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I wasn't referring to her classroom teachers, as I have already informed and educated them including the teacher that forgot, but every staff member in the building including the ones that don't interact with the student, as the principal shared that medical information with everybody, and I wasn't sure if I should be concerned about that or not. Thank you for the advice.

Yes she has a 504 and yes her teachers are aware. It's just that one teacher said she forgot and gave her candy and I feel like that was irresponsible. And then the principal shared her medical diagnosis with all the staff in the school, so I wanted to know my responsibility in this situation.

T1D. I have informed her teachers, but one teacher said she forgot she about her diagnosis when giving her the candy, so I wasn't sure what to do.

I am struggling with this incident that has been recurring. I work as a school nurse and have a diabetic student. A few days ago, one of her teachers gave them candy without telling me, even though I gave instruction out to that teacher and all the syudents teachers not to do that. It happened again, but this time, I was unaware that this was one of her teachers and fortunately, the student told me before eating the candy. I sent an email to the principal asking for guidance on how to deal with this without unnecessarily exposing the students health information to staff who don't need to know, but the principal sent the information to everyone who works in the school. I'm unsure of what to do in this situation, or if I need to report anybody for this health information exposure and putting this student at risk. I would really appreciate some advice on what to do.

I know that no one is going to know. I just want advice from other school nurses who might have been in this situation or know someone who has.

I can't keep student document information with me as it is a HIPAA violation, and there has been a school nurse who received a reprimand on her license for the same thing, so finding a new job after that would be pretty much impossible, so I can't just "chill out".

Thank you for sharing your story with me. My situation is a bit different since school nurses have to fill out a yearly diabetic report form that includes diabetic errors, so someone will know about it. I didn't want to continue working here so I'm worried someone will falsely fill out the information, and I also don't want to keep student information, as that could be a hippa violation. Either way, I don't know what to do in this situation.

Thank you for sharing your story with me. My situation is a bit different since school nurses have to fill out a yearly diabetic report form that includes diabetic errors, so someone will know about it.

I work as a school nurse, but there was an incident that happened. I gave a student the wrong insulin (long acting instead of fast acting). I told the parents and school admin immediately. I also filled out an incident report of what happened and steps I took to monitor the student. I feel really terrible about what happened. I'm thinking about quitting at the end of the school year because of what happened, but I'm scared that when the school fills out the state diabetes report form, the state will see it and I'll loose my license, or if the school forgets about it and doesn't include it, if the BON later finds out about it, they will think I tried to hide it from them and I might loose my license. The school I work for doesn't have computer charting, so if I leave I don't know what will happen to the incident report I filled out. Can any school nurses help me out on how I can deal with this situation, as I'm really scared about what might happen to me. I would appreciate advice from experienced nurses.