No it all Teachers

[BooBooWarrior]

This is my first year as a school nurse. I have learned so much this year and just love it. The one thing I can't deal with is "know it all " teachers. I love where I work and everyone is great; however, there are one or two teachers who are always trying to prove me wrong! How do you guys deal with teachers like this?

[tining, BSN, RN]

Smile. Nod. Flip a bird in my mind.

[BrisketRN, BSN, RN]

"I'm just following school policy/state guidelines/CDC guidelines/the law/evidence-based practice," or smile in silence.

[UrbanHealthRN, BSN, RN]

This may not be the healthiest coping mechanism, but I generally try to avoid people like this whenever possible. If I do have to speak with them, refer to Biscuit's quote, ideally with said policy/guideline/law printed on paper and in your hand so the teacher can see proof. Total waste of my time and energy, but whatever. Them rules is them rules.

[ChristmasNurse]

I think I'm going to eventually have a talk with one very nice teacher who likes to play nurse. I get she sees them every day and knows her student's baseline. I get their concerns. But she's in the office everyday with a different kid, and they are all fine yet she wants me to call the home.

[AdobeRN]

I have one that used to be a military EMT - always trying to school me on stuff. Sorry we are not out in the field - we don't need the HAZMat team to come clean a drop of blood from a bloody nose - gloves and Cavi-wipes will do.

[AdobeRN]

4 hours ago, BiscuitRN said:

"I'm just following school policy/state guidelines/CDC guidelines/the law/evidence-based practice," or smile in silence.

I have used this response a time or two ?

[ruby_jane, BSN, RN]

22 minutes ago, AdobeRN said:

I have one that used to be a military EMT - always trying to school me on stuff. Sorry we are not out in the field - we don't need the HAZMat team to come clean a drop of blood from a bloody nose - gloves and Cavi-wipes will do.

I call malarkey... I've worked with a former naval corpsman and a military EMT and they never stepped in unless it was really, truly emergent (and when they did I was glad to have them). Sounds like someone's showin' off for the nurse?

It's hard. I had a teacher last year that LITERALLY played nurse. Last year I left at 1:30 and school does not get out until 4:15. I would come in sometimes and could tell someone had been in my med closet. Found out she was walking kids down and applying hydrocortisone creams, neosporin, etc. Even gave a kid tylenol once. I about lost my mind. I had to speak with her a few times and tell her it was illegal to dispense ANY OTC medication unless you are a RN. It really sucked. And I couldn't lock the cabinet b/c there were epi pens in there.

[k1p1ssk, BSN, RN]

I had a girl with a nasty friction burn that wouldn't heal because A) it was in a tricky spot on her arm where the skin stretches all the time and the family didn't follow my recommendations and B) they were applying vaseline to it and covering it up for some unknown reason.

Her teacher got sick of her complaining about it and put "Some kind of vitamin E oil" on it and it healed right up, according to mom! A miracle!

My only thought was, yeah and what would have happened if she got an infection or reaction from the miracle oil?????????? Would you be so happy then??