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Not a HS kid, but when I was in nursing school, a friend of my husband (who had an issue with alcohol, and was probably developmentally about 16 or 17), lost the keys to the small Coast Guard boat...he dropped them off the dock into the water on an early Sat AM after a rough night out.
He turned to the duty officer and said (with complete sincerity) "I plead temporary insanitary!"
This is my first year as a school nurse. Last year I was a sub here for Nurse T who had been school nurse here for 6 years.
Last week, I was putting a Band-Aid on a 1st grader when she asked, "Hey, do you remember Nurse T?" I said, "Yes, I do." She says, "Yeah, she's off somewhere being a REAL nurse now."
Yesterday, I was talking to a patient (4) and her cousin (3) about Easter. They were asking who is driving everyone to Easter dinner and then the cousin pointed to me and says "who's she going with?" When I told her that I was going to my Mommy's house, her eyes grew wide and she exclaimed "YOU HAVE A MOMMY?" It never occurred to her that adults have mothers. She then got a little upset when we explained to her that her Grandmother was her Mommy's Mommy- "No, she's not your mommy, she's MY Grandma." Love it.
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I see a special needs high school student multiple time a day for a chronic medical condition. We joke around with each other a lot. He was getting revved up over something the other day and I told him, "Cool your jets, dude!" He giggled and told me "Yeah, I don't want to get my nickles in a twist."
Any others?