The Vomit Thread

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I was here for 5 minutes and an 8th grade girl vomited all over the bathroom!

LOVE the custodial staff! Love them!

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Specializes in Hospice.

When my daughter was in fifth grade, we discovered she was allergic to wasp venom. How?

She got dive bombed at school, told the principal her chest felt funny and her stomach hurt. The douche bag waited FORTY FIVE minutes to call me!

In the meantime, she puked all over his Italian loafers (and lunch had been Subway sandwiches lol).

I did not feel the need to apologize for that-too busy whisking her to the doctor for a shot of epi and some Benadryl (she was wheezing audibly ).

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Our custodians would clean it up some time before 2016. LAZY.

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I just emailed the other nurses in my district. The one at the K-2 told me it was good luck, like a seagull pooping on your head.

So...yay?

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Specializes in ED, School Nurse.

I love that vomit = good luck!! At least it was not on YOU. :yuck:

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Specializes in School nurse.

Ninja stealth move practice and a spare set of scrubs. Avoid oral temps on a green kid unless said stealth moves are perfected.

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Specializes in School nursing.

Since I work with the older kiddos, vomit usually - not always - makes it to a trash can or bathroom. However, last year, I did have one MS kiddo I walking with up the stairs, when he stopped with no warning and vomited over the railing one floor below him. (And the janitor had left for the day. Good times, I tell ya. Good times.)

Now, blood, different story. Two pairs of (cheap because I know better) shoes ruined last year after blood seeped into the lining. It is because my office is across from the art room. In MS they schedule carving during the winter/spring and there is always at least a kid or two that does not hold the tool properly and ends up needing stitches. Oddly enough, the teachers freak out less about blood vs. vomit...

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I was here for 5 minutes and an 8th grade girl vomited all over the bathroom!

LOVE the custodial staff! Love them!

What a way to start the day! I agree LOVE the custodial staff!

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Love it when a parent comes in to pick up a kid who has just vomited and asks if they have a temperature…

I wanna say, take it yourself when you get home, isn't this pile of vomit enough?… But, I politely bite my tongue :)

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Specializes in DD, PD/Agency Peds, School Sites.
Love it when a parent comes in to pick up a kid who has just vomited and asks if they have a temperature…

I wanna say, take it yourself when you get home, isn't this pile of vomit enough?… But, I politely bite my tongue :)

Yes...I agree that chunky, smelly barf speaks perfectly well for itself.

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Yes...I agree that chunky, smelly barf speaks perfectly well for itself.

I haven't had fake vomit yet.

But it's only Day 2.

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Specializes in DD, PD/Agency Peds, School Sites.

I wish I knew who to credit for this vomit tip. Worked great with elementary but is also working great here at the middle school. Feeling like you're gonna barf, you say? Here, drink this big 'ole cup of water, maybe even two of them. No vomit in 10-15 minutes = buh-bye and back to class for you.

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