Watch me rant on my drive home from work this evening about how the nurse on the king’s school bus that we fought for and that our school district interviewed & hired quit AFTER 1 TRIP TO SCHOOL WITH MY SON!!!
Are you F–king kidding me?!
The only mistake I made in the video below is that I called her an RN but they only were required to supply an LN…
Anyway enjoy my exasperation as I’m stuck in traffic
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He's not /that bad/ and there /are/ kids like him. Not everyone is awesome enough to work with kids like the king. She's missing out on the best experiences that she /could/ have by defining him based off of one experience. I'm kinda sad for her. Best of luck
He's not /that bad/ and there /are/ kids like him. Not everyone is awesome enough to work with kids like the king. She's missing out on the best experiences that she /could/ have by defining him based off of one experience. I'm kinda sad for her. Best of luck
Sorry, the nurse is an idiot! She met him, I assume he is in a harness or something like my daughter so he isn't running around attacking her, I hope you get a resolution soon. But man reading and now watching you I feel like I should move, I work at a school and we had a child who would seize regularly and they homebound her, my daughter thankfully only has them a few times a year but they 911 her to the hospital - it's insane, let her have it and sleep and I'll come pick her up!
She is not worth it and King deserves better! He is entitled to the best education he can receive and the district needs to better meet his needs. Hopefully the next nurse has had better training w/ both non-verbal autism and seizure disorders!
that sucks. and i don't blame you or wifey for not wanting her to have to take him everyday. it is a lot of time out of her day. and it is the schools responsibility to transport him there safely. good luck, hopefully the next nurse has a better understanding of what is expected of her/him.
We certainly know how frustrated you both must feel right now. Like others have expressed some people no matter how educated are just not cut out to work with special needs. We have interviewed aids for our adult son, and have them end the interview with how much they want to work with our son and help us, even hug me at the end, and never show up for the first day of work, never heard from them again. Eventually you find the perfect fit and then pray every night that they stay for a while!
that nurse gives nurses a bad name. Now that you know what kind of person she is it's best that she won't be around your child.
We have had tons of experience with LPNs and the truth of the matter is that school districts amd home health agencies don't pay enough. I'm not justifying her quitting... What a terrible thing to put your family and the king through. My son seems (according to your blog posts) to be a "younger version" of the king. Stay positive that the right poison for the job will come along in time. In the mean time keep us posted. Your blog helps me so much!
You mentioned a quality of life issue - it sounds like the between the lines issue for the Nurse was exactly that: she realized that she would be traveling every day 2 1/2 hours a day caring for your son and did not want to do that. It could be an issue with another student. It could be that she has car sickness issues and didnt know she would be in the bus that long. It could be so many things - none of them related to your son. I am so sorry you are frustrated - believe me I would be too! I would be ranting! But breathe - dont start from the assumption it was about your son, even if she implied it was, because that might hinder the finding of someone who DOES want to do the job and do it well. ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!!!
oh that's crappy! try not to take it as a slight against the King, its probably some other issue that has little to do with him.