School Health Care

There are a couple of measures that could have been taken to prevent such a dilemma from happening. First, the school should consider revising its policy about meds to allow students to keep medication on them, or at the very least with the teacher in the classroom. An explanation of the child's situation and any special instructions could very easily be explained to the teacher by the parents or guardians. That way, the office assistant isn't burdened with the additional task of organizing ALL the students' meds on top of the many duties he/she already has. Second, there should be a school nurse at each school, as opposed to sharing one nurse for 3 different schools. It's understandable that this is perhaps the situation in many schools today, especially considering the budget cuts that many schools have faced. However, it is situations such as this with the 9 year old child that should send a wake up call to those who delineate where our tax dollars are allocated to. Although it may seem like they are saving money by only hiring one nurse for every 3 schools, in the long run this may be even more costly than it may appear. For instance, if something serious were to happen to the 9 year old child, the school then becomes vulnerable to lawsuits by the parents and subsequently can even damage the reputation of the school (thus costing them even more money).