Farawyn 12,646 Posts Has 25 years experience. Nov 2, 2015 SullyRN said:I'm mean... I make them puke more than once. If they come to me and say "I threw up in the toilet." I usually have them eat a couple of crackers, drink water, if still no vomit I send them back to class. I always say "If you throw up again, come see me... and make sure someone see's you throw up!" Now if they have a fever with the one time vomit I will send them home. When I was in high school I would vomit at least twice a week in the morning due to sinus drainage. That's what a lot of the kiddos do here as well. Eat a cracker, dry it up, move on.I do that as well. If I think it was a fly by puke, I have them lie(lay) down for 10 minutes, if no further puking occurs, back to class.I do this mostly with the smiling pukers, trying to miss math.
Flare, ASN, BSN 5 Articles; 4,431 Posts Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma. Nov 2, 2015 I get a lot of "i threw up in my mouth" - which i tend to equate to "i took a deep breath and cleared out a mouthful of phlegm, can i go home for that?"
NutmeggeRN, BSN 8 Articles; 4,592 Posts Specializes in kids. Has 40 years experience. Nov 3, 2015 Flare said:I get a lot of "i threw up in my mouth" - which i tend to equate to "i took a deep breath and cleared out a mouthful of phlegm, can i go home for that?"I will write you a note if you will write me a note, then we can get outta here!
GatezRN 117 Posts Specializes in ICU, Adventures in school nursing. Has 10+ years experience. Nov 3, 2015 Bwahhahaha...(insert evil laugh). The expression on a teacher's face when I've just sent a kid who threw up back to class... Seriously though, the kid just ate a double portion lunch, spent 25 minutes on "that spinny thing" at recess. Most likely not the dreaded stomach bug. But when I am wrong... I always get the snarky "I knew it. He should've gone home."
SnowyJ, RN 1 Article; 844 Posts Has 28 years experience. Nov 3, 2015 Been there! Had a student a while back who had a stomach ache. He rested for about 30 mins, had crackers. Used the bathroom and procalaimed "I feel better!" back to class where he proceeded to barf the second he entered the room. Teacher was not happy!Whoopsie...
Tex. 232 Posts Specializes in Critical Care. Nov 3, 2015 Farawyn said:Beautiful. Those are some righteous dots.I love me some dots. Dots good.
JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN 3,034 Posts Specializes in School nursing. Nov 3, 2015 Farawyn said:I do that as well. If I think it was a fly by puke, I have them lie(lay) down for 10 minutes, if no further puking occurs, back to class.I do this mostly with the smiling pukers, trying to miss math.I read this and then in a Mrs. Doubtfire voice heard: "It was a run-by-vomit!"
huffmannurse 106 Posts Has 30 years experience. Nov 3, 2015 NutmeggeRN said:I will write you a note if you will write me a note, then we can get outta here!This kind of reminds me of what I told one of my very well known upper middle school frequent flyers yesterday...(Let me preface this with a little background information. I have been sick since the end of last week with a respiratory infection and still didn't feel like being at school. But, my son is having his wisdom teeth out tomorrow and I hated to miss another day of school this week.) Soooo, Mr. FF comes to me for the second time yesterday with lame complaints.My response: "Well, I'm not feeling very well today either. So, let's just suck it up and survive the day."Now granted, I do love my students and my job and I wouldn't say this to very many of my little lovelies, but, this is one I can say it to, annnnd wellll... I did
huffmannurse 106 Posts Has 30 years experience. Nov 3, 2015 GatezRN said:Bwahhahaha...(insert evil laugh). The expression on a teacher's face when I've just sent a kid who threw up back to class... Seriously though, the kid just ate a double portion lunch, spent 25 minutes on "that spinny thing" at recess. Most likely not the dreaded stomach bug. But when I am wrong... I always get the snarky "I knew it. He should've gone home.""SNARKY"... I love that description.
huffmannurse 106 Posts Has 30 years experience. Nov 3, 2015 Farawyn said:I do that as well. If I think it was a fly by puke, I have them lie(lay) down for 10 minutes, if no further puking occurs, back to class.I do this mostly with the smiling pukers, trying to miss math.Great descriptions of puke! Making us all have a little chuckle, and we KNOW EXACTLY what Farawyn is talking about!! ?
MrNurse(x2), ADN 1 Article; 2,558 Posts Specializes in IMC, school nursing. Has 28 years experience. Nov 3, 2015 Farawyn said:I do that as well. If I think it was a fly by puke, I have them lie(lay) down for 10 minutes, if no further puking occurs, back to class.I do this mostly with the smiling pukers, trying to miss math.Why do they all want to miss math? Our math specialist is soooo sensitive to this, she is easily offended.
Farawyn 12,646 Posts Has 25 years experience. Nov 3, 2015 MrNurse(x2) said:Why do they all want to miss math? Our math specialist is soooo sensitive to this, she is easily offended.She'll live.Math sux. Better she learn that now.(Kidding. Sorta.)
