dingofred

I work for an agency that supports the developmentally disabled (DD) and this state allows unlicensed individuals to administer medications.They are called Community Living Specialist (CLS) They are put through a 15 hour class on administering medications taught by an RN and are also supervised by the same RN. Do I like it? NO!! But, how else could this population live in the community without the help? Obviously I am talking about the people that for whatever reason are unable to medicate themselves. This is only done, as far as I know, for agencies supporting the DD population and the CLS could not take the training else where, ie: hosp. or nursing home

This is a facinating thread and a topic I've not given much thought to. I agree that it would be cumbersome trying to track all that a nurse does during a shift, or heck, even an hour sometimes. I also believe that this type of billing will never come into existence because as one poster pointed out, it would put value on the service.The topic certainly gives me something to mull over!!