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MBP...that's what the neighbors are saying. Like I said, there are other concerns. This RN has done and said dozens of things that has her labeled as "nuts" in our community (under 15000). I personally think she's nuts. Her work history, children who constantly have a new medical condition to be medicated (headaches, muscle pain, etc,) numerous relocations in the last few years. This incident startled me. It freaked me out. Why would she want me to see her wrestle her kid and inject him?! Probably because she's nuts! I came here to try and find out if this was NORMAL and RIGHT. I couldn't care less about this nurse or her license. Any more than I would care if an impaired driver lost their license. I am concerned about those kids and the kids at that school. There's no way in heck that I would trust her around my kids. Because I was getting conflicting advice, I made a couple of calls. I'll follow my gut. Heck, maybe she'll move and become a school nurse in your town. Honestly...thanks for taking the time to give me differing viewpoints...I learned a few things.

You have more questions than I do! Here's the answers to YOUR questions: 1. I AM the coach. I'm not a doctor, I'm not a nurse -- and I don't have the first clue if allergic reactions are likely or what they might be. I don't know if I should have been notified of side effects or not. His arm became very painful, swollen and he couldn't throw the ball -- I left practice and took him home. 2. I was picking up the neighbor kid to take him to practice with my son...the nurse stayed at her home with her needles and stuff. You're an RN...don't you immunize your children at home?! Certainly you could do more productive things with your time than sit in a doctor's office waiting for another RN to do the job.

She said it was a tetorifice vaccination.

Thanks for the responses. I thought that nurses that work in hospitals had to account for all medications and that they were not allowed to take medication from the facility (except for home health care type situations.) This person definately has health ins. and takes her children to the local doctor often -- would the child's primary care physician also give her an injection to administer at her home? I think that there would be some liability issues, etc. I also thought that immunizations were supposed to be monitored in a care facility for a short time to verify any possible allergic reactions -- she let her son immediately go to a 2-hr baseball practice unsupervised and without alerting the coach, etc. I get the impression that a doctor's order is necessary for a nurse to administer this type of medication. If a "standing doctor's order" is in place for her school, wouldn't it apply to only the students of that school? As some have said, isn't it at the very least "stealing"? At worst, wouldn't it be administering medication without a doctor's order? Wouldn't she have to document that she took the medication for whoever? Wouldn't she have to "chart" something in a patient file? Wouldn't there have to be a consent form signed regarding the immunization? When she called and asked me to "hold down" her son so that she could administer the injection (doesn't like shots), I refused and asked why not just take him to the doctor's office. I couldn't get a straight answer. Like I said, I have seen/heard some weird things and I don't have a clue what was in that syringe. I figure if I tell this to someone and I'm wrong, I'll just look like a jerk. If I found out that I should have told someone and didn't, I'd be sick if somebody got hurt.

My neighbor is a school nurse in a school district that is 20 miles away from her home and the school that her child attends. The other day, I witnessed her give an injection (immunization) to her son that she had brought from her work. She said that there was a "standing doctor's order" at her school for immunizations. Does this sound legitimate? Why wouldn't her son just receive the immunization at his school or at the doctor's office? I posted in the "School Nurse" forum and received one response, so far. I have other concerns about this nurse's mental stability and her children's well being -- should I report this to someone or is this normal?

My neighbor is a school nurse in a school district that is 20 miles away from her home and the school that her child attends. The other day, I witnessed her give an injection (immunization) to her son that she had brought from her work. She said that there was a "standing doctor's order" at her school for immunizations. Does this sound legitimate? Why wouldn't her son just receive the immunization at his school or at the doctor's office?