Would you report the school nurse about this?

[rgf207]

no. Do not report the nurse. You talked to her, she said she should have called. There is absolutly no need to take it further.

 

[Mkrop]

I would not report the nurse but I certainly would be having a talk with my child about asking for help. She needs to have an inhaler in her bag. Even though she is still young you need to stress to her and continue to stress to her ( we had to reinforce this with DS12 when he did not want to use his inhaler in front of his buddies) the importance of using the inhaler or asking a responsible adult for help.

 

[Ceila]

The nurse didn't do anything wrong, and you talked to her about this incident, which should ensure you will get a phone call in any future case, so I wouldn't take it to the principal. However, sending a letter to be included in your daughter's file asking for a call for any use of the inhaler wouldn't hurt. After all, even school nurses are absent sometimes, so you want to make sure that a substitute nurse follows your wishes, too.

You should also talk with your daughter about asking for help, and you need to have a conversation with anyone transporting her about telling you about any problems immediately. My DD is in 2nd grade and a friend of hers has asthma. When I take the girls to track practice her mom gives me her inhaler to hold on to, and she has even shown me how to use it.

 

[Rora]

The nurse didn't do anything wrong, and you talked to her about this incident, which should ensure you will get a phone call in any future case, so I wouldn't take it to the principal. However, sending a letter to be included in your daughter's file asking for a call for any use of the inhaler wouldn't hurt. After all, even school nurses are absent sometimes, so you want to make sure that a substitute nurse follows your wishes, too.

You should also talk with your daughter about asking for help, and you need to have a conversation with anyone transporting her about telling you about any problems immediately. My DD is in 2nd grade and a friend of hers has asthma. When I take the girls to track practice her mom gives me her inhaler to hold on to, and she has even shown me how to use it.

I think this is a great post and the bolding (mine) is a potential solution to the nurse problem.

I wouldn't report the nurse.

Sorry for this experience and about your DD's hospital visit. Glad she's doing better!

 

[Arielle22]

My 14 yr old dd has had allergies (since toddler) and asthma since 1st grade. She also went to extended day. She had both a daily inhaler and an emergency inhaler.

Every day I would quizz her on her inhaler use so I could gauge if she was using it more. In grammar school it was kept in the nurses office but I had a second one for her to use outside school.

The nurse would call if she thought DDs asthma was worsening but not just because she used an inhaler.

I explained then to DD that she needed to be responsible for her meds, that she would need them for a long time. I also told her that if she doesn't use them and ends up in the emergency room that she would be getting grief from me.

This year DD has changed her inhaler and added another pill scrip (in addition to daily/emergency inhaler and allergy med). I still ask her every day or so if she is remembering them. She frequently forgets to take her emergency inhaler with her when she goes out. I am waiting for the day she has an attack and is taken to the hospital.

OP, I would not speak to the principal. I would hope this teaches your DD that she needs to be more careful about her health. She may only be 8 but she needs to learn how to handle an attack when it occurs.

 

[princessmom29]

I would never have expected a call from the nurse in the first place, so no I would not report her. I don't think the school nurse should be expected to call the parent of every chidl she sees every day, especially for something as routine as an inhaler.

 

[Minnesota!]

No, I wouldn't report the nurse for doing her job and by that age your child should know when she can't breath. Why doesn't she have an inhaler in her dance bag? Why didn't she ask to call you if she wasn't feeling well at dance? If she needs her inhaler that much, she needs better meds to control her asthma.

I have kids with asthma and by 2nd grade they were able to take care of things themselves and if they couldn't they knew enough to call me or another adult.

I would NOT expect a call from they nurse every time my child went to the nurse, even to use an inhaler.

Ditto!

 

[Deb in IA]

What is the policy for inhaler use at your DD's school? Does it always trigger a call from the nurse? Acutally, I'm surprised that your DD's school has a nurse on-site - school nurses around here cover about 5 to 6 school on a consultative basis.

Even if it were the policy, I would not report her. It was probably an honest mistake - after all, health care providers are human and can make mistakes.

I would, however, make sure DD has an inhaler in her dance bag.

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

She's a little girl, I would never say she failed herself. The adults around her that evening should have noticed and I would tell her in the future to be sure to let an adult know if she is feeling that way again.

I agree, of course she was pushing herself, she was looking forward to this party.
I don't think I would report hr to the principal, but if it should happen again I would. You did the right thing calling the nurse and questioning it and bringing it to her attention.

 

[golfgal]

What is the policy for inhaler use at your DD's school? Does it always trigger a call from the nurse? Acutally, I'm surprised that your DD's school has a nurse on-site - school nurses around here cover about 5 to 6 school on a consultative basis.

Even if it were the policy, I would not report her. It was probably an honest mistake - after all, health care providers are human and can make mistakes.

I would, however, make sure DD has an inhaler in her dance bag.

Who hands out meds and takes care of sick kids? All of our schools have an on-site nurse. Depending on the school size they might not be there ALL day but they are there most of the day. My friend that is a school nurse worked from 9-2:30, school is in session from 8-3, for example. If something happened outside of that time the office secretary would handle minor things (bandaids, cold packs, etc. ) for serious things like broken limbs they would call 911 (which they would do if the nurse was there too).

 

[NHdisneylover]

I would never have expected a call from the nurse in the first place, so no I would not report her. I don't think the school nurse should be expected to call the parent of every chidl she sees every day, especially for something as routine as an inhaler.

This I know it is terrifying when you watch your child struggling to breath as you rush him or her to the hospital. I am glad she is doing well now. However, I cannot see how this is in any way the nurse's fault.

DS11 has kept his inhaler (and peak flow meter) on him since he was 6. He knows to tell me the next time he sees me any time he uses it and to take his peak flow 10 minutes after using the inhaler, again an hour later and again right after school if he is supposed to go anywhere other than home (to make sure the inhaler did its job).

I don't think your DD did anything wrong, but this incident is a big part of the learning curve for her to learn to take responsibility for her asthma (and for you also--I bet you will get an extra inhaler for to keep in her dance bag now).

 

[DawnCt1]

No, I wouldn't report the nurse for doing her job and by that age your child should know when she can't breath. Why doesn't she have an inhaler in her dance bag? Why didn't she ask to call you if she wasn't feeling well at dance? If she needs her inhaler that much, she needs better meds to control her asthma.

I have kids with asthma and by 2nd grade they were able to take care of things themselves and if they couldn't they knew enough to call me or another adult.

I would NOT expect a call from they nurse every time my child went to the nurse, even to use an inhaler.

I agree.

 

[luvsJack]

She is a little girl, OF COURSE she wanted to go to dance instead of going home; that is natural and she didn't do anything wrong.

Since your daughter has after school activities and you don't always see her between school and those activities, I would request that I be called when she goes to the nurse. After you make that request (both verbally and in writing) you should get a phone call every time, if you don't THEN I would call the principal; but for now I would just allow the nurse to fix the situation.

As for the dance teachers not noticing, I wouldn't get too upset with them. There was probably a lot going on and it just went un-noticed. and maybe your daughter didn't want to chance having to leave so she didn't say anything or made sure they didn't notice anything.

The other thing I would do is make sure the mother in the carpool has every number available to contact you and maybe an inhaler, just in case.

 

[golfgal]

She is a little girl, OF COURSE she wanted to go to dance instead of going home; that is natural and she didn't do anything wrong.

Since your daughter has after school activities and you don't always see her between school and those activities, I would request that I be called when she goes to the nurse. After you make that request (both verbally and in writing) you should get a phone call every time, if you don't THEN I would call the principal; but for now I would just allow the nurse to fix the situation.

As for the dance teachers not noticing, I wouldn't get too upset with them. There was probably a lot going on and it just went un-noticed. and maybe your daughter didn't want to chance having to leave so she didn't say anything or made sure they didn't notice anything.

The other thing I would do is make sure the mother in the carpool has every number available to contact you and maybe an inhaler, just in case.

Maybe she should get her DD a cell phone and her DD can call her and let her know she needed to use her inhaler (somewhat joking but it is actually a good idea).

 

[luvsJack]

Maybe she should get her DD a cell phone and her DD can call her and let her know she needed to use her inhaler (somewhat joking but it is actually a good idea).

Not a bad idea at all. Even if its just a prepaid phone only used for days she has dance.

 

[MzDiz]

I wouldn't report the nurse to anyone, I would take it as a warning to make sure your daughter is more proactive about her health though.

My son, now 17, always had an inhaler in the office when he was in elementary school. They failed me once, so we took it upon ourselves to make sure he had one with him at all times (against school policy, but too bad) and knew how to use it. We also had to make sure he knew how to keep a secret. They actually suspended him a couple years ago for having Chloroseptic sore throat spray with him and treated the situation like it was a street drug - and called the police. I'm not kidding. Idiots.

 

[bumbershoot]

I have been called a few times over the years (my son has asthma also and is 11) for each of them letting me know that they had come down to use their inhalers.

Everyone's saying that they wouldn't expect to be called, the nurse isn't to blame, etc etc...but the OP has indeed been called in the past when this same situation has happened. Kid goes to the nurse (it always boggles my mind when schools have nurses and counselors, as the budget for those was cut cut cut back in the 70s in the school district I went to), OP gets a call. That's how it has worked. Therefore, she expected a call, and I say it's what she should expect, given the past.

 

[daisyduck123]

No, I would not report her.

 

[Mermaid02]

My son has had an inhaler with the nurse since Kindergarten- they NEVER call me when he uses it. I can't imagine how busy they would be making phone calls if they had to call every parent when their child used their inhaler.

No- the nurse didn't do anything wrong. You need to put an inhaler/spacer in your dd's dance bag for these situations.

I'm glad she's feeling better.

 

[desamnik]

Just a bit more info. The kids are not allowed to carry any medication on them. Not even a cough drop. It is the schools policy that they will call you when they dispense an inhaler or nebulizer treatment to your child. I have received these calls a; number of times over the years. My daughter had used a nebulizer only until this year. This is her first spring w/ the inhaler. I am not going to report the nurse, she made a mistake, she knows she made a mistake, and yes she should have called me.

I don't understand how anyone can not think that a phone call is justified. Asthma can be life threatening. If my daughter needed a bandaid for a papercut, I don't expect a phone call.

My daughter knew that the treatment helped her only minimally, but like I said, she isn't allowed to carry an inhaler in school, and she has just started learning how to use it. She is young, and didn't really know what to do, and she wanted to go to her dance party. I have ordered a third one for her to keep in her dance bag, since that is the only other place she goes once a week without me and once a week with me.

Its a learning process for us all, as she gets older and more able to do this on her own, it just caught me off guard that she didn't get the help she needed. Maybe by the time she got the treatment at school, it was already too late to help her since it didn't help her.