...and I've already seen 5 students (from 7:20 on).
1 infected hangnail
"Oh, YOU'RE the nurse?" Said by a student who knows my kids but I guess never made the connection that I am their mom AND the school nurse.
1 girl-fight on the bus this morning (lots of scratches)
1 painful looking blister
1 stomach pain who drank 5 energy drinks yesterday and ate some chips at 1 am last night
1 "I think I have a fever" who totally messed up by taking Tylenol before he got to school. He might have had a fever, but we'll never know now, will we, buddy?
Specializes in med-surg, IMC, school nursing, NICU.
I got here at 0800. Sat through a meeting until 0830 when the kids show up. Had a teacher waiting to tell me that she forgot to tell me her class was going on a field trip at 0900.
While I am dealing with that, I had 1 nauseated student, 1 mom insisting she sign a religious declination for her children's immunizations, 2 milk spills requiring change of clothes, 1 parent on the phone (thanking me, so that was nice) and 1 headache with a fever.
grinning hall monitor : Oh THERE YOU ARE, NURSE! YOU HAVE CUSTOMERS WAITING!!!
This drives me out of my mind!!! Oh, I'm so glad you pointed that out. I could have gone in the clinic and not even noticed anyone in there lest you told me so. Thanks, and yes - HERE I AM!!!!
This drives me out of my mind!!! Oh, I'm so glad you pointed that out. I could have gone in the clinic and not even noticed anyone in there lest you told me so. Thanks, and yes - HERE I AM!!!!
I get here at 0700 so that I can acclimate. (I am pretty sure I have ADD.) if I walked in to students at the bell without a transition time, I'd go batty.
Specializes in Med-Surg, Home Health, Hospice, School.
It's not even 8am here and I've already had a teacher fall, resulting in an EMS call. Called down to a classroom for a kid with no medical history who said he couldn't feel his legs and therefore couldn't get out of his desk, and a band field trip that I didn't know anything about until I walked in the door this morning. TGIF! Thanksgiving break can't get here soon enough.
This drives me out of my mind!!! Oh, I'm so glad you pointed that out. I could have gone in the clinic and not even noticed anyone in there lest you told me so. Thanks, and yes - HERE I AM!!!!
JerseyTomatoMDCrab, BSN
588 Posts
I got here at 0800. Sat through a meeting until 0830 when the kids show up. Had a teacher waiting to tell me that she forgot to tell me her class was going on a field trip at 0900.
While I am dealing with that, I had 1 nauseated student, 1 mom insisting she sign a religious declination for her children's immunizations, 2 milk spills requiring change of clothes, 1 parent on the phone (thanking me, so that was nice) and 1 headache with a fever.
I have a sub tomorrow and I can't wait.