How would you handle this med request?

Amethya · Nov 17, 2017

No doctor's order, no go.

Eleven011 · Nov 17, 2017

I guess I'm in the minority, but I'd give it. I do this quite a bit actually. We only require a doctors order for prescription medications. OTC's we can give with parent permission and parent provided meds. As long as its a labeled bottle (no pills in baggies) and a signed form or note is given, its all good.

NutmeggeRN, BSN · Nov 17, 2017

The best is when they send 2 pills in a ziplock with a post-it that says "Please give these to Snowflake at 11am"

I chased a grandmother out to the car today because my nontriaging secretary thought I could give a pill from a ziplock baggie, for his ADHD...

Ummm, not so much. I made her come back in and administer it herself.

cooties_are_real · Nov 17, 2017

I'd give it with a signed parent note, as long as it is age appropriate. I have parents bring Excedrine Migraine for Little Darlings which I can't give without a dr note due to the instructions on the package.

SaltineQueen · Nov 17, 2017

Thanks in advance; you guys are the best!
A parent came in today wanting me to give her child Dimetapp just one time today (no school next week) because her child has been out sick. I have mom's written consent but will never get MD order back on time. Curious as to what you would all do?

We can give OTC with parent permission. If you can't, I'd tell her so and ask if she can come in to do it. Or see if she can send grandma, auntie, etc.

KKEGS, MSN, RN · Nov 17, 2017

I wouldn't be able to give it. We require doctor's orders for ALL meds at the elementary school level. Secondary level can self carry ONLY Tylenol, Advil, TUMS and cough drops.

grammy1 · Nov 17, 2017

I'd give it with a signed parent note, as long as it is age appropriate. I have parents bring Excedrine Migraine for Little Darlings which I can't give without a dr note due to the instructions on the package.

Tell them to buy Excedrin Extra Strength. Exact same ingredients and amounts, but approved for any darlings over 12. Exact~same~drug. Who knows their reasoning. I just tell parents to make sure they get the green box.

HCPSRMA · Nov 17, 2017

Our district allows us to give it with a parent note and them providing a new sealed bottle of whatever they want them to take. I'd give it if I had both of these things. But I'd probably roll my eyes around the corner wondering why it couldn't be given at home before they came to school ;-)

kidzcare · Nov 17, 2017

I'd give it with a signed parent note, as long as it is age appropriate. I have parents bring Excedrine Migraine for Little Darlings which I can't give without a dr note due to the instructions on the package.

The warning is there because of the aspirin in the product. I'd want a dr note

Julius Seizure · Nov 17, 2017

I'd give it with a signed parent note, as long as it is age appropriate. I have parents bring Excedrine Migraine for Little Darlings which I can't give without a dr note due to the instructions on the package.

For no reason at all, I read the name of the medication as "Excedrine Migraine for Little Darlings".

So fun and cute. Let's start that for all children's OTC medicine.

Little Darling's Robitussin.

Dimetapp Little Darlings: Cold and Cough.

Little Darlings Zyrtec.

Little Darlings Tylenol Meltaways.

Flintstones Little Darlings Complete Multivitamins.

grammy1 · Nov 18, 2017

The warning is there because of the aspirin in the product. I'd want a dr note

The directions for over 18 is only on the Migraine formula, not the others, yet it's all the same medication. :bored:

BigMickey · Nov 18, 2017

Even a PRN medication needs a MD script including over the counter.