Vent! Teachers,parents and students ready for break!

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Okay I am so ready to be out of school, I have reached my limit of teachers trying to override my decision about whether a student needs to go home or stay at school. I have a teacher that wants her students out of her room for a runny nose!!:no: Then I have had teachers send the same students back to me 5 times in an hour because they tell them they dont feel good. I was actually very harsh with a student and teacher this week because they wanted to send the student home without any signs of sickness and they said the student was running a fever because they were hot even though my thermometer said temp was 97.6. I actuallytold both the teacher and student that there was nothing wrong with them and they would not be going home that day until the bell rang and then I told the teacher that I don't come in her classroom and tell her how to teach so don't come to my office and tell me how to be a nurse.:mad: I have never done that and I am ashamed that I let my temper get the best of me. Of course I am working sick with bronchitis because there are no subs to be found. I have had 4 shots this week to try to prevent pneumonia and a hospital stay and they don't want a kid who has a runny nose in their room???!!!THEN you have the parents who after calling 5 phone numbers you still cant get ahold of to come pick up their vomitting, running fever child so they are in your office all day/afternoon.

I am sorry this is so long nd a vent but I had to let it out someway!No one seems to understand why I am upset and have said that I really needed to take a day off if I was gonna act like I was acting. My reaction to that is Friday cannot get her fast enough!!!:yes:

Specializes in med surg, geriatrics, peds.

Okay guys D-Day is here!! counting down the hours!! Wehave parties , sing a longs and then out principal is grilling steak for us today for lunch. So my motto is if they send them to me I think they are all going home:yes: Sounds Like a plan!

Two and half hours here! Everyone had to have their parties yesterday, so I have no idea what anyone is doing today. Coloring and movies I suspect. Oh, and we had a fire drill! :rolleyes:

this week before break is always so crazy! The kids are over excited and over hyped, the teachers and other adults are frazzled (both parents and those in the school). I'll be happy when it's 3:30 today. :) 2 weeks of just the craziness of my house.

Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

today is the day that you'll sit there like the maytag repairman, because the malingerers never get sick on a party day. it's amazing!!

Specializes in School nursing.

Yesterday, they couldn't stop coming down. Today when there isn't much scheduled around the holiday celebrations, I don't think I'll see as much traffic...

Those frequent flyers are all healthy today! Haven't seen 1 yet. LOL!

Funny thing, I had FIVE frequent flyers show up at my door, one right after the other, with tummy aches (no fever or vomit of course!) . . . riiiight after the cutoff for attendance, so they could go home and still have a full day be counted. I wonder if they worked that out on their own, or if mom said "I can't pick you up until this time."

(None of them went home, or came back to see me again. I'm such a Grinch!)

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Funny thing, I had FIVE frequent flyers show up at my door, one right after the other, with tummy aches (no fever or vomit of course!) . . . riiiight after the cutoff for attendance, so they could go home and still have a full day be counted. I wonder if they worked that out on their own, or if mom said "I can't pick you up until this time."

(None of them went home, or came back to see me again. I'm such a Grinch!)

Lol! Yesterday, I had one of my frequent fliers say to me: "You must have sent so many kids home this week."

My reply: "Nope. I'm just mean. Plus, most kids are suffering from the same thing this week."

Student: "What?"

Me: "AlmostChristmasBreakitis. It's very contagious."

I was outside the principle office at the time. The principle shouted back from her office, very tongue-in-cheek: "I have it!"

:)

I hear ya, let me tell you! I realize break is almost over but I am still stressed out! I work at two schools, one more than the other. The principal at the not so much school has been emailing other people and cc'ing me about what he claims is my lack of attention to his school. When I called him on it, he said something like no worries, all is well. I forwarded his emails to my supervisor on Friday pm, and left it at that. He will get a nice talking to on Thursday. Either I suck or I don't, can't have it both ways. I swear I think he is jealous!

Also today my son totaled his Jeep. (Think it is anyway) Other guy's fault............. waiting for the other ins co to take blame and pony up for a rent a car. i am so done with this year, my mom, her bff and my godmother died earlier this year. Then my sister attempted suicide. I am soooo done.

Not sure if I am want to go back to work and fight Goliath or stay here and fight with myself! Rant over. : )

Specializes in School nursing.

Not sure if I am want to go back to work and fight Goliath or stay here and fight with myself! Rant over. : )

Not much to offer here, but ::hugs:: I hope work balanced out on Thursday.

Specializes in kids.

.....and we are back in the saddle again!

Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

after break - half day coming back for bad weather, then a snow day and the kids coming back today expecting a delay after yesterday's ice storm, i'll just be happy to get back on track!

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