they will begin legislation to shut it down before it even begins.

We had the nurse's office.
It had a nurse there everyday and a doctor was there twice a week.

I took my noon meds in the nurses station.
I thought all schools had a nursing station.

When did that stop being part of school?

Don’t exist in many schools … budget cuts, you know.

My friend’s daughter’s school has a nurse there for half a day and then the nurse goes to another school for the other half day.

I don’t remember a nurse’s office when I went to high school back in the ‘70s.

I think this mini clinic idea is something that is badly needed.

That was way back, though. Now we don't care if kids live or die, as long as a clump of eggs is protected.

or have school nurses been budgeted out?

..."diagnose and treat."

Prescribed meds, both long term like ADHD meds and short term like a course of antibiotic, can be dispensed from a bottle with the original prescription label on it and a form from the prescriber. Over-the-counter meds like Tylenol, ibuprofen, Benadryl, etc, can be given as needed with a form signed either by the parent, or the child's pediatric office, depending on the school district policies.

My mom was a school nurse in a middle school for decades. She once had an 8th grader come in with abdominal pain who turned out to be in labor.

…excellent idea and hope it spreads far and wide.

I just retired from 45 years as a peds NP. When our sons were young, I was frequently asked, “Wouldn’t you like a job as a school nurse so you could have summers off with your kids?” I was never even remotely interested for 2 reasons:

1. My favorite part of my job was seeing first time parents and new babies. None of that available in a school setting.
2. I knew i would chafe at the loss of independence, as I would be restricted from being able to use my full skill set. For example, if a kid came to the health office complaining or ear pain, I could look at the ear if the health office had an otoscope, but all I would be allowed to do about it would be to call a parent to come and get their child and take them to their own pediatric office. It would have been like working with my hands tied behind my back.