Is it Friday yet?? (a cautionary tale about locked nurse room doors)

[jnemartin]

So... the front desk receptionist just unlocked my locked door (with the sign up that says Nurse Office Closed), and brought a student in... while I was pumping (breast pump) at my desk.

The best part... what was the emergency? The kid needed a snack.

During lunch break.

I want to die. I'm just praying he didn't see too much.

[JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN]

What shocks me most about this?

What happened to folks actually knocking on a closed door first??

Seriously! I do this. all. the. time. It is basic manners. I do this on bathroom stalls, bathroom doors, office doors, etc. Because that is what my parents taught me to do. I try and teach my students the same thing.

I'm sorry @jnemartin - even with an apology, that stinks! I hope the student was equally embarrassed - most of my HS would be and likely never say a thing about to me ever again (just how I'd want to be.)

[caliotter3]

On 2/24/2020 at 11:10 AM, SchoolNurse91 said:

Gotta love it. People walk in and out of my office all day long. They open the door, see me in the office and say "I'm sorry" and proceed to walk through my office. All.Day.Every.Day. I couldn't imagine if I had to pump. I don't have a lock on either door. I can't believe she unlocked the door!

I think I would have been moved to pack up my kit and leave for the day. That would have said more than any obvious retort on her part.

[caliotter3]

On 2/24/2020 at 12:32 PM, BrisketRN said:

Yikes! Now she knows what "Nurse's office closed" means. Maybe time to do the ol' jam a chair against the door?

My second thought, jam that chair. First thought? Time to leave for the day.

[villageRN, BSN, RN]

I'm so sorry this happened to you!! And I hope this person learned their lesson and are more mindful of a locked door in the future.

[amoLucia]

On ‎2‎/‎26‎/‎2020 at 3:09 PM, EnoughWithTheIce said:

I would like to know what would happen if a teacher was locked in her classroom during lunch/planning and someone unlocked it and asked her to tutor a student right then. THERE WOULD BE A BIG STINK!

They'd prob be filing a grievance with the union!

[jnemartin, BSN, RN]

UNBELIEVABLE UPDATE: So I am pumping in my office and I hear the door pad beep, meaning the front desk lady is letting herself in. Fine - I told her she can come and get me for emergencies and I have a cover ready.

She says from the doorway (cannot see me): You in here?

I say yes, come in.

She says: I have a student who the PE teacher says need to be "tended to." [she says this seriously, with zero sarcasm]

I say: Tended how?

She steps in the doorway, student right behind her: Oh, well I don't know... I guess I'll have her wait at the front desk with me.

What the actual....

So mom's room it is. No more pumping at my desk. No privacy and no critical thinking skills about what would constitute a reason to disturb a nursing mom.

[jnemartin, BSN, RN]

ETA: the kid thought she had a fever.

98.0

[CanIcallmymom, BSN, RN]

23 minutes ago, jnemartin said:

UNBELIEVABLE UPDATE: So I am pumping in my office and I hear the door pad beep, meaning the front desk lady is letting herself in. Fine - I told her she can come and get me for emergencies and I have a cover ready.

She says from the doorway (cannot see me): You in here?

I say yes, come in.

She says: I have a student who the PE teacher says need to be "tended to." [she says this seriously, with zero sarcasm]

I say: Tended how?

She steps in the doorway, student right behind her: Oh, well I don't know... I guess I'll have her wait at the front desk with me.

What the actual....

So mom's room it is. No more pumping at my desk. No privacy and no critical thinking skills about what would constitute a reason to disturb a nursing mom.

? JEEZ! You're right. That is absolutely unbelievable!

Get her a thermometer.

[tining, BSN, RN]

Your staff is something extra.

[EnoughWithTheIce]

In my soul, I really believe that this would not be done to any other person on a school campus besides the nurse. That is disheartening!!

I would find a place where nobody could find me from here on out

And to not even have the decency to ask the kid what they even needed first!!

[amoLucia]

^^^^^^this

[guest464345]

GAHHHHHHH this makes my blood boil!

(And it brings to mind many, many, many situations I'd rather forget - situations in which I was called urgently on the radio by an adult with evidently no curiosity at all about the "emergency", only to be greeted by a two-day-old papercut, or a need for chapstick, or a question about whether I had deodorant. And zero insight/remorse from the adult, including people who would flip out if I asked anything work-related on *their* 40-minute lunches).