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If the school nurse is that incompetent you have bigger problem

I don’t think an incompetent school nurse would be a bigger problem to me than my child dying.

The bigger problem is how many other children receive substandard care.

In England the protected title is "Registered General Nurse" or "Registered Mental Health Nurse" - a registered nurse is qualified to a certain standard and has a professional registration.

Nurse isn't a protected title, so it's possible a school nurse has minimal qualification and no professional registration.

I dunno if it's similar in the US.

I had an EpiPen and various other stuff when I was in 5th grade. I was taught to use it. If a nurse is incapable of administering it properly that person needs to find a new line of work.

It honestly is a completely irrational fear.

Or they fuck up, prick themselves with epinephrine, and die (or at least not have a very good time).