3rd Party Lice Reports

[ohiobobcat]

The following situations have happened to me over the years (I work in a high school):

I have had student A (along with friends student B, C and D) come in to my office and tell me they are positive student E has lice.

I have had student L's parent call me telling me that student L saw lice on student M and they just thought I would like to know so I can check student M. (Yep-for real)

Today I had a teacher email me about student Q, R, S, and T concerned about student X's head lice that they all saw crawling in her hair. Teacher does not have student X as a student, but thought I might like to know.

What do you do when you get a 3rd party report of head lice? Do you call the "affected" student down for a check? What do you tell the student? Sometimes it feels a bit like a witch hunt to me, but I am curious what other nurses do.

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

slight hijack here -so... if I may... I have a student who had a recurrent lice issue earlier this year. After repeat phone calls and half a dozen head checks, I finally saw no evidence of live lice nor any nits ?

Since that time one staff member has brought her to me at least 5 more times claiming to have seen "something big crawling". I check and all I find is dust / dirt in this child's hair. She is albino so she was very bright light hair. I refuse to remove hairstyles. No evidence of bites, no c/o itching. Nothing. How do I tell them to STAAAAHHHP!

[MrNurse(x2), ADN]

19 hours ago, Flare said:

slight hijack here -so... if I may... I have a student who had a recurrent lice issue earlier this year. After repeat phone calls and half a dozen head checks, I finally saw no evidence of live lice nor any nits ?

Since that time one staff member has brought her to me at least 5 more times claiming to have seen "something big crawling". I check and all I find is dust / dirt in this child's hair. She is albino so she was very bright light hair. I refuse to remove hairstyles. No evidence of bites, no c/o itching. Nothing. How do I tell them to STAAAAHHHP!

Give a three hour lecture in August before school starts with the premise that your policy is evidence based and teach the intricacies of parasite science. Tell them it will repeat next year if there is any misunderstanding during the year. That should stop it.?