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...
BeckyESRN replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School
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
BeckyESRN replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in School
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...
BeckyESRN replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School
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...
BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School
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...
BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School
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...
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
BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School
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...
BeckyESRN replied to JenTheSchoolRN's topic in School
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...
BeckyESRN replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School
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....
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...
BeckyESRN replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School
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...
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...
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...
BeckyESRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School
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
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,...