After sitting down with the director of the Health Center at John Jay College, Miss Melanie Clarke, we discussed the disadvantages of not having a nurse in the health center as well as the advantages of having a nurse for the student of College, as well as the staff. I attempted to understand what students and professors should do if a situation should arise and they need medical help. I am aware that there have not been a nurse in the health center for about 2 years, and while some students don’t need to see a nurse every day there are students that are forced to leave the health center because there is no medical help there. The cost of having a nurse for the college is expensive and City University of New York (CUNY) want to offer minimum
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Nurses keep students healthy and ready to learn. Nurses solve public health problem with long-term implications for students health and education. The advantages of having a nurse will be better for the college system because a nurse will be able to warn students of current airborne infections, so students can take caution. Today, nurses deal with the chronic condition, life-threatening food allergies, and asthma, help with mental behaviors and even reproductive health services. In other schools, they screen students for vision, hearing, and anything that will hinder students from learning. If CUNY cannot afford to fund nurses for the schools, the schools should take action and plan funding streams for the school. I know there are less important things at John Jay that the school can do …show more content…
School nurses will help to improve attendances through healthy promotion. Being missing from class is a big disadvantage on the student’s part. Not only will the student look unreliable and careless, being absence from class will reflect badly on the student’s grade. Professors don’t always pardon students when they are absent with a letter from an outside clinic, but will pardon a student with a letter from a school nurse. I have interviewed a few students at John Jay and they agree with me that professors, clerical staff, and other staff are very satisfied when there is a nurse on the compound. The bottom line is school nurse help with accountability for both students and
Nurses keep students healthy and ready to learn. Nurses solve public health problem with long-term implications for students health and education. The advantages of having a nurse will be better for the college system because a nurse will be able to warn students of current airborne infections, so students can take caution. Today, nurses deal with the chronic condition, life-threatening food allergies, and asthma, help with mental behaviors and even reproductive health services. In other schools, they screen students for vision, hearing, and anything that will hinder students from learning. If CUNY cannot afford to fund nurses for the schools, the schools should take action and plan funding streams for the school. I know there are less important things at John Jay that the school can do …show more content…
School nurses will help to improve attendances through healthy promotion. Being missing from class is a big disadvantage on the student’s part. Not only will the student look unreliable and careless, being absence from class will reflect badly on the student’s grade. Professors don’t always pardon students when they are absent with a letter from an outside clinic, but will pardon a student with a letter from a school nurse. I have interviewed a few students at John Jay and they agree with me that professors, clerical staff, and other staff are very satisfied when there is a nurse on the compound. The bottom line is school nurse help with accountability for both students and