For the love of all that is good and holy, can somebody please tell me why the school nurse is the person to go to for clothing issues?
Examples:
typical potty accidents (don't really know why that is a nursing issue, but ok)
a kinder student who likes to pee on the floor when he's mad - I get called to the classroom to help change him (why is this a nursing issue?)
a student who's jacket zipper is stuck and can't get out of the jacket (I cut the kid out of it - why is this a nursing issue?)
a student's who's shoes are FALLING apart - the soles are almost completely separated from the shoe (taped the shoes with medical tape and called mom).
Seriously, I have teachers who will call/text/email parents because the kid has "a really high fever" (temp was 99.0) or because the kid has "a bad rash" (known eczema), but can't contact parents for shoes or clothing issues?????
Aaaaaaaaaaaahhh! I have been saying this all week. We have a soccer field surrounded by a walking track that our school is so kind to allow the community to walk on. And the community is so kind, in return, to walk their dogs on said track and NOT clean up the dog dooky.
In the afternoon, when kids play on the field, guess who steps all in the doggy dooky? And gets the dooky on their shoes, in their shoes, on their pants, and on their footballs? And guess where their teachers send them when this happens??
I truly don't remember Dog Feces 101 in nursing school. But I've learned I can handle every human scent on the spectrum but dog poo...apparently, not.
I also help kids with changes of clothes when they have potty accidents, fall in mud puddles, or rip their pants. I hem uniform skorts, and repair shoes. I've been known to sarcastically say, "Boy, those shoe cobbling and seamstress courses they made us take in college are really paying off after all!"
I just shared the gummy bear story with a student who came in crying with an injured knee. She laughed and was able to walk out of here. Awesome! I love this site.
Nurse_JackieVA, BSN, RN
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The teachers here would DIE if I sent the students back with notes like this.
By the way I literally LOL'd in my clinic when I read these. My snowflakes think I'm crazy.