Over reacting Principals

No, I'm given the autonomy to do my job. You need to have a sit-down with the principal and vice-principal and find out what's up, and explain your needs in order to provide the best care possible... to prevent more parent problems!

Nope. My principals trust me to know what I'm doing.

Nope. My principals trust me to know what I'm doing.

I don't think its about trust. The parents at this school have them scared senseless because the parents are up here at the school about any and everything. And always yelling at the pricipals

Oh yeah. Mine like to throw me under the bus regularly......CYA! :)

When my principal is on campus, it's not uncommon for her to pop her head in the clinic if she knows that someone she knows is in here. The question asked the most is: "Does he/she need to go home/go by ambulance?" My usual answer is: I'm assessing it, I'll tell you in a few minutes. She wants to feel like she knows what's happening on campus. I'm a small part of it but we do have a set of highly involved parents.

The occasional annoyance of having an assessment interrupted is outweighed by the fact that when I need her there stat (to call a parent, to get an inhaler out of a PE locker that's half a mile away) she'll do it.

But I hear you. You are doing your job. They are covering their assets. It's an unfortunate situation that the leaders aren't being allowed to lead.

I remember the principal telling me at my interview "The reason we hire a nurse is so that the teachers can teach, the students can learn, and administration can do their jobs". That is how is should be, not what you are describing. My guess is either something has happened recently or even in the past where a parent threatened to sue or something, or your school has an unusually high number of helicopter parents and you are stuck with micromanaging administration. That blows

I am lucky, my Principals only assist when asked to! I am sorry yours are so in your business.

Passive aggressive helicopter admin. Will leave it there.

I am pretty much left alone, unless there is a student with lice, then they go all crazy and make me check everyone. Otherwise, I call them when I have issues with kids not wanting to go back to class.

We have two Principals. One is here day to day and is involved with students. She leaves me to work. The other does fundraising and community presence, he is always inquiring about students that see me when he is in the building. Those times are few and I don't mind, I know his "thing" is to be able to show parents that we are that involved with their children. Private school problem/ issue.