Monday morning urgent care..

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What do you tell your students Who come to see you first thing Monday morning with , " my mom said to come see you because I fell off my bike Saturday afternoon I think my arm is broken" &/or "my mom said to come see you because I didn't feel good this morning and u could give me something". Really?

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Aunt Edna lol

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Aunt Edna lol

"Edna!!! "Helper's" getting cold!!!"

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Parent: Why can't you (me the nurse) splint a weekend injury that I didn't have looked at nor do I have any intention of having it looked at.

Me: sir, the finger is purple with no ROM. The child needs to be seen. No I will not do an initial splint because I'm not a doctor and want to keep my license.

Parent: have the child take a phone pic and send it to me.

Me: um ok, did you not see him all weekend or this morning?

Happens a lot.

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Yea, um, you really need to hang out more, TINA!!! :woot:

:D True, true...

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Specializes in Acute Care, CM, School Nursing.

Recently had a parent bring a student in first thing in the morning. Student attends school in my district, but doesn't even attend my school! Kid has a banged up hand from an injury at home that morning. Hand is swollen and bruised. Almost no ROM. Parent asks me, "Should I take her to urgent care?" Gee, ya think?

:facepalm::facepalm:

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Yep, had a mom bring her daughter n this am asking me if I thought her daughters ankle was broken? The daughter went tubing 2 weeks ago, really? I'm not sure about your school but I don't have an X-ray machine in the closet. I'm revoking her parenting license. I suggested Urgent Care down the st., and have a nice day.

Wow I cannot believe parents do this...now I have truly heard it all!!!!

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Wow I cannot believe parents do this...now I have truly heard it all!!!!

Oh my Dear mrsjones, this is just a small sampling...

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Oh my Dear mrsjones, this is just a small sampling...

I am not a school nurse and I have no kids, so that's probably why I hadn't heard of this. I just like to read all of the different perspectives of different specialties.

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Here's a favorite..Student being sent home. I call parent who says "I will be there in 30 minutes." I notify student of timeline. Inevitably, I am asked at least twice while we wait "when is my mom going to be heeeere?" I sometimes just say. "hang on...(look in drawer) OH DARN, I left my crystal ball at home!"

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I had the student who came in and said, "My mom wants you to look at my throat and tell me if I need to see a doctor." My response to 99% of my students, is yes, you have a complaint, you should see a doctor. Apparently I'm qualified to diagnose strep, but not qualified to hand out cough drops (I don't hand out cough drops because I have no standing orders/parental permission, but the students don't get that). What a strange world I live in.

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Also, I believe you mean plain old urgent care, and not Monday morning based on my experience so far!

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I have had kids with back and neck pain because they were involved in a car wreck over the weekend!! This has happened more than once over my 10 years. Really?????

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