I know this has been posted before but I just need to vent it out!!!! Why do teachers freak the freak out about everything?? I have ran all over the building 2 days in a row scooping up students "about to pass out." When I get there, they are usually fine. This morning, the teacher sent me to the wrong room as she was in such a panic. Take the 3 seconds to check your dang room number before sending me to the complete wrong side of the building which will take an additional 5 minutes.
Then she told me student did not eat breakfast and diagnosed him with hypoglycemia. He told me he ate eggs, bacon and toast with jelly and orange juice right before school. Uggh, keep your diagnosis to yourself please and spend that time memorizing your room #.
The deal is, I have been doing this 10 years and I have been called away on so many non emergency "emergencies" that I truly do not get in any hurry anymore. Just numb to it. One if these days it is going to be valid..........
Yep. When I hear "it's an emergency" unless it comes from someone I trust to use that term properly (there are a very few), I'm not in a rush.
Anytime blood is involved, it is going to be fatal, of course. Especially dripping blood! Well, if you have a kid with a cut and don't bother to grab some gauze/etc out of the first aid I made for you in the classroom, yep, they could leave a trail.
Update: Yes, I have been called on an "emergency" every darn day this week - even this morning already and school barely started.
Yesterday, I was called to another "about to pass out, so lethargic, every bone and muscle in body painful and seized up."
When I get there and saw a familiar (dramatic) face, I just about took the wheelchair and ran the opposite direction.
Tired = he did not go to bed until 2:00AM
Pain = he was playing all kinds of physical games at the birthday party he was at until 12:30 the night before. Trust me, this kid WAS sore because his little couch potato self is not used to physical exertion.
I am sure if I was not there, 911 would have been dispatched for basically what amounts to a 6th grade "hangover."
A couple of weeks ago, they called 911 on a "non responsive" student when I left campus early. Of course, absolutely fine and perfect vitals when paramedics came. I bet she would have responded if I was there to use my "nurse voice." If not, a good old sternal rub probably would have done the trick.
Why are middle school teachers so blind to middle school drama. HELLO???????
I'll often times ask if it's an emergency when I talk to teachers. I have to remind them that they have a list of what constitutes an emergency, and I'm not asking them to ask the student! Because just about everything is an emergency to a student asking to see the nurse.
Farawyn
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My Nurse Voice and my Mommy Voice are verrrrrry similar.