Last week I had a student visit me during the last 10 minutes of school. My office at this particular school is the back of the library. The student (who is Special Ed by the way) was already in the library and wanted to see me about a band-aid for a paper cut. The student and I began to chat and he mentioned to me that his mom is a nurse and applied for my job, but didn't get it. Obviously. He then asked me how I got my job. I told him that I applied and interviewed twice, then got the call. He then proceeds to tell me that his mom is thinking about going back to school to become a LVN because she's a CNA. He then asked if that's higher than what I am. My reaction:
I asked him if he's sure that his mom applied for my position (there are no health techs in my District. Just a Nurse). He was 100% sure it was for my job and he didn't know why I got the position over his mom who has "been a Nurse for like forever". So I explained that in California you need to be a RN and have a Bachelor's degree to be a school nurse. I told him that I'm a RN with my BSN and that RN's and LVN's are Nurse's while CNA's are Nursing Assistants so his mom isn't technically a nurse. BIG MISTAKE. His attitude changed so fast it almost gave me whiplash. For what felt like forever, he rambled on about how I'm wrong and his mom is a nurse and I don't know what I'm talking about and the school made a huge mistake hiring me, etc. When the bell rung it was like Angels singing. The student huffed out of my room and I did this
Today, that same student sees me walking to the office and gets in my face while yelling about how he spoke to his mom and I'm wrong because she's a nurse and I'm jealous and stuck up because I have a BBM (yeah he said BBM). And that I was probably in the Superintendent's pants and that's the only reason I got the job. Security could not grab him fast enough! I spoke with Administration and explained the last conversation and they had a talk with mom. Mom wanted to talk to me, but Administration refused to let her in the same room as me. Mom took student home for the rest of the day and demanded that the absence is excused. Admin said no.
So. That was my Monday. I hope your day was a little less confrontational. Admin explained to me that sometimes honesty is't the best policy, but that I did nothing wrong. Yay for Mondays
