Medication Organization

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Members are discussing how they organize and handle medications during fire drills at their school. Some members use labeled plastic boxes or drawers for daily and PRN medications, while others have a designated bag or cart to quickly grab essential medications. The discussion also touches on the challenges of managing multiple medications for different students and the importance of being prepared for emergencies.

Help needed! I currently have my students' PRN meds organized on shelves (has a sliding plexiglass that I am able to lock), alphabetized. It is driving me crazy because it is impossible to prevent it from looking like a disaster area. I am looking for a creative way to keep these meds organized neatly. Any ideas are welcome, thank you!

Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.
I'm very new to my school nursing job and this is the first time I've heard of a "go bag". What all do you keep in yours?

I'm new this year too, and one of the first things I did was make me a "go bag" as the previous nurse didn't have one. Mine is just a backpack I had at home, filled with a bp cuff/stethoscope, oximeter, misc bandages/tape/gauze, pens/paper, eye wash, saline wash, couple ace wraps...whatever you think you might need. I take it with me on fire drills and whenever I get called out of the office for a student in need.

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Specializes in School Nurse.
I'm new this year too, and one of the first things I did was make me a "go bag" as the previous nurse didn't have one. Mine is just a backpack I had at home, filled with a bp cuff/stethoscope, oximeter, misc bandages/tape/gauze, pens/paper, eye wash, saline wash, couple ace wraps...whatever you think you might need. I take it with me on fire drills and whenever I get called out of the office for a student in need.

Mine has all this too. I also rolled up a small blanket to put at the bottom of the backpack in case of seizures.

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Tequila

:) That's reserved for our "Book Club" meetings on Friday afternoons.

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Specializes in IMC, school nursing.

This is the bag I chose after checking out a lot. I feel it has what I need and enough extra room for epi-pens, meds, etc.

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Specializes in med/surg, clinic, school.

I use the individual silver ware baskets and label the end with each childs name and teacher. They are super cheap at Wal-mart about a buck for 3 of them. Then at end of the year just rip the name off and reuse the following school year. You can pile them on top of each other so it saves a ton of space.

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Specializes in family practice and school nursing.

The same here

If I am in the room I will leave it unlocked (you would have to come through me to get to the cabinet)

*Cue tough face as I show my pre-spinach Popeye muscles*

But if I leave the room it gets locked.

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Specializes in L&D.

For PRNs, I use labeled pencil boxes. Like these:

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I use a sticker label and put the students' names on it. I also have lego plastic boxes for bigger PRNs, like EpiPens or neb tubing:

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