Best Medical Schools and Medical School Requirements

If you plan on working in New York City as a school nurse, you may reconsider your decision to enroll in a school nursing program.  If you are already enrolled in one, you may consider switching your major to another field of medicine.  According to Jenny Anderson, reporter for the New York Times, New York City Mayor Bloomberg has proposed eliminating nursing positions at schools with an enrollment of 300 students or less.  Mind you, when you are referring to public school enrollment numbers, these numbers are not necessarily equal to the actual number of students attending a school.  This is especially true in tightly budgeted schools, where funding is based on enrollment numbers.  If this passes, what additional risks involved in not having a medical professional stationed at a school – especially in an über-crowded urban city such as New York.  What happens in emergencies? Will teachers be made responsible for the health and safety of students?  Even if a teacher were given basic first aid instruction, who would attend to the rest of the students while he or she is caring for the ill student?

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