The amazing thing is this whole thing wasnt even because of the epipen. The nurse said the teacher can administer the epipen. It was the asthma medication.
Why is this amazing? Epipens are fairly standard, the dosage is already measured out, etc. There are tons of different asthma inhalers/dosages.If the teacher (having no medical training I assume) mis-administers asthma medication, then they are open to a lawsuit. Now you might not be a a parent that would sue in such a situation, but I can assure you that many parents would and it's a chance the school isn't willing to take. My school doesn't have an issue with this, but we have middle schoolers that are capable of using their own inhalers. With early primary students, that's not necessarily the case...