Head Lice - It's True

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Tuesday morning I was brought a bug in a zip-lock bag. The bug had been just removed from a head. It was a, robust, adult head louse - judging by it's size. It appeared to be very agitated as it was quite active. OK, so I decided to perform a scientific experiment; school nurse myth buster if you will. After poking several pin-holes in the bag I push-pinned it to my bulletin board. Yesterday, when I left, the louse was alive and well and was still displaying agitation, flailing its louse arms wildy in the bag; I thought I noticed some obscene gestures. This morning I must report the louse has perished and, thus, my school nurse myth buster scientific experiment has proven a head louse will die within 48 hours if off of a human head. You have my express permission to share this scientific data with any hysterical parent or staff member.

Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.
(You know he goes home and sweet petunia kicks his butt.)

Well, yes.

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Why is it that the head lice looks like it's giving 4 thumbs up, but the "public" lice is only giving 2 thumbs up? Shouldn't it be the other way around??

I guess the 'public' lice had the unfortunate luck of landing a home on the 92 year old with cooter jewelry?

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Oh this gave me a chuckle :roflmao:

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

I have been cracking up over this thread; I was way behind on my catching up, so I just read and chuckled, cackled, and snorted through the previous 4 pages. Ah, it's good to laugh after a double-crappy day. You all are so funny and smart and APPRECIATED!:yes:

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Specializes in LTC.

Bedazzled parts, cooter jewelry, "public" lice...:roflmao:

I am not a school nurse but I hope you won't mind if I hang out here more because you are fun and cool.:cool:

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Specializes in Telemetry.
Bedazzled parts, cooter jewelry, "public" lice...:roflmao:

I am not a school nurse but I hope you won't mind if I hang out here more because you are fun and cool.:cool:

I'm not a school nurse either, but this seems to be where to cool kids hang out!

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

well, we are pretty cool.... ok, you can sit with us....

On Wednesdays we wear pink.... except Olddude - he wears red every day no matter what

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Specializes in Palliative, Onc, Med-Surg, Home Hospice.
It was for science!! If it makes you feel any better I did play an endless loop of John Denver music to ease its passage into louse eternal paradise.

I think that is called Torture!

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.
well, we are pretty cool.... ok, you can sit with us....

On Wednesdays we wear pink.... except Olddude - he wears red every day no matter what

OldDude in his drop-tailed, red flannel longjohns. A picture forever burned in my imagination's retina.

...heh, heh, heh...not too bad, actually.:)

But then I hear the echo of the old-timer's 'rule' about when to change out of your longjohns in the spring.....

"Stick to your longjohns until your longjohns stick to you"

and I go, like, Eeeeeeuuuuuwwwwwwwww.

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Very hot. :bag:

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Can we drown any louses with this?

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.
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Can we drown any louses with this?

Yes, 9 glasses of that would be sufficient. The little bloodsuckers would be drowned from the inside out.

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