So many sick kids today...

[Amethya]

I'm getting sick myself, but I took some medicine and came to work. But it's so hard to feel so crappy and have 20 kids come in and it's barely 12 pm! Each of them with the same symptoms, headache, stuffy nose. There's not much I can do for them and I feel so bad for them and for myself as well. A lot of them went home too.

I feel I should call in tomorrow, I feel pretty bad.

[AdobeRN]

While I'm certain that many school nurses come to work sick- I think we get way more sick time that the average nurse! When I worked in sub-acute care, I got 6 sick days that I could use over 12 months (approx. 260 days). As a SN, I have 12 that I can use over 182 days that roll over indefinitely. I will use them if I need to :)

Our roll over too...we get 10 days - can use for whatever we want. I know I am one of those nurses that comes to work "sick" - it is so difficult to get a sub at the last minute. I rarely use my days - last year I started to take random days off here and there and I still have 47 days in my "bank".

[kidzcare]

I am very fortunate to have an awesome immune system. I very seldom get sick. The last time I had a fever was December 2012. I like seeing my days add up and knowing that if something major happens that I will have the time stocked to take off.

[Amethya]

I am very fortunate to have an awesome immune system. I very seldom get sick. The last time I had a fever was December 2012. I like seeing my days add up and knowing that if something major happens that I will have the time stocked to take off.

I'm the same way, I haven't had a fever in years, the last one was during 2012, but it was a stressful time because I went from aunt to mother in a day when my sister-in-law passed away and I got sick. I only get some colds during the year, 3 in average, but that's all.

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

you are right. Pertussis is going around in some areas of PA now.