regulations

[ACoalsonRN]

I volunteered one week at a small church camp in MO. This is the second year I went to that camp. In 2007 (my first year there), I saw that the medications were on an open shelf and the nurse cabin was also unlocked. I went to the caretaker for the camp and got locks for the cabin and a cabinet for the meds. I was shocked that anyone would find the unlocked meds and unlocked cabin acceptable. I had been at a camp in IN previously and they were heavily regulated.

This year-2008, when I went there, there was not a lock on the cabin door and the medications were also back out on the open shelf. I talked with the camp caretaker again said I would check out MO laws governing camps. I can't find a thing! Does anyone know anything about camp laws in Jefferson county MO?

[kcangel, LPN]

I've worked several weeks at 2 different camps in MO, one of them being a church camp. I've done a lot of research on policies & procedures for them and have found there really aren't any rules/regs for them. Most of them try to fall under "school nursing" which you will find some things.

At my church camp the meds are in open bins in the health station but the station is locked if the nurse steps out. We've not had any problems with this arrangement.