How often did YOU see the school nurse?

[SnugglePuggle, MSN, RN]

I can honestly remember seeing the school nurse on just 3 occasions:

1. 1st grade - My Mom suspected chicken pox but was not sure. Told me to go to school and ask my teacher to see the school nurse because "my Mom thinks I have the chicken pox." That went over well !

2. 2nd grade - I got slammed in the back of the head by another student doing a "penny drop" on the bars. I saw stars and staggered dizzily back into the school with the help of a friend. Fell asleep with my head on my desk. Woke up and promptly vomited, luckily into a trash can. Sent home. Never went to a doctor. Had planned sleep over that evening.

3. 7th grade - First period began the day prior. I just felt all kinds of weird.

Never saw the school nurse again.

[mycsm]

Elementary school: I was at the nurse everyday, but not as a patient..I was the geek filling her bandaid jar, cleaning the beds, filing her paperwork..I knew back then I was destined to be a school nurse.

Middle school: never

High school: advil for cramps

[DEgalRN]

Pretty much never. I think I saw the nurse in 5th grade a couple times because I had to have my blood pressure checked. Other than that I don't remember any visits.

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

i think in elementary school i remember being a FF because i didn't like math time, but by middle school, i was definitely over that. High school i think i went there exactly 2 times.

[kidzcare]

I can only remember one time- having a classroom lice check. Don't remember what grade, but elementary school for sure.

[abc123RN]

One a year in 6th, 7th and 8th grades. She came for screenings. Other than those screening days we never had a nurse in the building, saw the office staff if we got sick.

[MrNurse(x2), ADN]

I went 2 times in elementary for throwing up and once in third grade for stepping on a nail. Could you imagine the lawsuit today if a kid stepped on a nail at school? Middle and high school, never, didn't even know their names.

[NanaPoo]

We didn't have a school nurse. It was the 70's & 80's and you dealt with it. You had a headache, your mom stuck a Tylenol in your pocket in case you needed it later that day. Bloody knee on the playground, wipe off the dirt and blood with your hand and keep going. I do remember a bee sting and the teacher sent me to the cafeteria alone for the lunch lady to chop a piece of onion to put on my sting. It actually helped!

I do remember a nurse in white coming one day at the beginning of one school year with her vaccine gun and lining us all up in the hallway to immunize us. It was frightening and that memory is very cloudy. I graduated HS in June 1990 and never once had a school nurse and never once thought, "hey, we need a school nurse." The first time I ever had a nurse on campus was in college and that was a FNP at our clinic. She was awesome.

[100kids, BSN, RN]

That's funny. I went to school in the 70s and 80s and always had a School Nurse. I visited all of about 5 times in my whole school career. All 5 times I had a fever and was sent home. I never went in High School. My kids at school love it when I tell them they need to develop their "suck it up" skills.

[sjalv]

I'm sure we had a school nurse, but I can't confirm that because I never once saw her. Really, I can't remember ever going to the school nurse.

[Farawyn]

ALL the time!!! FF here! Faker Friday, the whole thing.

My kids? Never.

[Eleven011]

I have a vague memory of sitting in a closet of an office, throwing up in a bucket and my mom coming to get me. That was elementary. I switched schools for Jr/Sr high and never had a school nurse. Never thought about it either.