My Day So Far

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Specializes in School Nursing.

First Grader comes in for daily med: "My arm hurts, It has hurt for a month now".

Fourth Grader comes in for classroom band aids: "I have a headache".

Kindergartener comes in to hand me a paper from his teacher: "My stomach hurts bad".

Second Grader comes in for a vision screen: "My throat is sore and I want to go home".

Teacher comes in to ask a question: "Can you take my B/P and look at my throat"

Bus Driver come in: "Can you look at this rash on my inner thigh's"

Geeeeeez people..............CAN'T SOMEONE COME SEE ME WITHOUT TELLING ME ALL ABOUT THEIR MALADY'S !!!

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If a student comes in for one thing but make a complaint for something else I will only do the task they originally came down for. More times than not the teacher knows about the complaint and they tell the student no. Did the bus driver drop their pants?

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Specializes in School Nursing.

NO !!!!!! No pants dropping around here !! They described the rash and I advised seeing a doctor !

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Specializes in school nurse.

It's sort of Pavlovian. They see the nurse and automatically respond with a somatic complaint.

It would be nice to be able to walk the building and just get some "hellos."

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Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.

The maintenance man came to see me today. He is going to turn a little breezeway type thing between my room and the next door room into a coat closet with room for snowpants/boots. I may just love him :geek:

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Specializes in School Nursing, Hospice,Med-Surg.
It's sort of Pavlovian. They see the nurse and automatically respond with a somatic complaint.

It would be nice to be able to walk the building and just get some "hellos."

Exactly! Like seeing the toilet and realizing you suddenly have to pee.

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Exactly! Like seeing the toilet and realizing you suddenly have to pee.

I'm not sure I like this analogy in which we are the toilets....

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Specializes in school nurse.
I'm not sure I like this analogy in which we are the toilets....

But think about it, we do get crapped on, on occasion...

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

i have thought about hanging one of those hand made crafty sight near my door that says something to the effect of "you don't need to be sick to say "hi!""

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Specializes in School Nurse. Having conversations with littles..

Praiser-- Quote- Bus Driver come in: "Can you look at this rash on my inner thigh's" .

Tell us- Just how on earth did you not give the bus driver...you know...we all know what it is..."The Look". :blink:

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My day was filled with: " I was out in the sun having fun and eating junk food ALL DAY yesterday - and now I am too sick to be at school."

My reply: "You play, you pay."

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Yep, yep, nod, yep, yep, Whoa!! :wideyed:

Seriously? Inner thighs?

Please tell - how did you respond to that one?

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