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In reply to the discussion: Nurse refuses student inhaler during asthma attack [View all]Odin2005
(53,521 posts)58. The problem is not just this nurse, sadly.
People are habituated from day one to disregard common sense and "just follow the rules". Using common sense instead of idiotic rules written by some neurotic control freak will get you fired, while following the BS rules gets you promoted.
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Any child with the ability to dial 9-1-1 could have filled in for her that day
Shampoobra
May 2012
#79
This is infuriating. That nurse should be fired. Why the hell didn't she call 911?
pnwmom
May 2012
#4
She should not just be fired, she should lose any license she has to practice.
FiveGoodMen
May 2012
#37
If she wasn't going to give him his inhaler, the "nurse" should have call 911
notadmblnd
May 2012
#11
It sounds like they got the mom on the phone, and told the mom to come to the school...
Ian David
May 2012
#14
My daughter goes to a public school, and every time we talk to her principal...
Ian David
May 2012
#136
When I was in High School, an emergency inhaler was one of two prescription drugs...
Ian David
May 2012
#138
"waiting for the facts" usually means "I've made my decision and I'm going to guess The Truth."
Posteritatis
May 2012
#90
Really? If you don't have all the facts, then why are you saying the student was a faker?
CreekDog
May 2012
#112
You say not so fast, we need facts, but ---FarPoint: 35. I think the teen went into drama mode..
CreekDog
May 2012
#113
My daughter keeps a spare inhaler hidden in her backpack for just such stupidity.
JoePhilly
May 2012
#22
I would say the phrase "happened conveniently" isn't a particularly impartial way...
CBHagman
May 2012
#146
My daughter has asthma and the same thing happened to her during her freshman year. The school
firenewt
May 2012
#48
I used to volunteer at a radio station that was located on a high school campus
Lydia Leftcoast
May 2012
#51
If I was that nurse - I would be willing to get fired for giving him his inhaler.
jillan
May 2012
#60
this is because 504 plans are about filling out the paper work and putting it in the drawer.
mopinko
May 2012
#63
interesting. story in WESH has comments by the mother in the comment section
w8liftinglady
May 2012
#73
OMG. If that had happened to my son, who has truly severe asthma, he would have
tblue37
May 2012
#81
That's gonna hurt a little bit when the Board of Nursing makes its ruling on it
Horse with no Name
May 2012
#82
Florida nurses are subject to discipline by the Florida Board of Nursing.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2012
#84
Yes, the school backpedeling and saying it wasn't so bad is proof they did the right thing.
intheflow
May 2012
#96
The school administrator is at fault, not the nurse. They found the kid ON THE FLOOR in his office.
SunSeeker
May 2012
#121
Good info. I'm fine with taking back my other posts if this was not an emergency.
CreekDog
May 2012
#114
what I meant about the prescription label was that the medication was clearly prescribed by an MD
azurnoir
May 2012
#120
There was no current signed form nor doctor acknowledgement of the script
obamanut2012
May 2012
#153
so you defend the so called 'nurse' watching the kid collapse? and that's ethical in your mind?
azurnoir
May 2012
#156
I needed to be reminded of how we are informed by our own experiences.
LiberalAndProud
May 2012
#167
The posters/nurses who say they care more about their licenses than people's lives...
just1voice
May 2012
#115
so instead of dialing 911, you just sat there and watched the child have the attack?
SemperEadem
May 2012
#122
Minor functionary automoton without the good sense or spine to make the correct choice of action.
Stinky The Clown
May 2012
#161
Good Samaratin or Force Majeure law would have protected emergency action by nurse
Mimosa
Jun 2012
#172