SchoolNurseTXstyle

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  1. C'Mon Now!

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Student completely broke earpiece off glasses last Monday (while on spring break). Brought for me to fix this

  2. C'Mon Now!

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    A parent told me today that since their student only came to participate in a before school activity that was outside, his fever was not contagious!!! C'MON NOW!! Thank god next week is spring...

  3. C'Mon Now!

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Called to a bus on Friday afternoon for a pencil eraser sized abrasion with not even 1 drop of blood!!!! There is not 1 single day at my school that I do not get called away for an "emergency" and...

  4. C'Mon Now!

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Just had a kid walked down by two other students for a splinter. I literally just flicked it off with my fingernail. Another child saved from the jaws of death!!!! C'MON

  5. I'm so over...

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to scout mom's topic in School

    I am so over middle kids coming to see me and then their mommies showing up before I can even finish my assessment because they have been texting ALL MORNING LONG. AND - they are c/o the exact same...

  6. C'Mon Now!

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    98.7????????????? Call the

  7. Middle or high school???

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School

    I have done MS for 9 years and I am burned to a crisp. it is the worst of both worlds - 6th grade babies and too grown up for MS 8th graders. THE.DRAMA.IS.REAL and

  8. Advice? Support? I don't know what I need anymore... :(

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    I say you are in a toxic environment and the decision to move on is a good

  9. C'Mon Now!

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    At least 3 times a week at my middle school, a mass e-mail goes out looking for the missing DD. Today, she left class to go to the bathroom and did not return. She has even tried to lie about being...

  10. Students using cell phones to call home sick

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to hobiehobie's topic in School

    Very well stated!!! No point fighting a losing

  11. Broken leg/Ambulance

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to peaceful2100's topic in School

    Possible fracture (closed) with normal NV status of lower leg/ ankle. Urgent but not emergent. I would not have called 911

  12. Napping in health room and other things...

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to MrsMRN's topic in School

    NO!!! NO!!! NO!!!!! The clinic during cold and flu season is not the place for a healthy child to nap in daily. Plus, what if you get called out of your clinic for an emergency??? Who supervises him...

  13. C'Mon Now!

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    When you spend 40 minutes of your day getting the proper paperwork completed for a medication that is BID and should be given at home.......... C'MON

  14. Morning meds

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to ABRN2012's topic in School

    I would rather give it daily in the morning than to get those "I don't think he had his meds today" calls and e-mails ALL.DAY. LONG!! This year I have one that mom brings to school in her car every...

  15. Stocking OTC meds at elementary school level

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to nursetlm's topic in School

    No stock meds here!!! Only Benadryl and Epi for EMERGENCIES ONLY. With 1300 whiney whiners at my campus and teachers thinking everything needs immediate attention, I would be

  16. C'Mon Now!

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Mom upset at me because I was supposed to babysit her daughter's medication today. Divorced parents, dad dropped off kid this morning and mom picking up. Some med that needed to be refrigerated....

  17. EMS talking down to Nurse

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to heynurse1996's topic in School

    I have had EMS tell me I really need to get a parent to provide an Inhaler for school. "Really, never thought of that!!! Only been calling this parent ever day for 5 months to try to get one. But...

  18. C'Mon Now!

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Took the words right out of my mouth

  19. Happy FriYAY

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to OhioBPH's topic in School

    Did somebody say "downhill slide to summer'???????????????????????????????????????????????? Now, that made my

  20. Just curious... children who vomit!!

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to NurseCard's topic in School

    Not all vomiting is created equal!!!! Although. we do have a vomiting exclusion policy - we have this as a way to exclude kids that are truly contagious. If a child has reflux, car/bus sickness,...

  21. Remember to walk....

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to cooties_are_real's topic in School

    In fact, do not even let a kid come to mind because Murphy's Law - they will

  22. Confidentiality

    SchoolNurseTXstyle posted a topic in School

    I am quite a distance down the hall from the front office, I am actually in a suite with the counseling office. There is quite a bit of traffic in our area. So many kids, teachers, parents that look...

  23. Inappropriate to ask teachers to stop sending kids after a certain time?

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to Scorchednurse's topic in School

    I agree about NOT putting that in writing. The key is to assess quickly and only keep them in clinic if absolutely necessary. I do this at both ends of the day as I get a mad rush as soon as 1st...

  24. Confidentiality

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to SchoolNurseTXstyle's topic in School

    Thanks for all of the great ideas. I am going to document, document, document specific scenarios and go back to admin in a few week with that plus specific info about Ferpa,Hippa and examples of how...

  25. No support

    SchoolNurseTXstyle replied to Maria MA's topic in School

    I hate to say this but these are the kinds of schools/district that need to get on the local news for some kind of good TB, influenza outbreak. Then let a little ole mass hysteria push them into...