2) I don't clean the childs shirt if they spilled something on it
3) I wont sew up your pants or a students pants
4) I wont recheck a student who YOU THINK is sick.
5) I will not notify the entire school for one student having lice..and no I will not check yours if you ask.
6) I only stock advil and Tylenol. STOP asking me for Midol, Aleve, Tums, robitussin etc
7)If your sick, YOU tell the principal YOU are going home using a sick day, Do NOT tell the principal that I am sending you home. Last I look you are a stinkin' grown up
8) I need my lunch hour to regroup and take a breath, DO NOT send the student down for a sneeze, a cough, a stomach ache, a hair tie, a new shoelace etc.
9)I will not allow a student to hang in my office because you simply cannot handle his outburst...call his caseworker
10) please stop telling me how great your kids school nurse is because she never calls you especially when you told me you sent them in with a high fever today....
whew, just the tip of iceberg, but thanks for listening.
Same with a student vigorously touching himself in class. If he is doing it because there's a rash, OK, I'll take a look. But if it's because he 12 and intrigued by a new phenomenon, not a health issue.
I am not a dumping ground for students with behavioral problems. We have a School Counselor, Principal and Psychologist. Yes, I know they are 'busy." So am I!
SERIOUSLY. I get this all the time. I only have 2 bunks and a tiny health room at the elementary school. I don't have a spot for the out of control, yelling kid to hang out.
I am not a dentist or an orthodontist. I don't have the tools to fix broken braces or replace wires nor can I determine if a student has a cavity by looking in their mouth.
I would like to also add about you guys NOT being an optometrist to fix eyeglasses!!!
In previous posts, I commented that I truly give you school nurses a LOT of credit for your jobs.
So to OP, know that I enjoyed reading your post. I have two ears (two eyes) to hear you sound off. NO WAITING!
Hahaha "a new shoelace" man yesterday I nearly lost it. I am trying to eat my lunch and teacher after teacher kept coming "Hi, I'm sorry I know you're eating lunch but..." not buts!! I am eating lunch unless someones life is in danger it can wait 15 minutes.
I've had a teacher send a student down twice for sleeping and each time I sent her right back. By the end of the day the teacher comes in my office saying that the student sleeps in the 1st and 2nd period class. She goes on to say that sheis going to call home but is alerting me because she thinks it's medical . Umm I think not! Call the parents and carry on . (Jr/Sr hs).
was the person that made the comment that the OP quoted. All I have to say about this thread is that School nurses Rock!!!!! I love this thread way better :)
I do not need you to confirm to us that "school nurses rock".....I do hope you have nothing but sunshine filled, unicorn flying, princess giggling days, and when you don't..do not vent here, cause I will make sure I write that I don't want to read that kind of post
Student- My teacher sent me because she said my face is red and that my forehead felt warm
Me- Did you happen to mention that you just came from PE?
Student- yes...
Me- *sigh* have a seat....
OMG, this happens to me all the time!
Earlier this week, the kids went outside for recess. It was chilly out there. Teacher sends child to me immediately upon coming inside, because "her cheeks are red."
how about the teachers that decide that your office is the perfect holding area for kids that don't want to go out in the cold for fear of getting sick (due to parent request or otherwise...)? I'm forever challenging their logic of trying to keep someone healthy by putting them in the same room with the kids that have fever, vomiting and diarrhea.
. Umm I think not! Call the parents and carry on 
. (Jr/Sr hs).
SnowyJ, RN
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