Self Carriers

[SmallTownNurseSWL]

Do any you require self carry forms be signed for epi & inhalers? I have PreK - 12th

[AdobeRN]

Our policy is for doctor & parent to sign a form stating it is ok for student carry inhaler and/or Epipens.

[JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN]

34 minutes ago, SmallTownNurseSWL said:

Do any you require self carry forms be signed for epi & inhalers? I have PreK - 12th

Yes. I have it as a checked box on my health form. On the asthma form I have I also list it again and state that if it is determined that student cannot use inhaler properly with supervision, that nurse will contact parent to determine next steps.

(FYI: for me this is goal for student to use inhaler properly on their own vs no self carry. But I work with older kids in grades 7-12 and goal is for them to work towards independence with their health care when they go off to college and/or into the real world.)

[iggywench, BSN, RN]

We require doctor's orders for any student to self-carry Epi or an inhaler, and I do strongly encourage all of them to self-carry. I am at a 9th-grade campus, and a lot of our students ride shuttle buses back and forth during the day between the main campus and ours. They need to have access to their medication at all times.

[BrisketRN, BSN, RN]

It's a box on our medication form. "Is the student authorized to carry this medication?" "Is the student authorized to self-administer this medication?"

[Feral.Cat.Herder, RN]

We have forms that have to be completed and sign by the doctor to self carry EpiPens and Inhalers. Other than those two meds there's no self-carrying medications in any of the schools in my district (PK-12)

[aprilmoss]

Yep, signed by doctor and parent. Not really any different than the regular (in my office) med authorizations but on a different form.

I fought hard years ago to allow my son to carry his glucometer/insulin/glucose pills with him. We had just broken the "inhaler" ice for self carry at the time.