The tidbit about the poor asthmatic girl not receiving her inhaler illustrates the key problem of the nursing shortage going today. I started pondering a viable solution to the dilemma and concluded: why not robots? They were already used in the LA county hospital (as we recently saw on our class hospital tour) and they seemed to be doing an adequate job of supplying patients with their necessary medications. Why is it that this same approach can not be applied at school? Sure, costs would skyrocket, we'd lose all human contact, interactions, and diagnostic skills but hey, all the children would at least be safe :) I know this might seem a bit far fetched and I'm certainly being a bit tongue and cheek about this dire situation. But in reality, might not be far from the truth.
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