just a Thursday vent

[TLS9544]

1. Why are dress code issues a nurses issue? I am no more equipped than anyone else to use a piece of string as a belt, or tape a falling-apart shoe together.

2. In a school with a VPK why is a toileting accident a nurses issue? Being that they have little kids in the classroom, one would expect the classroom bathroom to have baby wipes.

That is all. Happy Thursday, my fellow nurses.

[BettyGirard, BSN]

Yeah, I finally got free of the following:

1. Lost and Found (really? unless it's a body part)
2. Dress code and other clothing issues (so you got sprayed with water from the sink, give it some time and it will dry out).
3. Discipline problems (such as playing monitor to kids who aren't trusted with bathroom passes).

[NutmeggeRN, BSN]

7 minutes ago, BettyGirard said:

Yeah, I finally got free of the following:

1. Lost and Found (really? unless it's a body part)
2. Dress code and other clothing issues (so you got sprayed with water from the sink, give it some time and it will dry out).
3. Discipline problems (such as playing monitor to kids who aren't trusted with bathroom passes).

Yup!! We have student who is NEVER where they are supposed to be, Multiple calls a day to state they are headed down to my office, and then I have to call and say when they are headed back...fun times

On 5/20/2019 at 3:16 PM, Jedrnurse said:

Flip-flops should be a wardrobe no-no as well

Flip flops are not shoes, and leggings are not pants...

[k1p1ssk, BSN, RN]

4 hours ago, NutmeggeRN said:

Coban wrap is your friend!

Coban is expensive! I'm not wasting it on that, that's for sure. They get medical tape, which I have plenty of.

[ruby_jane, BSN, RN]

2 hours ago, BettyGirard said:

Yeah, I finally got free of the following:

1. Lost and Found (really? unless it's a body part)
2. Dress code and other clothing issues (so you got sprayed with water from the sink, give it some time and it will dry out).
3. Discipline problems (such as playing monitor to kids who aren't trusted with bathroom passes).

HAHHAHHAH!!! Body part.

I avoid the bathroom issue by looking at the teacher/administrator and saying "You know someone just threw up in there, right?" (therapeutic silence x 20 seconds while it sinks in).