school health care

In the case of this child, the school's policy of keeping medication locked up without anyone monitoring access is counterproductive. I can understand the safety measure of locking up medications but only if the school nurse or another informed staff member is available during all school hours. If children can't access the medication they need within the critical time, then the protocol in place is useless. If a full time nurse isn't affordable for the school, maybe the responsibility for student's health can be spread out amongst the teachers. For instance, each child that needs a particular medication can be assigned to their homeroom teacher and records can be kept so that if emergencies such as this occur, that particular teacher will already have knowledge about how to adminster and access the medication for that specific child. It would take more effort on the already strained role of teachers, however without an increased budget there are limited options when working within the system.