Most Frustrating Thing ?

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School Nurse's, I would like to know what frustrates you with your job as a School Nurse?

Me......Parents who bring in an inhaler for their child to use, because of severe asthma, and the box the inhaler comes in reeks of cigarette smoke >>>>> :eek:

So what get's to YOU ?

Reading these stories about parents just reinforces my belief that some people should not reproduce.

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Specializes in Community Health/School Nursing.

The pictures enlarged like 100x actual size when viewing on thread! Sorry! You can delete the post! Dang! Why does it do that? Grrrr....

I just had to post one more frustrating thing. New playground equipment. Who in their right minds would approve such things for small, unbalanced and awkward children? I despise each one of them so much I have given them a name. These wonderful pieces of metal will be installed in November....just in time for Santa to bring crutches, slings, casts, MRI's, head injuries, crying children and lawsuits. Enjoy!

The rock wall monstrosity (the ad already shows a kid almost falling off about ready to give himself a compound fracture)

The Wheel of Death (it spins)

The Bone Crusher (great little net below so kids think it's ok to fall off)

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Here's a new one: "Student is sneezing uncontrollably."

What do you want me to do, cut off his nose?! He's totally fine in the clinic and in his other teacher's room . . . I'm guessing the 2nd teacher's perfume is to blame (and told her so!).

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While I hate to be the person that turns a thread into a rant . . . I'm still gonna do it. :saint:

Just had a PreK aide come to me and say "someone had an accident! it's all over them and we don't know how to get them to you."

1) child was in the bathroom when it happened

2) child had spare clothes IN THE CLASSROOM

3) not a sick child, just one who didn't get their poop in the toilet

WHY WOULD YOU BRING THEM TO MY CLINIC??? I don't have some magical poop-cleaning knowledge. In fact, as the teacher and aide are both parents and I am not, they probably DO have magical poop-cleaning knowledge! And as I have an actual sick child, a child needing daily meds, and an eye-issue child in my clinic, I actually have other stuff to do! :banghead:

(On the other hand, the sick child began performing "Let It Go" for me while waiting for mom to show up. So cute! Brightened my day considerably.)

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While I hate to be the person that turns a thread into a rant . . . I'm still gonna do it. :saint:

Just had a PreK aide come to me and say "someone had an accident! it's all over them and we don't know how to get them to you."

1) child was in the bathroom when it happened

2) child had spare clothes IN THE CLASSROOM

3) not a sick child, just one who didn't get their poop in the toilet

WHY WOULD YOU BRING THEM TO MY CLINIC??? I don't have some magical poop-cleaning knowledge. In fact, as the teacher and aide are both parents and I am not, they probably DO have magical poop-cleaning knowledge! And as I have an actual sick child, a child needing daily meds, and an eye-issue child in my clinic, I actually have other stuff to do! :banghead:

(On the other hand, the sick child began performing "Let It Go" for me while waiting for mom to show up. So cute! Brightened my day considerably.)

YES! YES! A thousand times Yes! Am going back and forth with a teacher on this very same subject, except this student is doing it on purpose because he likes the extra attention and going to the nurses office! Both Mom and guidance told me this, and said he must change in his class bathroom, yet he is still sent up despite my three conversations w/teacher!!! Aaarrggg!:banghead::banghead: I don't have a magical bathroom! Really!

(Oh that felt great venting :))

mc3:cat:

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The pictures enlarged like 100x actual size when viewing on thread! Sorry! You can delete the post! Dang! Why does it do that? Grrrr....

I just had to post one more frustrating thing. New playground equipment. Who in their right minds would approve such things for small, unbalanced and awkward children? I despise each one of them so much I have given them a name. These wonderful pieces of metal will be installed in November....just in time for Santa to bring crutches, slings, casts, MRI's, head injuries, crying children and lawsuits. Enjoy!

The rock wall monstrosity (the ad already shows a kid almost falling off about ready to give himself a compound fracture)

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The Wheel of Death (it spins)

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The Bone Crusher (great little net below so kids think it's ok to fall off)

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These are terrifying! What on earth are they thinking?

Your commentary made me laugh 'till I cried. You are very funny! :-)

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Specializes in kids.

I had my lunch interrupted by the office the other day....The emergency? A student glasses frame were BROKEN, not a missing screw, broken over the bridge of the nose...instead of just getting permission to let her drive home to get another pair, I was called at the students insistence ( and the secretary's inability to say no to ANYTHING). I took one look at her frame, had her call her mom and she went home......:banghead:

My biggest complaint is that every little thing is considered an emergency, especially during my lunch. The need for braces wax and a 1 drop nosebleed are not emergencies!!!!! And being called to the other side of the building for emergency nausea.
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Specializes in School Nursing, Public Health Nurse.
I've only been a School Nurse for 2 weeks but so far I would say the coaches are kind of annoying and up in my grill..

Yes! I had a coach call me concerned about a student with eczema asking what is it, is it contagious, should they continue the sport? A few minutes with Google would have solved that. And I don't know many people who do not know what eczema is.

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Specializes in School nursing.

::sigh:: Adding to this thread, I must say I can get frustrated having a boss that is not a nurse and has no clue about health and doesn't just stop and listen to the facts I present sometimes. Of course, I know I'm not alone on that one here :yes:.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Peds.

Hands down - lack of respect.

When I worked in ICU, I got "OH WOW! I bet that's really hard" when people asked where I worked. Now when asked the same question, I get "oh - that must be a cush job".

:no:

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My biggest complaint is that every little thing is considered an emergency, especially during my lunch. The need for braces wax and a 1 drop nosebleed are not emergencies!!!!! And being called to the other side of the building for emergency nausea.

This totally agravates the crap out of me! I had teachers send kids for a band aid for a scabbed over 3 day scratch, ice packs for knee pain from last week's game....oh and I need a extra maxi pad. Sooooooo if you have a real emergency you have to leave those kids on a whim and dash out the door to get to the emergency. I try to tell the teachers to call me first so in not leaving a room full of kids by my office..I also make bandaid packs and send feminine products to the teachers if they requests it. Being called for an emergency asthma attack across campus but the child is smiling and talking because she has used her inhaler already hmmmmmm smh!

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Specializes in kids.

And yesterday.....I got an accident report from a coach. Athlete was hit in the cheek (another head) in soccer. No s/s concussion. No info from mom or dad, no complaints form student during the day. Gets to the last class of the day when the teacher calls as the athlete states "I did not do my homework because I have a concussion and I also cannot finish my test".... "Hmmm....." I say to myself. So I call mom who has no knowledge of a diagnosis of a concussion. When pushed, she would not throw her child under the bus, but could not tell me that she had any symptoms either.

Knowing the child as I do, I must say I suspect s/he played the teacher. And that I was bypassed in this situation because our policy would have the athlete out beyond homecoming games this weekend. I need to do a little investigative reporting to see in fact if s/he is symptomatic, in which case concussion testing will not take place until after the Homecoming....

Cannot have it both ways.....a concussion to avoid school work and not a concussion to play on homecoming....

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