Random Thoughts: School Nurses

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

What happened with the kid, ohiobobcat?

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The way the teachers stick together I feel like I'm in high school and I'm the nerd.

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Specializes in Acute Care, CM, School Nursing.

Random thought of the morning:

On my log sheet, I actually wrote down, "Invisible cut to finger. Washed hands." Sometimes I act like a jerk... :)

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Random thought of the morning:

On my log sheet, I actually wrote down, "Invisible cut to finger. Washed hands." Sometimes I act like a jerk... :)

Me too. Note my post in the other thread.

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Specializes in ED, School Nurse.

Are you asking what happened with my kid? Grandmother (guardian) came to get him. His RR rate came down to 20 and HR was in the 90s after about 15 minutes. BP was 120/80-ish the whole time. If he didn't resolve so quickly, I would have called rescue instead of waiting for grandmother. He was literally begging me to stay in school. It might have had something to do with the girlfriend. I recommended gram get him checked out and she said they were headed straight to the doctor's office.

An hour or so later I had another student found unresponsive in the bathroom. Is there something in the water? Is it a full moon? Is it vacation yet?!?!

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Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.

Recurring random thought: I so appreciate staff informing me, "you have a customer." Or, "there's someone in your clinic." If not for being told, I could easily not ever be aware they were there; just not be able to see them present in my clinic with out someone telling me they were there. :no:

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Today a teacher asked if he could be a nurse. I said sure and he replied that he "knows how to put on bandaids".

.... Um, yeah. Cuz that's all I do. Thanks for making me feel significant, buddy.

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Today a teacher asked if he could be a nurse. I said sure and he replied that he "knows how to put on bandaids".

.... Um, yeah. Cuz that's all I do. Thanks for making me feel significant, buddy.

Ew. Is he new?

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Are you asking what happened with my kid? Grandmother (guardian) came to get him. His RR rate came down to 20 and HR was in the 90s after about 15 minutes. BP was 120/80-ish the whole time. If he didn't resolve so quickly, I would have called rescue instead of waiting for grandmother. He was literally begging me to stay in school. It might have had something to do with the girlfriend. I recommended gram get him checked out and she said they were headed straight to the doctor's office.

An hour or so later I had another student found unresponsive in the bathroom. Is there something in the water? Is it a full moon? Is it vacation yet?!?!

D'oh! What happened to THAT kid?

ohiobobcat likes to leave us in suspense!

Sorry you had such a bad day.

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Specializes in retired LTC.
Today a teacher asked if he could be a nurse. I said sure and he replied that he "knows how to put on bandaids".

.... Um, yeah. Cuz that's all I do. Thanks for making me feel significant, buddy.

Ah, but did he critically think it out when to place bandaids horizontally versus laterally?
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Specializes in ED, School Nurse.

Sorry- not my intent to leave you all in suspense with my trials and tribulations as a school nurse. THAT student got sent out via EMS. Unresponsive, breathing and pulse present, known history of status dramaticus. Although she was barely responding to a not-so-gentle sternal rub from me, yesterday.

We discovered some kinks that need to be ironed out with the Code Blue response team, but overall I was pretty happy with how my staff handled and responded to the situation.

Student is back at school today with a 24 hr (or maybe 2 week?- there is some confusion there which will be clarified today) heart monitor. All other tests were negative.

Maybe I should have just slapped a bandaid on her head yesterday to fix her!!

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Maybe I should have just slapped a bandaid on her head yesterday to fix her!!

Hahaha! Since that's all I'M qualified to do... ;)

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