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I'm in my third week of orientation and just finished my third shift of caring for stable, intubated babies. While doing my assessment on one of my patients, after inline suctioning, his HR and sats dropped to the 30's. My preceptor had just gone t...

A sign out sheet is a great idea! I just consider the clothes I give out as gone the minute they walk out the door. I do send a note home stapled to the bag asking for them to be washed and returned. We get a lot of rainy days here and the minute ...

My guess would be CYA. They've probably been complaining all day and the teacher didn't want to send them. Teacher figures if they send them even during the last 10 minutes, they can say that they sent them to the nurse. Doesn't matter that we can...

I was JUST complaining to my aide about this. We have a new principal and I'm quite sure she has no idea what my name is, as she always refers to me as "the nurse". I also love it when they stand in my clinic door (my office is further back into th...

Yik Yak was a (horrible) thing here last year and once word got out, the district quickly banned it and made it unaccessable at school. It died down pretty quickly after that, thankfully, and hasn't been mentioned since. Hopefully, the same will ha...

My clinic assistant used to have cafeteria duty in the morning and would grab the cereals, bananas, milk, etc. that were left untouched. Someone from the cafeteria told her that she wasn't allowed to do that and it had to be thrown away. What?? Sh...

I had a dad call me yesterday morning to let me know that his daughter has an earache and she will be "coming in to see you all day because she's in a lot of pain". She can't stay home anymore or she'll have to repeat kindergarten. He didn't bother ...

I love it when I send home for possible fracture and not only do they NOT take the child for an x-ray, but the child reports to me first thing in the morning, telling me their parents said to go to the nurse if it hurts. Makes me want to scream!

I had 2 years of NICU experience before I became a school nurse. I wish I would've had a more well-rounded background, especially since we're expected to know absolutely everything medical by staff and parents. I also feel like the 4 years I've bee...

Our district provides free CPR classes during the summer for all interested employees. Nurses are required to take the instructor course and we are the ones who teach the classes. We check each other's skills off.

They just increased the starting pay in my school district to $50,000. I'm in Texas.

That's hilarious. Probably spread more lice with the head coverings!

This is my 4th year as a school nurse and I think it will be my last. I'm not sure if it's because of the environment I work in, the work itself, or a little of both. Our assistant principal is a micro-managing, administrative bully, and makes me (...

So true! I'm also the dress code enforcer and apparently a hair stylist if they come to school with their hair in their eyes or spiked up in a mini-mohawk. Our AP tries to send them to me but I tell them I have nothing to do with that.

My assistant usually covers my 30 minute lunch, but on days when the front desk, or other front office employees are out (which is often), they use her to cover for them. I guess they assume I can shove food in my mouth in between students because t...

Nice to know I'm not alone, but gosh it burns me that we get treated like this!

I'm more than happy to take their temps, but they're adults and should be able to make their own decisions on what to do with a 99 degree temp. I bought a wrist BP cuff and showed my frequent fliers where it is and how to use it. If you want your B...

And more importantly, what do they expect us to do about it????!!!!!!

Okay, going to have to bump this thread to the top again. I just got called for an interview at a high school tomorrow. Can anyone offer any words of wisdom for the interview? For example, things I need to do differently in a high school vs. elementa...

I'm currently at a PK-6th grade campus, and while I appreciate my job, I've been considering switching to high school if a position opens up. My clinic aide used to work in a high school clinic, and she believes, knowing what I gripe about every day...

No, I wish! I have them repeat their symptoms to me as I document it in the computer. They don't care. The only time their symptoms magically improve is when they know they're going home.

Ha! True. I'm actually amazed that I have yet to encounter gum in the hair. I guess I'll leave that one to the parents. I did get one sent to me because a child cut a chunk of another child's hair without his permission. This happened at home. ...

I'm getting annoyed just reading these. It's that time of year when I'm just done. Some of my requests have been: flossing a piece of food out from between teeth (I only did it because I'm also a dental hygienist), trimming fingernails, fixing hai...

I feel really dumb asking this (especially since this is my 3rd year as a school nurse) but what exactly are we supposed to look for with a sore throat? I don't send anyone home or even call home unless they are in tears. They get a salt water garg...

I had this happen a couple weeks ago again and thought of this thread. I had the time, so I tried to help her. I did ask if her teacher tried, and she said yes, so I wasn't annoyed at the teacher. Unfortunately, I couldn't get it to go through the...