Random Thoughts: School Nurses

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My mantra lately: "Wash your HANDS, go back to CLASS and cover your COUGH!"

Kid "sprained" his wrist over the weekend, mom very kindly has been wrapping it each morning for him though both she and I know he's really fine. Came in yesterday and today asking for mom to leave work and bring him OTC pain relief, which she has done. Today she arrives while they're outside, so I go to fetch him . . . just in time to see him make a great catch playing FOOTBALL!!

Kiddo, you're busted (but your arm still isn't).

fetch fetched, how fetch!

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fetch fetched, how fetch!

NEVER quit trying to make fetch happen!

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Notice the quirky or cute complaints are about the kids and the real complaints are mostly about the parents?

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If we can just deal with the kids and not the parents,,oh my..what a beautiful world it would be from 7:45-2:40

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Ugh, I'm running a low grade.

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Specializes in Pediatrics/Developmental Pediatrics/Research/psych.

To the young boy who has come to my office six times in one day: I'd love to send you home. I'm sure your video games are more exciting than your language class, and I definitely could use a break. This us but in my hands, and you really don't want to do summer school instead of camp either

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No, I don't know if anyone's in the bathroom!!! Knock on the door! I get asked this 15 bazillion times a day, including when I'm trying to talk on the phone. Even from adults!!

mc3

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

another thought on my bathroom.... just because there is a bathroom in my office don't assume that I have the freedom (nor desire - yuck sick people!!) to use it as i please. If my office has been packed with kids on stop all day, chances are, I haven't gotten a break to use my bathroom. So don't look at me like it's the biggest inconvenience after YOU, mr/ms teacher have just come in on your prep (what's that??) to use my bathroom when I ask you to (gasp) watch the kids in my office while i (arm myself with sani wipes first then) go for a quick pit stop. I swear i'll be super quick.

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Speaking of bathroom breaks… I will never forget the first year at my current school when I had finally cleared the health room of parent concerns and kid booboos and was able to dash down the hall to the staff bathroom. Just got seated and knock knock knock on the door. It was the office manager… "you have a customer"…

Seriously?

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

The "you've got a customer" thing really pushes my buttons. As far as I'm concerned the only people that have "customers" in the school is the cafeteria staff.

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And it is sometimes preceded by YOOOOOHOOOOOOOO...NURSE?!... You have a CUSTOMER!

(imagine thick Long Island accent)

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Specializes in kids.
The "you've got a customer" thing really pushes my buttons. As far as I'm concerned the only people that have "customers" in the school is the cafeteria staff.

I ask them if it is a paying customer.....

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