Health

Chapter 4 of “Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child” by Lynn R. Marotz is the only source you are using to answer this prompt. DO NOT USE AI FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT!

It is 10am and four children are lined up on small plastic chairs in the director’s office at the Wee Care 4 Kids Early Childhood Center. Steam hisses from clear plastic masks that the older children are holding over their noses and mouths while a teacher assists those who are still too young to manage the procedure alone. Two other children are waiting to be given their oral medication. All of these children have one thing in common – asthma. Teachers must administer nebulizer breathing treatments and medications to these children twice each day while they are in attendance. Three other children at the center have diabetes and require that medication or an insulation injection be given at precise times. The teachers have expressed frustration with the director for enrolling these children because they “take valuable time away from other classroom duties.”

Answer ONE of the following prompts:

• Do you think these children should have been accepted into the early childhood program? Why or why not.
• Do you think teachers should be responsible for administering medical procedures to children who have special health care needs? Why or why not.