Hi guys. I am new to this site and I have some very important questions for you. I have just taken a new job as an RN for the local county Head Start. My job description includes: doing growth assessments, screening hearing and vision, checking lead and hemoglobin, and writing health plans for children with diagnosed medical conditions and who are on medications at the Head Start Centers.
Very recently I have began to question my Health Coordinator who is not an RN or LPN because she has not provided me with a name of any MD that would be acting as our medical director. She stated she is "working under a MD's license" and can sign off on our health plans and sticking kids for lead and Hgb. How is that possible? Can a Dr. just give their license to someone like that? Especially someone who is not a medical professional at all? Should we not be meeting at least monthly with some type of medical director to sign off on health plans that are written for these kids? I have searched thru head start policy and procedures and can find nothing. I am not comfortable at all anymore writing health plans and sticking kids. Can someone lead me in the right direction? When I question my boss I get nowhere.
