FERPA violation?

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When I first started school nursing, we made a list of kids who had medical conditions and gave the list to the appropriate teacher. About 2 years after I started, I was told it was a FERPA violation. I obviously stopped sending lists after that. Is this actually a violation? If so, how do you notify your teachers of medical conditions? They have access to the medical alerts in e-school but most of my teachers do not check these. How do you notify your teachers?

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2 hours ago, SaltineQueen said:

And they didn't think that was important to tell you?!?!?!?!?

Oh, that's not the worst one I've encountered. A teacher caught a student with a needle in the bathroom. He assumed IV drugs. The student was giving himself factor VIII injections after FOOTBALL practice. I completely had -no- clue.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Emergency Room, School Nurse.
4 minutes ago, SchoolNurse91 said:

Oh, that's not the worst one I've encountered. A teacher caught a student with a needle in the bathroom. He assumed IV drugs. The student was giving himself factor VIII injections after FOOTBALL practice. I completely had -no- clue.

OMG what is wrong with Parents today!! You would think that commonsense would kick in and be like okay maybe I should at least inform someone at the school!! But as the saying goes Commonsense isn't common!!:banghead:

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