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[hckynut]

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@sidsmom wrote:

I couldn’t get past the 2nd paragraph.

Talk about a disconnect with your child.

“My teen can go there for advice and private help when he is too uncomfortable to discuss something with me," Chupp says of the clinic and its nurse practitioner. "I am fine with him seeking help from someone other than myself. It’s part of growing up."

@sidsmom 

Exactly!

hckynut

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[cherry]

It depends on what the issue is. It cuts both ways as far as I am concerned

[Greeneyedlady21]

Kids need health care, and that needs to be taken care of when they're in school and parents aren't around. The reality is that some parents aren't around for their kids at all.

It must be easy to have your own and not worry about the pain and struggles of others. That's not the way I live.

[cherry]

I am worrying about the pain and struggles of others. I am thinking about the poor kids at Mi State..Where children are concerned I am very cautious

[SahmIam]

My county, one of the richest in the nation, has 6 school nurses that float around and service 77 schools. They are NOT allowed to do anything for a child UNLESS the parents have supplied forms from the doctor and supplied medication (in the original containers). A child can carry NO medication (not an epi, not an inhaler, nothing) on them. The nurse or aid can NOT administer ANY medication under any circumstance unless that form is filled; not even in an emergency. If your child comes to the nurses station, the parent MUST be called and informed as to why.

I'll be honest: I have never been impressed with the nurse nor the aids who I've met in the schools (k-12). I've had to deal with them and the bureaucracy is a nightmare. Other than a bandaid or ice, they don't do anything. NOTHING like what is mentioned in this article. The clinic in this situation reminds me of CVS offers.

[esmerelda]

Let’s get a full-time nurse back in every school before we start building fancy clinics in some.  It was reported last night that most schools don’t have a full-time nurse now. When did that happen?

[Greeneyedlady21]

@cherry I wasn't referring to you at all, just so you know that