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In 2020 we revived “A Long Way from Henry Street” to provide a place
for school nurses to share their experiences with their community. This story originally published
in Volume 2, is a great reminder that often children take on their parents’ worries. We thought it was
especially relevant with everything that has happened over the last year! 2021 Fall Flyer
Kids Have Adult Worries

By Vicki Senter, RN

A student ran into my office. He was short ask Brad what happened. He wasn’t sure.
of breath but managed to tell me that He said he was walking with friends and
someone had fallen and was bleeding. He then his head hit the door jamb of the fire
was unable to tell me what happened or who doors. He denied feeling dizzy or anything
had fallen. I grabbed a first aid kit, locked odd before he hit the door. He thought he
my office, and went to the west hallway as might have been accidentally shoved into
directed by the student. My mind started the door. Finding no other trauma except
racing through the standard protocol for the cut on his head, which had stopped
any emergency. On the way, I overheard bleeding, I let Brad slowly rise to a seated
a page directing me to the library. My position. He reported he felt fine. I sent for
adrenaline started pumping a bit faster. the wheelchair. Brad was able to get into
When I arrived, Brad was on the floor, the wheelchair without incident. I brought
and a puddle of blood was growing around him back to my office.
his head. He was fully conscious and Once in the quiet calm of my office, one
attempting to stand. “Brad, I need you of the teachers told us that an ambulance
to stay still for a minute. I need to check was on the way. Brad became very upset.
you out,” I said. He began to yell, “I’m not going in no
He relaxed. I asked several teachers to ambulance!” He tried to get out of the
clear the hallway for Brad’s privacy. I put wheelchair to leave the nurse’s office…
on some gloves and started my head-to-toe Continued on MacGill.com/
assessment. While doing this I was able to Category/Henry-Street

Share your story!

We would love to hear from you. Stories of any type, topic and
length will be accepted. We simply ask that you write about
something important to you. Please submit your story or any
questions you may have via email to stories@macgill.com
with the subject line “Henry Street”.

GET YOUR FREE COPY!

The stories in “A Long Way From Henry Street Volume 2” ©MacGill were
written by school nurses about their own experiences of keeping children
healthy and happy. If you’re interested in owning a copy, you can add
one to your next MacGill purchase, free of charge (Item #72012).
Please note: Submission does not guarantee publication. By submitting your story, you give permission to
MacGill School Nurse Supplies to use the content in full or partially. You also give MacGill permission to use
your story across our marketing channels including, but not limited to, social media and on our website.
We ask that you please not use names of schools or patients in your story. MacGill reserves the right to
make additional changes to your story to further protect privacy.
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