BeckyESRN

BeckyESRN

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  1. I have no patience for this today!

    On the other hand: I had one come in right off of the bus and say "I know this isn't a medical issue, so it's not your problem, but do you have something that I could clean the dog poop off of my shoe...
  2. new cool sayings

    Only you can control your future -Dr.Seuss- is on my
  3. Med takers....

    I have 1 that give meds to BID that keeps "forgetting" which is code for blowing off taking her meds and getting annoyed when I call her down from class. It's a fun
  4. Pet peeve

    Perhaps the students at my school will be out saving grace. We still teach cursive in 2nd and 3rd
  5. If you feel sick the nurse will call me and you can go home

    Right?! I hate having to call them once the motrin wears
  6. School Nurse "Holiday Wish List"

    and physicals! not an office visit
  7. I Need to Vent...

    You have to have a lunch. They are being ridiculous. How many terrible, horrible, no good, very bad things have happened in the 1 hour a day that you are out of your office? I would keep the radio on...
  8. Why? Why? Why?

    Had a kid come in to "get my legs and shoes washed up" because they were covered in mud. Not happening. There is the sink, here are the paper towels, have fun. I now have 0 articles of boy clothes in...
  9. C'Mon Now!

    We're on a roll today folks: 4th grader:"My hands get really red and sore when I clap a lot in music class" Me: yep, that's normal 4th: "Well, some times the one that I write with gets sore when I...
  10. C'Mon Now!

    4th grader "I'm really sick. I never sneeze more than twice in a row and I just sneezed 5 times. I think I should go home" Me: Why on Earth would you need to go home over a few sneezes? 4th: "Because...
  11. Facial Drooping in Adolescent

    This should be the slogan on all
  12. Monday, after break...

    We're back in session tomorrow, let the madness
  13. How's the day going...

    Naturally, i would have 2 reportable injuries in the final 15minutes before a break! One gnarly black eye and one probable sprain/tear of a knee-Happy Thanksgiving
  14. C'Mon Now!

    Received a physical that I've been asking for for over a year. In bright red letter at the tope of page 2 it says "Almonds!!". Apparently that student is highly allergic. In fact, they used Dad's...
  15. How's the day going...

    Last day before break, thank goodness! It's been rather slow in here
  16. When you can't solve it all...

    Situations like this are the worst:( You missed it, but you had no reason to suspect it, so it's a no win. This is what the phrase "Moving forward" was invented for! Another reason that an asthma...
  17. Why do parents think schools are daycares?

    Trust me, all of us school nurses here understand that not everyone can drop everything to run to the school. We've all kept sick kids in our office all day because a parent cannot come pick them up....
  18. Facial Drooping in Adolescent

    In the absence of all other symptoms, my thought was Bell's Palsy. Although, since no one will fill you in, maybe they did get a terribly scary diagnosis-MS, brain tumor, ect- and now they are...
  19. Why do parents think schools are daycares?

    I don't think a lot of people realize what teachers go through already. I know we vent about teachers, but this is something else! The teachers in my building arrive by 7:30am they leave between 4:30...
  20. Off topic: 8 year old found out Santa doesn't exist

    Last year a Kinder teacher brought her elf to my office because her students, being very rowdy and not listening, knocked him off of a book shelf. I returned him in a tissue box bed with a gauze leg...
  21. Why do parents think schools are daycares?

    I was going to respond, but I just cannot adequately put into words how this makes me feel right
  22. sunglasses indoors-thoughts?

    We have a student who wears prescription sunglasses everyday. It is causing problems in the classroom now because he can't see when the teachers dim the lights to use the document camera or to show a...
  23. C'Mon Now!

    I have so many questions?! Why? Where did he obtain this tail? What type of lizard? Is the lizard okay? What happened to provoke the lizard to drop its tail? so many
  24. It's been a week, focus on the positive

    Joe Biden memes
  25. first time to see death

    My first death was an awful experience. He was young-ish 50s maybe, can in with CP, refuse the medication the would protect his kidneys during the heart cath. He told me "If I don't have this cath,...