Random Thoughts: School Nurses

abc123RN · Nov 10, 2015

They id'd the poo, they can scrap it off. First one to see it cleans it

NanaPoo · Nov 10, 2015

What's up with the dog poo theme this year??

Last week I bleached two footballs a kid brought from home because he picked up a pile of dog poo, smacked another kid in the back, then decided to play with said footballs at recess before the news traveled to his teacher. How these footballs traveled to my clinic sink and I ended up being responsible for cleaning them and changing all these kids into new clothes, I'll never know.

Today, two more kids stepped in wet dog poo (remember, it's been raining in GA forever now). The first girl was nice and cleaned her shoes by herself but then the thought of dog poo made her vomit.

The second boy's shoes were so nasty his teacher sent him to the clinic. Whaa?? The conversation goes:

Kid: I slid in dog poop and have it on my shoes.

Me: And you're in the clinic because.....

Kid: Mrs. B doesn't want to clean it off.

Me: And she thinks I do??

SassyTachyRN · Nov 16, 2015

If they're not vomiting today, they have stomach aches, or are hovering temps in the 99's, which we all know freaks teachers out....

tining, BSN, RN · Nov 16, 2015

Poo on shoes or footballs = bag it and call for a new pair of shoes. The cleanup is all on mom.

Flare, ASN, BSN · Nov 16, 2015

Reminds me of the time I had the student swallow a quarter. Mom called me in the morning to advise me that they were putting plastic bags under the seat incase the child pooped to ensure that the coin was passed. "Ok" I told her - "I can do that for you-"

"So uh, just let me know if you find it" She cut me off. "The quarter?" I asked, thinking there is no way "Oh yes, just let me know if he poops and you find the quarter in it."

I then went on to gently explain that I'd gladly save the task of inspecting the excrement for her - they definitely don't pay me enough to do that.

SchoolNurseTXstyle · Nov 17, 2015

Poo on the shoe?? Give them a bag of ice! It seems to be the treatment of choice for everything else!!!!!

Tina, RN · Nov 17, 2015

No way, no how, would I clean poop off of a shoe. It would be bagged and a call would be made to a parent for replacement shoes. :barf02:

Then, I'd have a discussion with the person that thought I should be the poop-scraper... :no: :madface: (Assuming, of course, that the person actually thought I should be scraping instead of simply making a call home!)

NanaPoo · Nov 18, 2015

New Random Thought: Am I the only school nurse that spends a large portion of the week looking for eyelashes in little kids' eyes?

Keepstanding, ASN, RN · Nov 18, 2015

Me !! Me !! Also swabbing gnats out of eyelids too ! Accidental pencil pokes, poked with corner of their paper.....etc.......

Eleven011 · Nov 18, 2015

I always get the "somethings in my eye" but there is nothing there. No matter how much I explain that there probably WAS something there, but its gone now and you just feel a little irritation from it.

kidzcare · Nov 18, 2015

Ug. Student just brought me a pill in a baggie with a note to take it at lunch. Called mom who sees no issue with this. Referred her to the handbook.

Break next week, break next week, break next week...

SchoolNurseTXstyle · Nov 18, 2015

I had a nurse send pills in a baggie once for her kid and she argued the policy with me. I asked her if she was a floor nurse and a random person threw a bag of unlabeled pills at her and told her to give it to the patient in room 411, would she do it. Her response "Well, of course n............oh!!! Now, I understand your reluctance."

DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!