so give the kid a chewable tums. its not difficult.:hmm2:

How do you know that kid isnt deathly allergic to tums? Unless the parents told you you wouldn't. Perhaps the one you encountered was a bit lazy or overly cautious that dose not mean that every school nurse is useless.

I think also first time they a kid they'll be extra cautious they don't know if the parent will freak out because they did something or didn't. Surely you know that some parents a frakaziods and think their kid has to live in a bubble and eat rice cakes. Until they see how the parent reacts I can understand there caution. You merely posted it here the poloar opposite would have made a massive deal of it and had Vegan muffin baking fit. Imagine what it must be like to deal with bubble boys parents. Probably have to drink goats milk and eat Vegan approved pancakes while in a drum circle to shut the parent up.

See my earlier post about putting a man on the moon but not being able to keep a file on "kids who are approved to receive over the counter medication from the school nurse"

bam - open the file

Kids name appears on the list

"approved for Tylenol, Advil, Pepto Bismol and Dayquil"

parents signature, parents printed name, phone numbers to call for quick verification and verbal authorization.

well that settles it, bada bing bada boom done, swallow this and go back to class

if the name isnt on the list, then call the parent, drag them away from work, have them venture out all over town to buy a bottle of childrens plug-o-poopy, drive it to the school, sit in the office for 10 minutes waiting for the kid to show up, give the pill to the kid, drive back to work or whatever you were doing.

im sure there are some amazing, mother theresa-esque, absolute world changing, sappy-tear-jerking-movie-made-about-their-life worthy school nurses out there.

but for every 1 of them... there are 10,000 who are there as a technicality that wouldn't know how to treat a skinned knee.

Our schools don't have nurses.
PT teachers have a 70 hour first aid course behind them and someone's always ready to drive a student to the clinic if it's bad but not an emergency.

The medical aid at Russian school was quite good (I broke my arm and got the pain killers), but the medical aid at British school I went to was exceptional. Maybe because it was a boarding school.

Plus the fact it was British :smug:

:O:

Actually, the bubble kids are easy, just time consuming. The parents usually listen and follow advice. On my end, the most difficult thing is they take the kids to the family doctor for every little ache. Then the doctor says rest a week then you'll be okay. Evan the little aches that they can go back and play. It's the parents that think all kid's injuries are minor that are a problem. They don't listen to advice. In denial that the arm that's dangling in mid-shaft is broken and will argue about it. They tend to not do what is needed to get the kid healthy.

QFT, well said fireftr18. :up: