specializes in School Nursing.

I know it's not as fun as checking heads but I got to pull a tick out of a kid's scalp today. Woo hoo! (12 more days)

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Community Health, School Health.

I have a kid who has come to see me weekly since March with lice. Mom treats, combs for a day or two, then stops. I have called mom to explain that the combing needs to happen daily for two weeks to be sure and she says she's doing it. There is no way. She is insisting it is coming "from the classroom". Her daughter tells me "my mom only combs me right after the shampoo", so I know mom isn't doing it. She wants me to check all 23 kids in the class. I refuse. I have not had a single other kid in the school with Lice since October.

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Specializes in NCSN.

I feel your pain.

I was told yesterday that I can add anything I want to my part of staff training in August and part of me wishes I had a baggie with a louse in it so I could have a visual aid to help me explain how they do not fly/jump/teleport into someone else's hair.

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Specializes in School Nursing, Pediatrics.

I will swap you the 60 that I checked for your 22!! LOL

SO SICK of LICE! 20 days left!

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Lotta ticks this year.

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We do not do whole classroom checks. God bless you.

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Specializes in Cardiology, School Nursing, General.

I swear these kids are trying to make my last few days hard. I had to check TWO classes last week for lice, 3 of the kids did have lice. HELP ME!

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This is wrong of me but, that last week I gave out toothbrushes to the PK class with the most lice phobic teachers. As I left the room I quietly mentioned that the timed release lice eggs where embedded in each toothbrush. I just couldn't help myself, those 2 have made me crazy this year over lice!

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This is wrong of me but, that last week I gave out toothbrushes to the PK class with the most lice phobic teachers. As I left the room I quietly mentioned that the timed release lice eggs where embedded in each toothbrush. I just couldn't help myself, those 2 have made me crazy this year over lice!

Hahahahahahaha!

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I had one class with 9 kids with lice earlier in the year.. since then at least once a week i have a kid from that class with lice. None of the parents speak English in the class so I am having trouble getting my point across that they need to continually follow up; comb and retreat... ugh!! I can't wait for this year to be over!

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