Field trips

In my school district, where my kids go, the nurse is required on all over night field trips to administer meds in the morning and any first aid necessary. You must ask, where they are going overnight, does it have it's own liscenced nurse to do first aid and medications? If it does,you should not have to go , but you need to be armed. I would send a note home stating if your child goes on this overnight field trip, you must fill out this form and have it signed by the physician so the med can be given to the nurse at the camp. It must have contact info for the parent and the dr. and info on the medication. Ie: name of medication , dose, time, side effects, reason. Let the parents know that there is only one procedure for getting meds while on the overnight trips. On day trips, our district gets a sub to administer meds on the field trip, they should not be averted to that, as you can't have teachers or other parents giving the meds. If it is unacceptable, maybe you could have the parents of the children that get meds be the chaperones. There have also been notes sent home in the past, stating that. On this day we are having a field trip, there is not a nurse available to go on this trip, therefore no one is able administer medications, you can sign a consent that you understand your child will not recieve his medicine that day or you can chaperone and administer the medication yourself, or not allow your child to participate in this activity.