Resp Assessment before inhaler???

[villageRN]

I have been working in a school setting with children with special needs for the last 4 years so I am a newbie to the "Health Suite Nurse / CSN role". I oriented for a new position today and the nurse did not listen to anyones lungs prior to them usiing their PRN inhalers. She allowed them to get the inhalers out of the cabinet and administer it to themselves without any assessment or intervention from her.

Like I mentioned...I'm new to the CSN role, so I wonder....Am I overreacting? Is this common practice in the school setting?

[villageRN, BSN, RN]

Thank you, all, for the feedback. I would never deny someone their inhaler because I certainly wouldn't want that done to me! I'm used to everyone getting lungs listened to before and after inhalers so this was different for me. I wanted to get the opinions of you fine folks to make sure I wasn't missing something. Thanks, again, everyone!