Friday, January 15, 2016

Teachers: Nurse/Caregiver/Nurturer by Jamie Brown - Asst. Principal


 

Teachers may not have gone to school to practice medicine, but they provide the first stages of medical care to students on a daily basis. They have to know what to do when a student has a broken arm, skins their knee, has a bloody nose, throws up, has an allergic reaction, has an asthma attack, has a seizure, and the list goes on and on. Until the school nurse arrives, teachers are providing the appropriate care to students and reassuring students that everything is going to be okay.

On any given day, teachers kiss an ouchy, apply a Band-Aid that may or may not really be needed, put Vaseline on chapped lips, and offer water, snacks or rest to students who may not be feeling well but don’t have a fever.

It is during these times of medical need that you can really see the bond between a student and a teacher. During emergency situations, students are comforted when they are in the presence of the teachers that they know and love.


Teachers play many important roles in the lives of children. One is not more important than another. The teachers at TWE know the influence and importance of what they do. Each teacher enters this school every day because they love what they do and they want to make a difference in student’s lives.

Thank you to all of the teachers here at TWE who put student’s first in everything they do!

 

 

 

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