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student comes in and says,,can you wash my hair I have a lot of gel in it from field day yesterday? I asked if he showered this am before school, Nope, I got up late. Nope, you can go back to class and you can take a shower when you go home. he said ...

I immediately called the teacher to ask why and she said, all he said was I don't feel good...we both were fuming..

My three kids are in district where I live and work. I have left parties where my colleagues have been bashed, I have also left teacher pow wows where my close friends have been bashed. I will not discuss anything that has to do with a student unless...

Its best when they refuse everything you have, and you call mommy about her lil darlings outfit choice and mom says..I picked out that entire outfit and I find nothing wrong with it, then Mom complains and brings clothes and mom is wearing the same o...

I remove gum off sneakers like NO OTHER!!!!!!! Nah, only kidding,,, the kids does it.....and was asked by parent, How could I let their little darling walk around with gum on their feet...Hmmm, I said, who takes it off at home or at the mall when it ...

first of all...you are a school nurse...not her OB GYN...stop everything you are doing. No more. you don't have time, this is her fight and cause not yours. sorry Im blunt, but COME ON!!!!

okay, a student insists that he has a "floating rib" (never diagnosed) on left side that has now floated to his right and he cant take his math test. hmm I say, let me call your mom to see how she wants to handle the "rebel rib" and the rib's refusal...

we all have them, I hear ya, but his is special cause it floats around his thoracic cavity and never punctures anything. it only acts up when he has a test.

Wait, this is the kid whose mom is a gynecologist, and she covers his absences...(yup, I swear) and we laughed so hard every time he is absent, because the next day he will hand in a note stating, So & so was seen in our office today, please excu...

science teacher sends a student in because she thinks he has bilateral ear infection and a "raging" fever cause his cheeks are bright red. Okay sarcastic nurse coming out.."Hi Miss science teacher I have your student in front of me...his face is brig...

ummmmm.... oh well......they didn't vomit in your office..you are not a psychic..the teacher needs to get over herself.

new epi pen law..any teacher/staff member hosting, supervising a school sponsored event, (field trip, homework club etc) must be trained to give an epi pen. having a hard time signing off this one teacher cause honestly I don't feel comfortable him c...

Thanks guys...I brought my concerns to the admin and he stated clearly...do what I need to do to feel comfortable, so I engaged other teachers attending the event and trained them, and will have them hold and admin the epi pen. relief!!!

I would have an additional staff member present, either a union rep, asst princ or prinicipal. have a record of all the visits from her class. AND with kids seems to be freq fliers and how they always come out of HER class, no one elses. You decide ...

Teacher asked me JUST yesterday to remove gum from a students braces.."hmm, I said, why cant the student remove the (not supposed to have gum in school) gum from her own braces", and she said "well, isn't that something nurses do". I told her "I was ...

It cant hurt but I have found in the past with my staff, even when they come in and have BP off the charts, they want to stay. So, I clearly state BEFORE I take their BP, If I deem it too high, you must leave for medical care, if they agree, I will t...

Elementary school: I was at the nurse everyday, but not as a patient..I was the geek filling her bandaid jar, cleaning the beds, filing her paperwork..I knew back then I was destined to be a school nurse. Middle school: never High school: advil for c...

I tell parents I have a criteria that I have to meet..if they have a fever, actively vomiting IN my office (not in bathroom and they "flushed" it), or active diarrhea IN MY OFFICE. If they don't meet that criteria, they are MORE than welcome to sign ...

Let me start with.. 1)you are the school nurse, NOT their ON CALL PHYSICIAN!! If they ran out of meds, they call their pharmacy..not their SCHOOL NURSE 2)He gave out your phone #..UNACCEPTABLE. You need to let him understand that you are available du...

we do a fire drill and lockdown drill once a month. by law

the ole' my child has a peanut allergy, okay I need an epi pen and Benadryl & orders...mom then whispers, we just tell him that so he doesn't sit with a certain kid that we don't like and that kid eats peanut butter all the time. Mom continues..h...

student came in nauseous, handed her a bucket, vomited, picked up head out of bucket, looked at me and vomited ALL OVER ME....I felt bad, but why take ya head out!!!!!! went home, showered and changed... lovely!

high maintenance parents???? never heard that before>>>>>>NOT!!!

had a total shoulder replacement one yr ago this month, and wish I did it sooner.

you are forgetting to stay home....just sayin!! motion sickness tabs, and plastic bags and wipes for the bus. cause you know you are the ONLY ONE QUALIFIED to clean up vomit. Just sayin I do two overnight trips a yr. wish I could stay home