I nearly lost my cool this morning...

[Supernrse01]

::Admin please do not post to Facebook::

Came in this morning to a maggot taped to a post-it note on the middle of my desk, with a note stating it had been found own a student's backpack. ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!?! There it was, right smack-dab in the middle of all of my things. What the heck am I supposed to do about that? I absolutely lost it- although I was able to keep it together enough to not look absolutely nuts. It's that kind of stuff that makes me crazy.

[AdobeRN]

There are very few things that turn my stomach....but,yup, maggots are one. I couldn't even imagine...

Yup - gross. My inlaws had a garage freezer accidently unplugged during the summer - the freezer was full of meat. OMG - it was like a scene from a horror film when they opened the freezer - maggots came pouring out - so gross.

[eeburrah]

"and other duties as assigned."

i've had that used on me before and i hate it! it seems to me that this phrase gets abused a lot as its original intent is not to make the nurse be the sole person responsible for miscellaneous issues that no one wants to deal with. it should really be "and other duties as assigned within reason and within the realm of the employee's training and background."

also... long time lurker, first time poster! hi, guys!

[Leader25, ASN, BSN, RN]

Rude teachers.

[bsyrn, ASN, RN]

Just when you think you have heard it all ..... Next time you get a big fat juicy lice....tape it and send it on to the teacher. Lol

[scuba nurse, BSN, MSN, RN]

That is insane! I would have been livid as well!!

I would get her back by leaving some lice on her stuff!!!

[TriciaJ, RN]

Maybe you should find some graphic images, like some of the results of HPV, and post them in the faculty restrooms for their viewing pleasure. You could call it health education. When I worked for a pediatrician, the Gardasil rep came in with a flip book of those images, and I will never forget them.

I LOVE this. Because this is one of those situations where revenge is more satisfying than trying to reason with dolts. Every time you get called for something stupid or inappropriate, it should become Staff Education Time. That means a new picture of a gross condition appears in a staff area. You never know when a teacher needs to be able to spot tertiary syphilis or late-stage leprosy.

[Godsgirl73, MSN, NP]

I've said it before, I'm not sure how some of my staff has raised children based on what they send to me/call me down for.

This ^^. Exactly. I'm not a school nurse but am currently working in pediatrics. Sometimes it surprises me how little parents (and other adults) know about raising and/or caring for children. When I started my career 21 years ago, it seemed like people had a lot more common sense than they do now.

OP, I'm sorry that happened to you! Good for you for maintaining your composure!

[TriciaJ, RN]

Another thought: You could have put it back on the teacher's desk with a note saying "I'm sorry. I tried but I think he was too far gone."

[Julius Seizure]

She really didn't have much to say other than ask me if I documented it. WHAT? Document what? That the little dude was found to be crawling in or on a student's backpack. I don't even know if that's where it originated. I definitely made sure to enforce the fact that I would prefer something like that never make my desk it's home again.

Did you ask her if SHE documented it?? She's the one who found it!

[ComeTogether, LPN]

and this is why I could NEVER do school nursing. OMG NO!

[kidzcare]

Another thought: You could have put it back on the teacher's desk with a note saying "I'm sorry. I tried but I think he was too far gone."

This would've been great!

[Lunah, MSN, RN]

Another thought: You could have put it back on the teacher's desk with a note saying "I'm sorry. I tried but I think he was too far gone."

I am LMAO! You could draw a little IV and BVM on the Post-It note, maybe some little defibrillator pads... All the detritus of a code.