It must be Pink eye!

[Amethya]

I just don't know how to stop this, but almost every single day, the Kinder or 1st grade teachers ALWAYS brings me some kid with slight pink-ish eyes and say they have pink eye. I know the difference but they don't and if I deny the child having "Pink eye", they get mad. How do I explain them the difference between allergies and pink eye?

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Great charts...thanks for sharing.... confirming my Dad's pink eye's due to allergy. :)

[DeeAngel]

I just don't know how to stop this, but almost every single day, the Kinder or 1st grade teachers ALWAYS brings me some kid with slight pink-ish eyes and say they have pink eye. I know the difference but they don't and if I deny the child having "Pink eye", they get mad. How do I explain them the difference between allergies and pink eye?

Make an information sheet contrasting the two things side by side and put it in every employees mailbox. It's the most direct method to get the word across, after this no one can say they don't know.

[Amethya]

The student came back today and the mom handed me the note, basically allergies. So I put it in his medical file on the computer and in the physical file.

[SchoolNurseTXstyle]

Every cough is pneumonia, every rash is contagious, every spit up is vomit, every eye itch is pink eye.......

[BeckyESRN]

Every cough is pneumonia, every rash is contagious, every spit up is vomit, every eye itch is pink eye.......

Every head scratch is lice!

[Amethya]

I had a little girl come in because the teacher told her she had lice, when all I saw was dandruff. Like really?

[BeckyESRN]

I had a little girl come in because the teacher told her she had lice, when all I saw was dandruff. Like really?

I had one of these last year, it was glitter:rolleyes:. Teachers, I swear...

[ana010]

I agree with the teacher, yes, the student's eye is pink. Then I explain there are multiple causes for "pink eye", and I do not believe this case is bacterial. If they want to argue, I listen, then say I believe this student is well enough to be at school. Sometimes I will wax poetic on the causes being viral, allergic, an irritant, and continue rambling until their eyes glaze over. I'm at a high school and the teachers are very supportive of my opinion, generally. I do use the chart and share with them if they have more questions. Elementary teachers are a different breed than high school.

[BeckyESRN]

Elementary teachers are a different breed than high school.

Yes they are! The high school nurse either cracks up laughing or says "you can't be serious" when I tell her some of the stuff my teachers come up with! Special snowflakes here in the elementary

[OldDude]

I had one of these last year, it was glitter:rolleyes:. Teachers, I swear...

You should probably recheck. It could be a mutation into "bling lice."

[kidzcare]

You should probably recheck. It could be a mutation into "bling lice."

Stripper Lice.

[BeckyESRN]

Stripper Lice.

Thanks for that visual! Now all I can see are pink fishnet stockings on are their tiny little legs