School Nurses: Non-Nursing Tasks????

[uthscsa2011]

Hello fellow school nurses. I thought I'd start a topic about the little (or big) NON-nursing tasks you are forced to deal with on a daily basis?

I'll start with a few of my own:

1) Wiping off tattoos (sounds little, but one took me 10 min to completely wipe away!)

2.) Earring insertion and removal

3.)Untangling a child's hair from her headphones from computer class

4.) Helping children with homework while they are waiting to be picked up

5.) staying after school for STARR testing training

6.) Having to call parents when a child pees/poops themselves

7.) Having to find a clothespin or safetypin to pin pants together when the button falls off

8.) Finding clothes for students who came to school with a shirt that was too big, pants too tight, shirt too low cut,

What can yall come up with?

[JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN]

Well today, I covered a class as a sub. Nothing major, just supervising the students working on the assignment left behind. Not the first time I've done this, though I am only asked as a last resort because we have had so many teachers recently go out on maternity leave! So, not nursing, but in a way it is helpful. I get to interact with student during class, some of which are not my frequent fliers. Seeing their personality in class is very helpful to compare to when they enter my office .

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

i had a teacher send a student down to me because his snack spilled in his backpack. I keep extra food here and offered him replacement. He asked if i was going to clean out his back pack. I showed him where the paper towels were. Here's the best part: it wasn't like it was a messy spill - it was some grapes and cut up melon that rolled out of a tupperware, the teacher just didn't want to be bothered.