I'm not popular today

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As if Monday wasn't bad enough...

I made a parent come in and sign a med form after they sent cough syrup and nasal inhaler with their kid and just "called to let me know".

AND

I wouldn't pull out the loose tooth of a kindergartner.

:banghead:

What? You're not a RN/Dentist? Some of my residents think I'm a doctor...

And a psychic.

And an X ray tech.

And a seamstress. (seamster?)

And a hoarder of paperclips.

And CVS.

And The Gap.

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Too funny. I too am not the popular one. I work in a district where we switch between two schools. This is my first year in the district full time. I am the attendance witch. My conurse is a push over. The students in the high school hate the days I am here as they cannot go home for no reason or lay in the health room and sleep. I believe my job is to teach them to be good employees someday and you don't do that by going home for every sniffle or sleeping when you should be in class. I actually had a student run into my office today thinking it was my conurse in today and said "hey can you send me ho, what are you doing here" I laughed until I nearly fell off my chair. Oh well suck it up buttercup, go to class!

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Specializes in School Nurse.

"Suck it up buttercup" is pretty much my favorite saying. Appropriate for about 90% of the situations we encounter. (Although, I have never said it to a student, I do have a t-shirt with that on it, my family knows my saying all to well.)

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Specializes in School Nurse.
And a psychic.

And an X ray tech.

And a seamstress. (seamster?)

And a hoarder of paperclips.

And CVS.

And The Gap.

And an extra bathroom

And a pad supplier

And a hugger

And a smile

And the list goes on :saint:

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Specializes in School Nurse, professor, OBGYN.

The answer is no and a big fat no!

The requests are ridiculous!

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And an extra bathroom

And a pad supplier

And a hugger

And a smile

And the list goes on :saint:

Don't forget, ear wax remover (not happening with these squirmy little ones),

shoe repair shop,

eye glasses fixer,

laundress.

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Specializes in School Nurse, professor, OBGYN.

I've been asked to fix glasses (no)

Take out gum in hair (no)

Hearing aid batteries (no)

lawd!!!

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I wondered about fixing eyeglasses. I refuse to touch them as i remember reading about someone who broke an expensive pair and the parents were mad. Gum in hair?? Yesterday I was called down to help a child who's hand was stuck in a chair. I had Mary Kay lotion in my pocket- used that to lube it up and out it went. I've had kids sent down because the teacher couldn't get the shoes untied???!!!

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Specializes in School Nurse, professor, OBGYN.
I wondered about fixing eyeglasses. I refuse to touch them as i remember reading about someone who broke an expensive pair and the parents were mad. Gum in hair?? Yesterday I was called down to help a child who's hand was stuck in a chair. I had Mary Kay lotion in my pocket- used that to lube it up and out it went. I've had kids sent down because the teacher couldn't get the shoes untied???!!!

Yes I exercise saying the word no! Shoes untied? :(

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And a psychic.

And an X ray tech.

And a seamstress. (seamster?)

And a hoarder of paperclips.

And CVS.

And The Gap.

I've had to be a seamstress once cause I knew mom wasn't going to answer the phone. Thank goodness I can do a blanket stitch under a minute!

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laundress.

:roflmao:

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I no longer keep needle, thread, or super glue in my clinic.....

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