![]() ![]() But I'm so interested to hear how everyone else manages! ![]() It's that "season" now, and I'm considering changing up my approach of letting them stay so long. After about 20, I considered sending her back to class because she was missing so much instruction, but didn't want her to be embarrassed by bleeding in class. The second case was a 12th grader who had an extraordinarily long nosebleed - upwards of 40 minutes off and on. She wanted to linger and, selfishly, I wanted to go home! Ultimately I observed her for 10 minutes (no bleeding) and sent her on her way with tissues. First was a 7th grader with a nosebleed that started after school and had stopped by the time she got to my office. Two situations made me rethink my approach. I have tried to think of all angles of course they may be avoiding class, but they also may be embarrassed to have a nosebleed in class, or the teacher may be freaked out by a few drops of blood, and escalate the situation by demanding they run to the nurse. ![]() The kids want to linger and I'm not sure why. Typically I give instruction and have them manage it in my office until the bleeding has stopped - but most often the bleeding has stopped by the time they arrive. Haha! Yes, this is sort of why I brought this up! By educating them on what constitutes a "nurse-worthy" nosebleed, these types of visits have stopped almost all together. bleeding so much/so fast that it starts streaming down their face/into their hands.Īt the beginning of the year, I was seeing a ton of kids that would run into my office yelling they had a nosebleed, and I think they would see a little blood and make the same exclamation in class and the teacher would assume the worse and send them down immediately. Kids older than that, if it is simply that they blew their nose and a little blood came out or a quick nosebleed that doesn't "gush", I tell them they don't even need to come to me unless the bleeding cannot be stopped in class without making a mess. I have them "manage" it by themselves if they are capable, which is usually the case by the second half of kindergarten. If they are younger (pre-k - 2nd grade) I usually keep them until the bleeding has stopped and start educating about nosebleed prevention and stoppage while they are sitting. ![]()
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