Malingering Monday

[Flare]

it's in full swing! Just over 2 hours running and i think i just hit the 30 student mark.

[NanaPoo]

ugh - i had a student with lice last year. I sent her home so mom could get a jump on treatment and the kid could possibly even come back later on that day if well treated. Mom was nice as anything. I showed her what I saw, told her what to do, even gave her some coupons and sent her on her way. Well, dad was not so cordial. I got a nasty phone call asking me what qualified me to "diagnose" his child with lice. I calmly explained that no diagnosis was necessary - that my 13 years as a school nurse made me confident in identifying them, but if he felt as though he needed a medical doctor to give a formal dx, then by all means to go ahead and to take her. (but trust be, the money would be much better spent on manners lessons than the copay) Then he demanded that I track the source of them.

How are you qualified to track the source when you aren't even qualified to DIAGNOSE??? Good Lord, woman!!

Ok, I have had about 5 coughing fits from laughing so hard at you guys today. STOPPP IT!

[OldDude]

Is this a euphemism? Did you just fart?

It has nothing to do with mercy killing or flatulence. I just, suddenly, got the feeling someone was looking into my clinic and spying on my wall of fame head lice trophies.

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

How are you qualified to track the source when you aren't even qualified to DIAGNOSE??? Good Lord, woman!!

Ok, I have had about 5 coughing fits from laughing so hard at you guys today. STOPPP IT!

Don't you know?? as school nurses we're supposed to be well versed in entomology, as well as be a mobile pearle vision for all your eye glasses repair needs, a budding orthodontist for those pesky archwires that were left too long and a part time cobbler (with optional poop cleaning service!)

[SassyTachyRN]

I only had about 10 kids in the clinic today... Don't throw things at me! [emoji6] BUT I did vision screening and screened over 300 kids... So... Ya know... Funny how when you're screening the kids magically aren't sick...

[Farawyn]

I only had about 10 kids in the clinic today... Don't throw things at me! [emoji6] BUT I did vision screening and screened over 300 kids... So... Ya know... Funny how when you're screening the kids magically aren't sick...

Oh yea. I blocked that out. Gotta finish that up.

[abc123RN]

So someone mentioned scooters and lice...thanks! Had a face plant off a scooter, finger smashed with a scooter and two with toes that got run over, then here comes a kids scratching his head for all he is worth! Couldn't find anything to bag up and hang on the wall darn it!

Did find a huge spider on the wall yuck!

[Farawyn]

So someone mentioned scooters and lice...thanks! Had a face plant off a scooter, finger smashed with a scooter and two with toes that got run over, then here comes a kids scratching his head for all he is worth! Couldn't find anything to bag up and hang on the wall darn it!

Did find a huge spider on the wall yuck!

Ummmm...

A bedazzled SCOOTER?

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

I only had about 10 kids in the clinic today... Don't throw things at me! [emoji6] BUT I did vision screening and screened over 300 kids... So... Ya know... Funny how when you're screening the kids magically aren't sick...

Thank goodness I don't have to do that anymore!

(My head is itching).

[mc3, ASN, RN]

Yup, it was pretty bad . But, a kindergartener wanted me to have a sticker on his hand that said "Nice Job" so I put it on my shirt. For those who follow the JRRNPNAF thread in the Psych Nurses forum, it made my day! Coincidence????

mc3:cat:

[mc3, ASN, RN]

I heard that as well. I thought it was an Urban Myth.

I keep mine in a glass jar in my drawer...............

[Farawyn]

I keep mine in a glass jar in my drawer...............

I keep mine in a locket I wear around my neck.

[mc3, ASN, RN]

Cool!