One day at school, a 9yr old child with asthma starts to have difficulty breathing during recess. The school has a policy that meds must be kept in the admin office. She finds a teacher to take her to the office, the office assistant struggles to find her inhaler among many, and the problem worsens. The teacher calls 911 because the school nurse is not on campus that day (the nurse is shared by 3 schools). What are some of things you might want to consider to improve care for this girl?
The best way to improve the situation is to provide school nurse in every school although it will take a lot of funding. If unable to provide school nurse in every school, then we should have regulation on medicine that school provide. Once a year, there will be an inspector coming to school and check if the medicine are appropriately categorized in different cabinets and if the medicine are not outdated or expired. I understand to provide each school with a school nurse is nearly impossible, therefore, I think maybe school officers could go into training to have basic knowledge about medication and any possible kind's illness symptom. I believe the training session that school district provide once a half year or once a year wouldn't be too difficult with budget.
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