Overzealous school nurse is killing my budget

[2Princes2Princesses]

Now, that's not fair. It sounds like she has found a miracle cure--mints! Who knew?

We have the same problem. I went to nursing school myself, my sister is a pediatric nurse, and I even started med school. My oldest had a knee issue, Osgood-Schlatter. I know what it is. There is nothing you can really do for it but wait. The doctor knows about it. I know about it. The school nurse kept telling me I HAD to get it x-rayed again, it could be this or that or the other thing. Grrrr. The only thing wrong with DD besides the Osgood-Schlatter was that she hated her math teacher.

Then my oldest had it in her head she would look cute in glasses. So then we started with the eye doctor referrals. The nurse actually threatened to call the school social worker on me if I didnt take DD to the eye doctor, because she NEEDED glasses. This was after she had already seen the eye doctor the previous June and had 20/20 vision and the eye doctor told me she tried to fake not being able to see on the eye test. She told him she could not make out the big E. Well, I cant make out the big E and I would walk into furniture without my glasses, and since she can see her friends down the road without a problem, we knew she was faking. He told her he knew she could see it and then she took the eye test and could read that little tiny line. I tried to tell the nurse this and she started going on about how kids can develop eye problems in the wink of an eye and I should really think about what was best for my daughter.

I took her back to the eye doctor, paid the full amount, since our insurance only covers 1 exam a year, and then went to the nurse and the social worker with yet another note from the eye doctor saying Court's vision was perfect. I bought her those silly glasses from the mall with the clear lenses and guess what......the nurse leaves me alone now.

 

[abeyst]

I'm impress y'all have a school nurse. I never had one in school, and my kids don't have one, either. Maybe it's a regional thing.

 

[yitbos96bb]

I can see why that would be annoying, but is $20 really killing your budget?

What a really jerky comment to make... WHO THE HECK ARE YOU TO DETERMINE WHAT HURTS ONE'S BUDGET OR NOT?

KEEP YOUR INCENDIARY INSULTING COMMENTS TO YOURSELF.

 

[BeckyScott]

Well $20 wasn't killing my budget, because up until a year ago, my son was on Medicaid 'cause he's disabled.

So really, gosh, a special thanks to those who think that it isn't a big deal to drag your kid to the dr 4 times for no good reason, 'cause some fine taxpayer forked over money for nothing. Considering the demographic at that school and the over-zealousness of the nurse, I'm sure the fine taxpayers of Missouri paid thousands of dollars to keep her happy.

 

[mamalle]

$20 is $20 and I agree it does add up but at the same time I do hope we are talking about a registered nurse here.... If there is a issue please talk to the principal or whoever is above her. Our healthcare district pays and is responsible for our county school nurses. They all have a supervisors that are responsible for each area and nurses. When I did apply for a job I was shown criteria for each scenerio in the school setting and its very basic I believe. Im sure she is going by what her protocal is and if its a true allergy then it needs to be addressed and documented by your doctor. I did receive a call also back in Jan about dd's eyes- I knew it wasnt pink eye but did pick up my daughter anyhow.( she even said the same thing but she had to call me anyhow for the just in case scenerio) Did I take her to the doctor for a check up and have to pay my $20 copay?- well no. I did give her her allergy medicine and her eyes cleared up and she was back in school the next day.. Anyhow, school nursing is a hard job or at least down here it is- we have too many children that pretty much only have the school nursing program as their main healthcare. So many are uninsured in our county. We also have the exceptional child services and many have IEP also with health needs. That is the very reason the healthcare district took over this program. I have worked in a busy ER for many years and I have to say- this wasnt a job that I would want to change too. My hats off to these people that take care of our kids every day in this setting..