Right?! They went to school and studied medicine and have the ability to handle minor emergencies – and at the very least, they can dispense medications.
Sadly, they don’t always do the right thing. An 8-year-old girl in Iowa was rushed to the hospital after the school nurse reportedly gave her someone else’s medication!
The student, Charity, was born to a heroin-addicted mother and is on a cocktail of medicines as a result. She takes seven different pills at home every day and one pill at school.
According to Ron Voorhies, Charity’s grandfather, on February 21, Charity was given a pill that wasn’t hers.
She was pressured into taking a medicine that hers. After taking the pill, Charity got a terrible headache, and her pupils dilated.
Several days after the incident, the school acknowledged there was a medication error. Tragically, it happened again just six weeks later!
There was no error, this was negligence! Charity was told the same thing – take this medicine or go to the principal’s office! This nurse needs to be fired and stripped of her license.
I agree with Voorhies, this isn’t right and can’t be allowed to continue. There is nothing worse than making the same error – on purpose – twice.