Administering Tylenol to a friend

[Em31200]

Hi everyone, I'm a second semester nursing student and today in class my professor said something interesting I had never considered. We are learning about medication administration currently and her question was: "Your best friend is at your house and complains of a headache. She asks you for some of your Tylenol. Do you give it to her?" Almost everyone said yes that it was ok because it was your friend, not in your job setting, and she was a consenting adult capable of making her own decision to take the medication. Our professor said that was wrong and that you can't give any medication to your friend because you are not a licensed prescriber and you could lose your license if something happened your friend. She also said that same applies to your own children. So what are you supposed to do if your kid is sick and needs cough medication? You're always accountable if something bad were to happen?

[divobari]

That might be one of the most stupid things I've ever heard. My friend (or child) would get the Tylenol.

Touché! Terrible and false example.

[Alisonisayoshi, LVN]

No, but I'm losing my religion.

That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight...

[PG2018]

I call BS on your professor.

That's the ridiculous, dramatized, erroneous spew that RN trainers tout.

[Swissmiss7]

This is extraordinary! I love it! Thank you!

So this was supposed to be a response to one of the jokes I found quite hilarious. However, clearly I was supposed to use the "quote" button instead of "reply". Apparently, in even the forum world I'm subjecting myself to "Who are you talking to?". Lol.

[brillohead, ADN, RN]

My apologizes Brillo.

I am but a wee lowly student.

I'll let you off the hook this time, but only because I just ate chicken tenders, so I don't have room to also eat a young nurse.

Don't let it out that I made this exception, though....don't want to lose my license in the COB Society!

(And I totally chuckled while eating Triscuits earlier today! I love threads like this with you crazy peeps!)

[Farawyn]

I'll let you off the hook this time, but only because I just ate chicken tenders, so I don't have room to also eat a young nurse.

Don't let it out that I made this exception, though....don't want to lose my license in the COB Society!

(And I totally chuckled while eating Triscuits earlier today! I love threads like this with you crazy peeps!)

Yo. Ood is "protected" by us COBs. She's like a young Henry Hill.

[la_chica_suerte85, BSN, RN]

lol wut?????????????????????????? I believe the instructor is trolling you and your class.

[Farawyn]

Nah. They really do tell classes that. I got the same speech.

[Penelope_Pitstop, BSN, RN]

Don't let it out that I made this exception, though....don't want to lose my license in the COB Society!

Hold up.

Are those being given out?

[Farawyn]

MMJ is in charge of admissions.

I actually took my COB down after realizing my crust isn't as well developed as it should be .

I'm working on it.

[cayenne06, MSN, CNM]

One time in CNM school, I had a terrible pounding headache at 2am. One of the nurses gave me 600mg ibuprofen, left over from a patient's bedside stock after she'd been transferred to postpartum. My instructor saw the whole thing, she even got me water so I could take it. I reported the whole thing to the BON and my dean, and no one lost their license or anything. I wasn't even kicked out of the program. It was a close call, hopefully we all learned our lesson!

We have a bottle of staff ibuprofen at my clinic, and nobody ever asked me to assess them and write an order before they help themselves. After this thread, I'm gonna lock that s**t down and require an appointment and neuro consult prior to dispensing.

[Libby1987]

Is this a euphemism? I don't think I've ever heard it before.

Sort of. I started a diet this week..well, until someone suggested Rumchata and Caramel Baileys.