How often did YOU see the school nurse?

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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.

Specializes in ALF, Medical, ER.

One time that I can remember. Playing a game called "wall ball" (don't ask), when I slammed into the brick wall, chipped two of my front teeth and split my top lip open. Didn't even want to go, but someone told the recess aid and she almost passed out when she saw my face. Guess I looked pretty bad. Mom had to pick me up and take me to dentist that day

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One time that I can remember. Playing a game called "wall ball" (don't ask), when I slammed into the brick wall, chipped two of my front teeth and split my top lip open. Didn't even want to go, but someone told the recess aid and she almost passed out when she saw my face. Guess I looked pretty bad. Mom had to pick me up and take me to dentist that day

My kids play wall ball during recess. Thankfully they've never met with the wall! YIKES!

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Specializes in peds, allergy-asthma, ob/gyn office.

almost... never? One or two fever/vomiting in elementary. My own kids... almost never. I think I got one call to pick up my son in elementary... oh wait.. a kid hit him in the head accidentally with a music stand in 6th grade. The nurse called me, he checked out fine, and stayed the rest of the day at school. That said, I also do not send them to school sick. Minor sniffles they go but.. fever, vomiting, pink eye they stay home.

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Specializes in family practice and school nursing.

only when I had to go for screenings,etc. Other than that once I slipped and fell at home and injured my wrist, my mother called school and wanted me to see the nurse. I did , she recommended an xray ,which I never got. One time in 6th grade after I threw up in the school cafeteria. Never in middle or high school.

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I do not remember having a school nurse, but that was back in the dark ages :)

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Specializes in Med-surg, school nursing..

I went to school in the 90's-00's and never had a school nurse. Would have been nice if we did, especially in high school when I passed out a couple of times for low blood sugar. EMS trips out are embarrassing. They should have just listened when I came to and said "DON'T CALL 911, JUST GIVE ME ORANGE JUICE!" And of course there were the days that I would go home with a "headache", and my boyfriend (now husband) would rat me out that it was really because I was having a bad hair day.

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.
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.

Same here but I'm not sure we had a school nurse. I remember the custodian carrying some kid that was injured during recess one time but that's about it.

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Specializes in ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine.

My kiddo went to office every day from 2 grade to 4 because she was on special diet and felt embarrassed by eating what was essentially baby food. Also, for taking her meds, for any symptoms whatsoever till mom comes or ambulance arrives, etc. After that, things calmed down little by little and in 6 grade she was able to have lunch with everybody else. This year, she only had to come once for weather-related headache, thanks God.

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Specializes in L&D, school nursing.

We never had a school nurse. Teachers or the front office staff handled everything. Towards the the end of my middle school years, a girl younger than me got diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Her mom came in to care for her everyday. That kind of stuff would never fly these days! And thankfully so....job security ;)

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My husband and I were just talking about this last night because I asked him how many times he went. He seems like the type that would have gone often lol but he said maybe once and it was so boring he left. I went once for a jammed finger in middle school.

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The only time I went to the nurse was for yearly screenings. We had the obligatory lice screenings, and the scoliosis screenings. Aside from that, never. My dad was not one to leave work to come get me.

"Suck it up, Buttercup!" Ahh.. thanks dad :laugh:

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I do not remember having a school nurse, but that was back in the dark ages :)

I don't remember a school nurse either but then I moved a lot as a kid. Elementary school in the late 60's and graduated high school in 1975. Not exactly the dark ages but still . . . .:blink:

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