You are not licensed to give meds as a student, therefore you MUST have an instructor. As you said, you can do CNA work, but CNA's don't give meds. Piggy backs = meds, even plain old NaCl 0.9% = meds. This is for the patients safety, which should always come first. Not because schools don't want you to learn. Since you are operating under your instructor's license, it's also to preserve that :doh: