was I too harsh

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7th grader comes in to my office: frequent flier

student: when i twist my knee this way it really hurts.

me: dont twist it that way, just walk and stand normal

student: what do i do when it hurts

me: is it hurting now?

student: no

me; so then why are you here?

student: can i have a cough drop instead?

me: why?

student: cause i wanted to chew on something

me: chew on your knee, it'll take your mind off the pain

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

nah - i've said practically the same thing :devil:

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LOL! I've said all of that before... minus the "chew on your knee" part. LOL

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Specializes in School Nursing.

I think it was a perfect response!

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Thes kids make me laugh so much. spend the majority of my day laughing

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Specializes in Telemetry, Gastroenterology, School Nrs.

WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... this just made my day ;)

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Lol!!! This was too funny!

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In this case, if you were my child's school nurse and he/she wasted your time like that I would be laughing with you and at my child.

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Specializes in School Nursing, Ambulatory Care, etc..

ROFLMBO!!!!!

Thanks for that! :yeah::lol2::yeah:

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Specializes in School Nursing and Sports Medicine.
:lol2: funny! And nope you're not harsh.
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Specializes in Maternal - Child Health.

No, not too harsh.

My tongue in cheek advice to teachers was not to send a student to my office unless they were bleeding out their eyeballs.

Then...

You guessed it...I had a precious little Kindergartener who was bleeding from her eyes. (Actually her eyelids which were wracked with eczema.)

So my criteria changed to coughing up a lung :)

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reading that made my day!:lol2:

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