I quit on the fourth day

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The stress and workload is not worth $4 dollars more than my old job. I saw students back to back from 830-330. Some are for ridiculous reasons-like an old dry scab that I saw almost dismissal time. I was unhappy and stressed out so I quit. Will I get paid for the 3 days that I worked for?

So steph...how did this turn out?

I went back to my old job - special ed school

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THIS sub nurse would have taken a temp and sent them back to class if it was normal.

If I was a long term sub, I would have called mom after the third day of cough but no fever.

Moms often know when their kiddo is malingering, and might have set that kid straight.

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Specializes in School Nursing.

Starting out as a new nurse in a school can be difficult. You need to set your own rules and your own boundaries. I came into a high school where naps were commonplace, as were rediculous visits for rediculous reasons. I quickly got a handle on the rediculous reason visits, and stopped them, and naptime came to a screaching halt. We don't come to school to nap during classes. Now if your tired, its a consequence to staying up too late, and you can wash your face with cold water and go back to class. Come back a second time and it's a behavioral issue and a phone call home, with a possible referral. so, no more naps. My clinic is run as a professional clinic for medical issues, and concerns... They are welcome to come and talk, but they know their limits...

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THIS sub nurse would have taken a temp and sent them back to class if it was normal.

If I was a long term sub, I would have called mom after the third day of cough but no fever.

Moms often know when their kiddo is malingering, and might have set that kid straight.

I was just ticked off at the teacher. If the cough was your concern then you would've brought yo the sub nurse in September

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Starting out as a new nurse in a school can be difficult. You need to set your own rules and your own boundaries.

Precisely this. When I initially started last year, kids would come for every and any reason. In the beginning, I wanted to be that sweet nurse that coddled all her babies (Pre-K-5th), well I learned real quick that that was not good. I started sending them all back. The bumps from two days ago, the stomach aches with no symptoms, the scabs that were healing. They came and I would immediately send them back. Some teachers got the point, others didn't. To those that didn't, I'd simply have a conversation of why these children were sent back. Also sometimes, you have to pick your battles, when a 5th grader comes for an ice pack for a headache and all they want is an ice pack (yes, I know headache, ice pack, whaaaaaat?!) I just tell them "you know where it is" and explain how it's pointless but to some that's what soothes them. I've also had the teacher that will call home for me (without me even seeing the student) and I make it clear to the teacher, student and parent that since the call did not come from me and I didn't see the child, that the student is not excused. This is a new year and I'm not the one this year LOL.

And to be honest with you, I, myself, sometimes question whether this the profession for me, because it does get frustrating, but it is what it is.

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Precisely this. When I initially started last year, kids would come for every and any reason. In the beginning, I wanted to be that sweet nurse that coddled all her babies (Pre-K-5th), well I learned real quick that that was not good. I started sending them all back. The bumps from two days ago, the stomach aches with no symptoms, the scabs that were healing. They came and I would immediately send them back. Some teachers got the point, others didn't. To those that didn't, I'd simply have a conversation of why these children were sent back. Also sometimes, you have to pick your battles, when a 5th grader comes for an ice pack for a headache and all they want is an ice pack (yes, I know headache, ice pack, whaaaaaat?!) I just tell them "you know where it is" and explain how it's pointless but to some that's what soothes them. I've also had the teacher that will call home for me (without me even seeing the student) and I make it clear to the teacher, student and parent that since the call did not come from me and I didn't see the child, that the student is not excused. This is a new year and I'm not the one this year LOL.

And to be honest with you, I, myself, sometimes question whether this the profession for me, because it does get frustrating, but it is what it is.

I give ice packs for headache haha

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