NanaPoo

Happy Monday! Are you counting days til Summer? 3.5 days for me! So, I have a question for those of you in elementary schools and how you handle potty accidents. I am the lone nurse at our school and when our littles have pee and poop accidents the r...

I'm late to the game but we had 7 inches in my Atlanta suburb last Friday & Saturday. Such a rare occurrence down here! It was beautiful. But we had tree limbs falling everywhere in my neighborhood and power was out at my house for 48 hours and I...

I constantly get a complaint like, "my stomach is hurting," or "my head is hurting," etc.. When I ask how long this issue has been going on they'll say, "since math" or "it started when I was leaving recess" as if I have every student schedule memori...

Arrggghhh!!! I had a kid come by to tell me her lips hurt yesterday and I had such a Napoleon Dynamite moment! My lips are killing me. Gah!!

Kid: My tooth really hurts and it's loose. I'm worried it's not a baby tooth. Me: Did you bump it into something? Kid: I bit down on a jawbreaker about 3 days ago? Me: Did you tell your mom? Kid: Yeah, but she's not really into teeth. And my dad is a...

I've literally been wearing black or gray for the past 3 weeks. Is that sign of depression? The string on my gray scrub pants is pink. Does that count?

I have a 3rd grade teacher with diagnosing abilities. She's fresh out of school so she's roughly 23 years old. She sends notes down with her kids that say: "I saw a lice bug jump out of Suzy's hair. She has a lice infestation." "Anna has a mild concu...

Every year just before Christmas break the clinic excuses are just wacko. I had a 7th grader with a "pulled eye muscle." And a 1st grade frequent (daily) flyer who had pain behind his knee. He said he had an x-ray over the weekend, couldn't remember ...

Funny...when my daughter is sick I say I'm a nurse. I want her docs to be straight with me and tell me like it is. But when other family members are in the hospital the first thing is say is, "don't you dare tell them I'm a nurse!!" followed by, "oh,...

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Can I just say it? My nurse moms are the WORST. I have one that always challenges my "method" or says she's much too busy to come pick up her sick child. You know, her job is much more important than parenting. Her daughter has been sick multiple tim...

Ok, I just cracked up when you said "she's interviewing dogs today." Am I the only one who's picturing dogs waiting in a lobby holding their file folder with their resume? Or sitting at a desk, legs crossed, answering questions about their 5 year pla...

I promise not to key your car or slash your tires on that last half day before break, teachers. Merry Christmas!

I haven't taken a lunch break in 4 years so...you're more than welcome to come down here & let me catch up on those.

Urgh. I took a day off a few weeks ago only to get a call from my ex who said, "the kid isn't feeling good but I sent her to school and told her to go see the nurse if she starts to feel worse." I was all, " YOU!! You of all people should know not to...

I repair eye glasses, clean dog poop off kids, shoes, footballs and anything else, I keep spare uniform pieces for the times that kids are out of uniform or have bathroom emergencies or spills, I hem or repair uniforms when there's a uniform rip or t...

I always notify by email any medications given. Mainly because I'd want to know if there was any kind of trend going with tummy ache or headache complaints. The student may also be complaining at home and we may not know about this. I also don't want...

Oh, indeed. I have a 6th grader who was vaccinated all the way up until dad's 2nd marriage to a tree-hugging, non-vaccinating hippie and now this kid receives absolutely no OTC meds, no gluten, and no vaccines. Where in the heck did this girl's bio m...

My private GA school (just barely outside of the Atlanta perimeter) still sends kids home with nits. Fo' real. Our parents are upper middle class as well. They still argue with me on the regular for not sending lice letters home. I have regular meeti...

I was asked by a first grade teacher to speak to her student about nose-picking. I wanted to say, "let me pull out my Nose Picking 101 textbook tonight for a review then I'll be glad to talk to the precious little guy!"

When I was in college, our nurse had a sign in the infirmary (can I change my clinic name to The Infirmary?) that roughly said, "A cold treated with medication will last about a week. A cold left untreated will last about seven days." I've always wan...

Kids still ride bikes? Kids still go outside?

I couldn't possibly love this thread any more!! I've got the feels!

Oh, that's easy. Divorce lawyer. I swear, it costs me $100 everytime mine sends me an email.

How much are you and other upper management/administration types like you being paid? You seem to be spending your time on completely pointless projects. I propose we get rid of your positions, hire new RNs to add to the floors to decrease nurse work...