If your teacher says you should go home, you're probably ok to stay

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I had a teacher bring a student down to my office. Teacher says "she was in here earlier but I think it's time to go home." Student had been in earlier with cramps and we called home to bring her ibuprofen but dad said it would be about an hour. Now she's crying. Teacher keeps repeating that she should go home. I asked the student if it's still cramps that have gotten worse or is this something new. Student said it was just the cramps. Again, teacher says she should go home. I told the student in front of the teacher that she can be in school if it's just cramps but I asked the student what she wanted to do, call dad and see where he is with pain medicine or see if he can pick you up? The student said the medication always works for her so she wants to wait for the medication. Called dad who said he was outside parking the car. Teacher had nothing to say after that. ?

Specializes in IMC, school nursing.
20 minutes ago, Flare said:

. It doesn't seem like you want to keep reducing your class size AT ALL.

My classes are small, so I don't think that is the primary motivation, as I still get this. I think they are deathly afraid of getting sick. Today is our specials day and two classes are having celebrations and the subsequent overeating stomachaches. I had 2 regular teachers (this is their planning day) come in to make sure it wasn't a viral thing.

Specializes in School nurse and geriatrics..

I have not met a larger group of germaphobes than teachers. I am not sure what their thought process was when they chose a career that was going to have them smack dab in the middle of a sea of two and a half feet tall walking talking petri dishes.????

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.
15 hours ago, yaRNthrower said:

I have not met a larger group of germaphobes than teachers. I am not sure what their thought process was when they chose a career that was going to have them smack dab in the middle of a sea of two and a half feet tall walking talking petri dishes.????

YAAAAS!! I often wonder that! Teachers come into me daily and ask "What's going around?" -uhhh - it's a school - everything is going around. You looking for a few days off? Then lick the nearest doorknob. or... consider this, Rita...you've been a second grade teacher for 18 years... your immune system is pretty strong... if you haven't gotten it already, you're probably not going to get it. How in the heck do you think I stay healthy? Good hand washing and micro doses of kid germs.

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Specializes in School nursing.
1 hour ago, Flare said:

YAAAAS!! I often wonder that! Teachers come into me daily and ask "What's going around?" -uhhh - it's a school - everything is going around. You looking for a few days off? Then lick the nearest doorknob. or... consider this, Rita...you've been a second grade teacher for 18 years... your immune system is pretty strong... if you haven't gotten it already, you're probably not going to get it. How in the heck do you think I stay healthy? Good hand washing and micro doses of kid germs.

YES. And YES. And YES.

Right now, however, I have more sick teachers than students. Students are germ factories, yes. But the illness is spreading between them and not students. Very interesting data this year. - but we do have a larger crop of new teachers experiencing our specific kid germs for the first time.

Hand santizer for all!!

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Specializes in OB.
1 hour ago, Flare said:

YAAAAS!! I often wonder that! Teachers come into me daily and ask "What's going around?" -uhhh - it's a school - everything is going around. You looking for a few days off? Then lick the nearest doorknob. or... consider this, Rita...you've been a second grade teacher for 18 years... your immune system is pretty strong... if you haven't gotten it already, you're probably not going to get it. How in the heck do you think I stay healthy? Good hand washing and micro doses of kid germs.

OMG this literally made me LOL to the point of tears. "Lick the nearest doorknob" is so true! My mom was an elementary school teacher and is definitely the opposite of a germaphobe...like probably TOO opposite...but at least she didn't raise me into a hypochondriac, which IMO is worse.

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On 12/12/2019 at 2:28 PM, ruby_jane said:

High five, Nursex23.

I wonder if the teacher wasn't being overly sympathetic. I had drop-to-the-floor bad cramps as a teen (and this was before Ibuprofen so I am before Ibuprofen old). I am a little more sympathetic on occasion.

However - why would that teacher want to send a message that we stop everything when we menstruate?

Sounds like the message wasn't that, just that the student was in a lot of pain.

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