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  1. Missed one

    Update: Student did have a fracture. I received a fax from the doctor's office today. "Salter Harris type 2 fracture", no restrictions, boot for 3 weeks before following up with
  2. C'Mon Now!

    I received a phone call right when I walked in "My son saw the doctor yesterday and tested positive for Strep throat. He didn't have a fever so I sent him on the bus this morning. I'll drop off his...
  3. One of my biggest malingerers

    I have a little one here with them currently. When they hit, there is no playtime or smiling. He rests in the fetal position in my back room with extreme nausea. Sometimes he gets to me in time to...
  4. Missed one

    I was sure the teacher was being overdramatic with the "multiple broken bones". I didn't consider the family using a boot they had at
  5. When you have students who appreciate you.

    Awesome Job! You have changed that little ones life for the better
  6. C'Mon Now!

    I have been getting Dr. Oz advice from people (and family) my whole career as a nurse. He's everyone's favorite doctor lol That is absolutely adorable
  7. Missed one

    No crutches, just the walking
  8. I passed!!

    Hooray!!!!
  9. Missed one

    This teacher likes to pretend her hand is better my thermometer (so many passes with "fever?" written on them). I had to talk with her at the start of the year because she would send me the same...
  10. How to spot fakers and send them to class quickly?

    I'm not sure if this is a new T-shirt slogan or just a sign I should put on my
  11. Bathroom accidents...

    This is how I feel too. My complaint is the fact that even if we all know the issue is avoidance, we need to "exhaust all medical options first". And in my experience, the parents know it's not a...
  12. Subbing at my son's elementary and the district

    I subbed before getting this position through an agency so I bounced around a few different schools and districts and the main thing you have to do is keep everyone alive (as silly as that sounds)....
  13. That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    I'm wearing the same thing I wore last Wednesday...which i know know because of this thread
  14. International Boarding School

    ^This.^ You cannot give treatments if you don't fully understand how they affect your students and what adverse reactions may occur because of them. Using evidence based practice is a nurse's...
  15. Keeping resolutions, school nurse style

    :roflmao:
  16. Keeping resolutions, school nurse style

    I love this! I usually come in and make myself a cup of coffee, which I usually end up pouring most of it out because it got cold. And then I fill up my water and it is usually still full by the end...
  17. New Year, Same Stuff.

    Jealous! We might get snow here Friday so I'm keeping my fingers crossed with my students that it gets us a snow
  18. How to spot fakers and send them to class quickly?

    Because the nurse's office always looks better than that math/writhing/spelling test and/or better than being outside with a
  19. How to spot fakers and send them to class quickly?

    Do you have time in and out sheets that you can look at to see which little ones are taking up the most time? Anyone being checked out via me has to stay in my office (my front office has made it...
  20. making friends in 2018

    If anyone has extra flugoggles, I'll take a
  21. How to spot fakers and send them to class quickly?

    15 mins IS a long time and a lot of missed instruction time. I feel like the more you know your students the easier it is to spot fakers. And use your teachers too. When I notice a lot from a certain...
  22. Good teachers

    Today at my lunch break there was a flood of little ones. two throwing up, one with a gushing nosebleed and 2 regulars trying to miss class. My secretary who gives me lunch immediately hopped in, got...
  23. I don't like my office location, Towards the back of the school off of a main hallway. But I love everything else. I subbed before this position and I remember the first day I came in here I felt like...
  24. C'Mon Now!

    Little girl brought to me with trash can filled with her breakfast right after morning announcements. I call home and get into an argument with dad about why she can't just stay in my office all day....
  25. School Health Council topics

    We have both a student and a staff wellness groups. My PE is technically in charge of the student and I run the staff but we work together on most everything. She runs the student meetings each month...