"My Mom's a Nurse......

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And thinks she knows everything."

Little Darling came in complaining of a sore throat and bilateral ear pain. States pain is worse than yesterday's visit. Student crying. When asked why she was at school, student said her parents made her come to school. And in the course of the conversation she made the statement "My mom is a nurse and thinks she knows everything."

LD did not want me to call mom, because mom told her she was not going to go to the nurse today.

LD said mom was treating with antibiotics at home. What more could I do? I gave her throat spray. With her being 18 I really can't go and just call mom.

Specializes in School Nursing, Hospice,Med-Surg.

Can I just say it? My nurse moms are the WORST. I have one that always challenges my "method" or says she's much too busy to come pick up her sick child. You know, her job is much more important than parenting. Her daughter has been sick multiple times this year and when I call her to say little precious has a fever she says I don't know how to take a temperature.

Another nurse mom tried to send in her kid who had vomited up his toenails in the clinic the previous afternoon. When I called her to come back & pick him up she screamed at me, "he is NOT sick! He was fine last night & needs to be at school! I am a NURSE and would NEVER send a sick kid to school!!" Well, babe, you're a NICU nurse who signed the school policy that says you can't send a kid who's vomited in the past 24 hours. You've had kids in this school for the past 9 years so turn that car around and come pick up Junior from the SCHOOL nurse's clinic. It rubbed me the wrong way because we are also friends IRL and our daughters are very close.

As a nurse, just have some professional courtesy for one another. Seriously.

Specializes in NCSN.

As a nurse, just have some professional courtesy for one another. Seriously.

YES! I have a parent who I learned actually applied for my position and used to demand a phone call for every visit and then be angry I was calling every day because her little ones are all frequents of mine.

But, now she is subbing in the district next door to ours and she has COMPLETELY changed. I think she gets it now, but I still feel like there was no excuse for how she was in the spring.

I had 2 very different nurse parent experiences on the same field trip this year. Mom #1 is a supervisor on a peds floor at a local hospital, her Little Darling is a FF of mine. Mom was on the field trip, so LD was especially needy and whiney. Mom was so mad that I did not bring 1.) a thermometer 2.) an otoscope 3.)an instant warm compress and 4.)Tylenol and Motrin to a 3 hour pumpkin patch field trip. She actually said "What kind of nurse are you?! You're not prepared for anything" Sorry lady, not one of those things are necessary, 2 of those things I don't even have in my office and I can't give Tylenol or Motrin without an order, but you can because you're the parent. Why didn't you bring it? Ugh!

The second mom was an NP at the local ER. I was scoping out the lunch situations surrounding my few highly allergic kiddos and making sure that everyone was using wipes after they were done with their peanut butter sandwiches(so much PB&J on field trips!) and as I handed off a wipe, I caught a kid who had tripped before he fell face first into the table. As we were loading buses, she told me that she'll take her ER on it's worst day over managing all issues of 400+ students!

It's been a mix of great nurse parents and not-so-great nurse parents, but my least favorite have been the "Well, I'm in nursing school" ones!

Specializes in School.

Update. Little Darling was late to school cause she went to the DR and got a shot. Sound and looked a lot better.

Most of my nurse mom's are pretty good. This one felt really bad when she got home in the evening and realized how bad LD felt.

One of my least favorite things to here is (especially nurse families)..."No, I haven't seen the Dr, but mom gave me an antibiotic." Really?!

call mom

Specializes in kids.

It's been a mix of great nurse parents and not-so-great nurse parents, but my least favorite have been the "Well, I'm in nursing school" ones!

This...a thousand times over!!!! A little knowledge can very dangerous. The phrase I thrown at me several times this year was "eveidenced based practice" trying to get the kid back to an athletic activity they were NOT ready for.

Specializes in IMC, school nursing.

As a nurse, just have some professional courtesy for one another. Seriously.

You haven't ventured into the general nursing boards, have you?:rolleyes:

Specializes in School nursing.

To add to the this thread I once had a nurse mom tell me that 600 mg ibuprofen was the standard dosing for her child's weight and that she didn't need a doctor's order for it to be given in school. Child is a teenager and well over 110 pounds. My standing orders cover the OTC dosing for ibuprofen of 400 mg. I explained this. She kept telling me the OTC dosing was 600 mg for his weight. Ugh.

This is the same parent who picked up her child when he ripped his pants and would not wear any spare uniform pants (I had brand new pants in his size) because he is particular to specific fabric softness that only she can pick out.

Perhaps I should also put that part in the C'mon! thread.

Specializes in IMC, school nursing.
My standing orders cover the OTC dosing for ibuprofen of 400 mg. I explained this. She kept telling me the OTC dosing was 600 mg for his weight. Ugh.

That's a wonderfully liberal protocol, ours is 200 mg. max. I am concerned that children don't respond to 200mg, given the opioid crisis.

Specializes in School nursing.
That's a wonderfully liberal protocol, ours is 200 mg. max. I am concerned that children don't respond to 200mg, given the opioid crisis.

It is up 400 mg. I typically start at 200 mg unless it is for migraine treatment or injury.

Specializes in IMC, school nursing.

So today's "my parent is a nurse" story involves yours truly. My 11 year old went to sleep at 7:30 last night and awakened with diarrhea at 5:30 this morning. Yeah, hindsight always sees the whole picture, don't judge. We get to school and he has more diarrhea, mom came and saved the day.

Specializes in School health, pediatrics.

I come from a primary care background and the I (my husband, sister, aunt, mother, great great grand mother, childhood neighbor) am a nurse and ....

It was never positive. Most frustrating phrase, you were definately going to field either a complaint or a rediculous assertation after those words. Here at the school I have not had too much "I'm a nurse" drama besides a parent who called and said "I'm a nurse, please call me before my husband."

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