This is long, so basically I lock my clinic door when I leave, security and admin have a key to my office, they unlock if I run upstairs real quick for a student who most of the time have acute thinks, like a bloody nose. They can't use anything in there because My supplies and medicines are always locked up because it can be a sketchy school I have my personal belongings in there too (not locked up because lack of room) Security stays with the student but they don't need my room. They are 6th 7th and 8th graders so its not like they are children and need assistant, also I don't trust the staff or security (i feel like they have it out for me) If you want to read more about rude people and their smelly bowel movements read Below... but this part is just a summary since it is so long. (sorry for that)
From my previous post some of you may know the many issues I face at my middle school....
I want to know what other school health staff do with their clinic when they leave and who has access to it. First let me start out with the location of my clinic. I am located in the busiest, loudest hallway corner, by stairs and the girls restroom is across the hallway. (I do have a private restroom). It is where students line up to go to lunch, and these students are LOUD! My room is not sound proof and it is so hard to get screenings done. (Plus the bathroom in my clinic has a very old rickety fan that is so loud. When you are in the bathroom you can't hear anything, not the bell or a knock) My Clinic is tiny, one cot, two chairs and this old massive wooden desk that takes up so much room. The bathroom door opens and hits the cot, that is how small. (I have tried to rearrange and nothing works).
Anyway all that aside some of the teaching staff will use my restroom, however some will use it and blow it up, and it doesn't smell like roses (let me tell you). Some of them come in my bathroom just to defecate in my bathroom instead of the staff bathrooms, but use the other bathrooms to pee. (I think it is so rude) And the fact that I have to sit there with it smelling and the sick kids do to. I usually don't mind but it has become a problem, and there is one female staff member who does it all the time. Of course this is a staff member that is not my boss since I work for a contracted company but is the one that is in charge of me @ the school. I will have my door closed and locked because no one knows or respects the students privacy and just helps their self and walks right in. But she has a key and lets herself in when I am either talking privately to a student or worse trying to do hearing test. And when she sees I am doing the test she doesn't care and goes into the bathroom and turns on the loud fan and smells up the entire office. I have a sign too on my door that says where I am at or what I am doing and still, no respect. Also many times if I run out of the room to help a teacher or make a copy and I come back and security unlocks my room has a student in there for something like a bloody nose. They do this often, and I even complained to security about them unlocking my room because I have medicine and personal belongings. I know it is security and they do stay in there until I come but first of all why do you need to unlock my office? They can go into the bathroom. And above all else I do not trust this school staff at all. They gossip and spread rumors very badly. (Its like high school all over again) and we all know we medical assistants, nurses ect who works in schools don't get to leave our office to make friends. Sorry this is so long. But need advice on privacy, and obviously many other problems.
Yeah, I definitely asked already to be reassigned next year. Just in the past two days I a
Having issues with people over stepping me with the student when I send them back to class after evaluating them and assuring they are ok. Then I hear a staff member called the mom to let them know he is ill! And when a student had a fainting spell the other day (due to being hot and dehydrated) I walked into the room and the staff was so dramatic and the student was just laying there embarrassed, completely conscious. The security officer was given her her "professional medical opinion" stating she's, warm claiming blah blah blah.... and I look down at the student she started to smile and we both started laughing. I just felt like that is what she needed because the staff were freaking her out! I evaluated, her asked her how she was doing, and she was like I'm fine. Asked her if she could stand and walk with me to my clinic and the security guard was like "yeah and I'll go with you!" As we are walking to my office I'm trhing to make her feel less embarrassed (get more details when we get to my office) and the security guard starts asking all these medical questions like I trying to one up me. (I guess they could save some money and just have her do my job as well apparently). She had complained to another staff member that I don't act "concerned enough". Like no LADY I know what I am doing and I know the number one rule is to stay calm and not freak the kids out! (Also the student was totally faking)
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Yeah, I definitely asked already to be reassigned next year. Just in the past two days I a
Having issues with people over stepping me with the student when I send them back to class after evaluating them and assuring they are ok. Then I hear a staff member called the mom to let them know he is ill! And when a student had a fainting spell the other day (due to being hot and dehydrated) I walked into the room and the staff was so dramatic and the student was just laying there embarrassed, completely conscious. The security officer was given her her "professional medical opinion" stating she's, warm claiming blah blah blah.... and I look down at the student she started to smile and we both started laughing. I just felt like that is what she needed because the staff were freaking her out! I evaluated, her asked her how she was doing, and she was like I'm fine. Asked her if she could stand and walk with me to my clinic and the security guard was like "yeah and I'll go with you!" As we are walking to my office I'm trhing to make her feel less embarrassed (get more details when we get to my office) and the security guard starts asking all these medical questions like I trying to one up me. (I guess they could save some money and just have her do my job as well apparently). She had complained to another staff member that I don't act "concerned enough". Like no LADY I know what I am doing and I know the number one rule is to stay calm and not freak the kids out! (Also the student was totally faking)