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minor complaints

i'm feeling very short fused lately with the parade of minor complaints coming into my office. Chapped lips -holy crow - i must have seen 50 kids looking for the little packets of lip balm yesterday - i just stopped charting it at one point when i got too busy with actual issues. Dry skin, stuffy noses. I can't believe that students are let out of class for these non issues. Yes, i get that dry skin is irritating, but it's also not worth leaving in the middle of a lesson for.

And, yes - i've mentioned to staff and admins that perhaps the children don't need to leave class for all of these small crises. Some of my admins are supportive, some of the teachers are cooperative - others not so much.

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    Hangnails and bug bites have been my issue today.

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    I get a lot of this kind of baloney, too. I've also noticed it seems to be the same teachers allowing the same kinds of complaints to come down here most days. Matter of fact, I saw a teacher in the hallway today and realized that I could count on one hand how many of his kids I've seen since I started here. Support from some of these other teachers would be welcome, but I understand why it's easier to send a kid down for whatever they complain about, and let the nurse sort it out. You'd think they'd not want the kids to miss lessons for such little stuff, though? Beats me.

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    You know, since you brought this up, one of the things I really don't get is when a special Ed teacher has a kid for say, 30 minutes 3 times per week; speech, dyslexia, even tutoring, and they send a kid for some vague complaint during that time. I know I'm a cave nurse but I don't understand that.

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    Got chapped lips. A kid whose mother needs to be called with EVERYTHING. Woohoo. Love that I can just text.

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    Holy chapped lips, Batman! Today I've seen most of 4th grade and all of 5th grade for chapped lips. :sarcastic:

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    Holy chapped lips, Batman! Today I've seen most of 4th grade and all of 5th grade for chapped lips. :sarcastic:

    Holy periods, Robin!

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    Holy periods, Robin!

    Yes. I feel like every grade has synced to a different week of the month to make my office the revolving door of pads and tampons.

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    Yes, lots of chapped lips, but I've also had a lot of "my nose is stuffy." Here's a Kleenex, blow. Wash hands. Bye.

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    This time of year I wish we could just install a Vaseline lick on the playground!

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    This time of year I wish we could just install a Vaseline lick on the playground!

    This sounds... unsanitary

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    they've all licked worse...

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    they've all licked worse...

    Haven't we all?

    #uncomfortabletruth

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