Mailing Medication

[Csn2016]

Quick question! We had a student transfer out of our district and move an hour and a half way (as usual the nurses are never informed until they are physically gone). The parent just called and requested that the students inhaler be mailed to their new address. I told her I'd have to check school policy first (not that we have one on this) so I could look further into it and talk to our principal--of course mom is mad, (yet it would be way faster to contact the old pediatrician and have a new script sent to a local pharmacy) and I dont think we can mail medication right? I mean if it were Adderall or any other med I'd of course say absolutely not but its an inhaler so before I say 100% no wanted to see other nursing input on this. This is probably a really dumb question but one of those things that makes me second guess myself.

[ARN]

On 1/9/2020 at 11:15 AM, jupitercrash said:

Our schools policy is meds must be picked up and signed off on in person. if they aren't picked up they are supposed to be destroyed.

What do you do with meds that have been in the graveyard for a while that parents have no interest in getting? I have an file drawer full of old meds from last year that no one will pick up.

I take them to a local pharmacy disposal box. when I started this job last year there were leftover meds so after I went through and did my best to reach parents with any information I had I took them and put them in the disposal box.

we aren't a huge city so I feel like if I got pulled over for some odd reason and anyone questioned what I was doing I could easily explain and a couple phone calls could be made to clear up any confusion. school policy is to dispose of meds at end of year if not picked up so that would be the only time I would be taking them.

[tining, BSN, RN]

Flash your badge!

[ARN]

Yup. My school badge is in my purse when I’m not in the building ?