end of year questions

[d3nis3]

Hi!

This is my first year as a school nurse in Phoenix and have a few questions for those of you with more experience. I work at a K-6 charter school (400+ students) and am not sure what to do with medications at the end of the year. Our school supplies tylenol, motrin and benadryl but I have a bunch of inhalers and epi-pens. I was planning on sending an email to the parents to pick them up or I can keep them for next year (new permission slip next year). Is that Ok or do they need to be sent home or desroyed?

Also, are we required to do any sort of care plans for kids with chronic conditions?

Does anyone know of a good electronic med administration documentation program? We use Schoolmaster for everything else, but I'm not really impressed with the nursing documentaion.

thanks so much!

[DistrictNurse19]

I am fortunate because in my community we have a program that collects medications and redistributes them to indigent people. This program is sponsored by a pharmacy...as long as the medication is in its original container, they will take it. Any meds left after school is out are donated to this program. We also have a parish nurse who collects expired medications to donate to over-seas mission groups. We will not send medications home with students, parents are required to pick them up (probably why we have so much to donate at the end of the year!)