The Heights

[Anonymous]

Yes and that is sad place where public school education is. Very different from when most of us grew up. It is not ideal to not have a nurse and this is why when you are paying tuition that you can choose..

[Anonymous]

My kids attend a Catholic parish school where there is no nurse. (None of the parish schools around us have a full time nurse.) One of the administrators is trained in first aid, meds, CPR, etc and handles dispensing meds, epi pens, calling parents for sick or injured kids. It’s very common and not an issue. My kid happens to have a medical condition which they have handled very well. There are kids with asthma, diabetes, allergie, ADHD. Do you need a nursing degree to dispense a Ritalin tablet?( You do have to turn in forms from the doctor and have the meds in the bottle from the pharmacy.) If that’s out of your comfort zone, don’t look at those schools, but it’s not exactly an anomaly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids attend a Catholic parish school where there is no nurse. (None of the parish schools around us have a full time nurse.) One of the administrators is trained in first aid, meds, CPR, etc and handles dispensing meds, epi pens, calling parents for sick or injured kids. It’s very common and not an issue. My kid happens to have a medical condition which they have handled very well. There are kids with asthma, diabetes, allergie, ADHD. Do you need a nursing degree to dispense a Ritalin tablet?( You do have to turn in forms from the doctor and have the meds in the bottle from the pharmacy.) If that’s out of your comfort zone, don’t look at those schools, but it’s not exactly an anomaly.

Our small Catholic parish school (only one class per grade) has a full time nurse. Not sure where you live.

[Anonymous]

If I am paying private school rates meaning independent private then I am expecting a nurse. Maybe they are bursting with full enrollment but this is a deal breaker for many.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I am paying private school rates meaning independent private then I am expecting a nurse. Maybe they are bursting with full enrollment but this is a deal breaker for many.

MANY are missing out on an absolutely great education in the classics and virtue and character because of a small issue that would affect so few. I cannot thank of a single scenario where one of my sons wouldn’t require a nurse over their Cpr trained teachers.

[Anonymous]

^pkease excise my terrible typos - my screen is cracked and has a mind of its own!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids attend a Catholic parish school where there is no nurse. (None of the parish schools around us have a full time nurse.) One of the administrators is trained in first aid, meds, CPR, etc and handles dispensing meds, epi pens, calling parents for sick or injured kids. It’s very common and not an issue. My kid happens to have a medical condition which they have handled very well. There are kids with asthma, diabetes, allergie, ADHD. Do you need a nursing degree to dispense a Ritalin tablet?( You do have to turn in forms from the doctor and have the meds in the bottle from the pharmacy.) If that’s out of your comfort zone, don’t look at those schools, but it’s not exactly an anomaly.

Lame. All of the parish schools in the DC metro area have fulltime nurses on duty, as did my kids’ high school.

I wouldn’t want some administrator trained in first aid anywhere near my kid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids attend a Catholic parish school where there is no nurse. (None of the parish schools around us have a full time nurse.) One of the administrators is trained in first aid, meds, CPR, etc and handles dispensing meds, epi pens, calling parents for sick or injured kids. It’s very common and not an issue. My kid happens to have a medical condition which they have handled very well. There are kids with asthma, diabetes, allergie, ADHD. Do you need a nursing degree to dispense a Ritalin tablet?( You do have to turn in forms from the doctor and have the meds in the bottle from the pharmacy.) If that’s out of your comfort zone, don’t look at those schools, but it’s not exactly an anomaly.

Lame. All of the parish schools in the DC metro area have fulltime nurses on duty, as did my kids’ high school.

I wouldn’t want some administrator trained in first aid anywhere near my kid

Heights dodges another bullet!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids attend a Catholic parish school where there is no nurse. (None of the parish schools around us have a full time nurse.) One of the administrators is trained in first aid, meds, CPR, etc and handles dispensing meds, epi pens, calling parents for sick or injured kids. It’s very common and not an issue. My kid happens to have a medical condition which they have handled very well. There are kids with asthma, diabetes, allergie, ADHD. Do you need a nursing degree to dispense a Ritalin tablet?( You do have to turn in forms from the doctor and have the meds in the bottle from the pharmacy.) If that’s out of your comfort zone, don’t look at those schools, but it’s not exactly an anomaly.

Lame. All of the parish schools in the DC metro area have fulltime nurses on duty, as did my kids’ high school.

I wouldn’t want some administrator trained in first aid anywhere near my kid

Uh, nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids attend a Catholic parish school where there is no nurse. (None of the parish schools around us have a full time nurse.) One of the administrators is trained in first aid, meds, CPR, etc and handles dispensing meds, epi pens, calling parents for sick or injured kids. It’s very common and not an issue. My kid happens to have a medical condition which they have handled very well. There are kids with asthma, diabetes, allergie, ADHD. Do you need a nursing degree to dispense a Ritalin tablet?( You do have to turn in forms from the doctor and have the meds in the bottle from the pharmacy.) If that’s out of your comfort zone, don’t look at those schools, but it’s not exactly an anomaly.

Lame. All of the parish schools in the DC metro area have fulltime nurses on duty, as did my kids’ high school.

I wouldn’t want some administrator trained in first aid anywhere near my kid

Uh, nope.

Name the school that does not have a nurse. I find it hard to believe because our small Catholic K-8 school in Maryland (which has only one class per grade) had a full time nurse who seems very busy. What school PP? Let us know so we all can avoid it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids attend a Catholic parish school where there is no nurse. (None of the parish schools around us have a full time nurse.) One of the administrators is trained in first aid, meds, CPR, etc and handles dispensing meds, epi pens, calling parents for sick or injured kids. It’s very common and not an issue. My kid happens to have a medical condition which they have handled very well. There are kids with asthma, diabetes, allergie, ADHD. Do you need a nursing degree to dispense a Ritalin tablet?( You do have to turn in forms from the doctor and have the meds in the bottle from the pharmacy.) If that’s out of your comfort zone, don’t look at those schools, but it’s not exactly an anomaly.

Lame. All of the parish schools in the DC metro area have fulltime nurses on duty, as did my kids’ high school.

I wouldn’t want some administrator trained in first aid anywhere near my kid

Uh, nope.

Name the school that does not have a nurse. I find it hard to believe because our small Catholic K-8 school in Maryland (which has only one class per grade) had a full time nurse who seems very busy. What school PP? Let us know so we all can avoid it.

She’s probably posting from Alabama or wherever. Georgia, PP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I am paying private school rates meaning independent private then I am expecting a nurse. Maybe they are bursting with full enrollment but this is a deal breaker for many.

MANY are missing out on an absolutely great education in the classics and virtue and character because of a small issue that would affect so few. I cannot thank of a single scenario where one of my sons wouldn’t require a nurse over their Cpr trained teachers.

Wow just wow #clueless #luckyoudon’thaveachildwithamedicalcindition
#catholicnotcaring

[Anonymous]

I also think that this is the problem with too many catholics--the small issue that just affect a few comment. You would hope that you look out for that few like other religions do. It is something to ponder. Since someone fell off the roof of the school a few years back you would think they would have learned. Guess not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids attend a Catholic parish school where there is no nurse. (None of the parish schools around us have a full time nurse.) One of the administrators is trained in first aid, meds, CPR, etc and handles dispensing meds, epi pens, calling parents for sick or injured kids. It’s very common and not an issue. My kid happens to have a medical condition which they have handled very well. There are kids with asthma, diabetes, allergie, ADHD. Do you need a nursing degree to dispense a Ritalin tablet?( You do have to turn in forms from the doctor and have the meds in the bottle from the pharmacy.) If that’s out of your comfort zone, don’t look at those schools, but it’s not exactly an anomaly.

Lame. All of the parish schools in the DC metro area have fulltime nurses on duty, as did my kids’ high school.

I wouldn’t want some administrator trained in first aid anywhere near my kid

They have trainers on staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also think that this is the problem with too many catholics--the small issue that just affect a few comment. You would hope that you look out for that few like other religions do. It is something to ponder. Since someone fell off the roof of the school a few years back you would think they would have learned. Guess not.

The Catholics generally seem to have a problem with the ‘looking out for the few’ issue in too many cases. Many of the Catholic schools simply boot out the kids who are even a ‘little trouble’. At least half of the boys at our local k-8 were medicated for adhd and those with any kind of LD’s we’re sent packing. Not even close to embracing SN students at the school. It’s a ‘all for me’ attitude all too often.

There are a few Catholic schools that go beyond - Holy Cross, Brookewood and Avalon are some - but too often selfishness rules and no one bats an eyelash. ‘I don’t want my kid in a class with your kid’ because my kid won’t get enough attention rules the roost.