nurseintraining222

I, as a CNA med aide, am not able to pass medications without a licensed nurse in the building. Without her in the building, I am useless, but it certainly is not bending the law for me to able to pass meds, I took a state approved course in order to do this. My certification is totally legal. I realize this is not allowed in every state, but here, it is. In fact, I have been told by many nurses that I have worked with that they are totally grateful for me and my knowledge with meds as many of them are not fully up to speed with all the doses of each different med and the generic vs trade names. I agree with most of you who have said that it is not up to me to verify her credentials, think I am just going to live with that.

I am a CNA/Medication aide at a small county jail. I have been here for 7 years. The company I work for recently hired a medical assistant to do the med passes and my DON has instructed me to train her. As far as my knowledge is concerned, at least in this state, in order to pass medications in a correctional facility, you have to be a nurse (LPN, RN) or a CNA/M like I am. I have never heard of a medical assistant (associates degree level) being able to run a med pass. I talked to my boss about this and she assured me that this person's training as a medical assistant also allowed her to get a CNA/M certification, which, to me, doesn't seem possible. I know in order to get my certification, I had to be a CNA for 2 years, then take the CNA/M class (140 hours) My question is, is there any way that I can be held liable for actually training this person, or is my boss and the company I work for going to be left holding the bag? I know she was hired the same day as her interview and she started working the very next day, which seems to me like the company did not check into her credentials. I feel like I should report this to a higher authority, but I don't know if I have a right to.