I had mailed asthma care plan to this particular parent who's daughter has asthma.
This is the care plan that the physician is to fill out and return to the clinic. Parents are supposed to bring an inhaler in so that we have it while kid is in school.
This care plan came in about a month ago, but no inhaler.
I just got off of the phone with the Mother. I told her that the order is here, and we are just awaiting the inhaler.
Mother states: Oh.... I thought the doctor would send you the inhaler too. What ???
Try talking to the attorney or social worker assigned to the child if there is one.
What does your Supervisor say? This is probably a fairly common problem, but I hate for the child to be at risk because his parents are having problems. Maybe they should be hotlined?
A note to the Judge might also work wonders.
I hope you have a way to document your calls and keep copies of the notes in case the student ever suffers seizures or injuries during one. You never know.
Supervisor just says keep trying to get them to bring it in. In the meantime, I have the 911 paper work completed to the point of date and time and a few other blanks, just in case. I have also documented each and every conversation on the EMR. All copies of notes sent home are also in student's record. What have I forgot?
Totally agree with this. I think that children need to be taught about medication. Some medication is good for you and some is bad for you. Kids are smart enough to understand this.
I also disagree with this zero tolerance for any drugs in school. I think we, as adults, need to differentiate Motrin and cocaine. How will children ever learn to take medication responsibly if adults treat OTC meds like illegal drugs?
Tylenol is hepato-toxic, Motrin can cause internal bleeding, cough medicine respiratory depression. My kids, who have 2 nurses as parents and are constantly given medication teaching, would not be trusted to not share meds or take them too frequently. I would even be careful giving that to high school students. Sorry, sometimes we try and say people are smarter than they are, but this was born out of people at their stupidest, and sadly for those of us with common sense, it just seems illogical. I don't want my students popping stuff without my knowledge.
Tylenol is hepato-toxic, Motrin can cause internal bleeding, cough medicine respiratory depression. My kids, who have 2 nurses as parents and are constantly given medication teaching, would not be trusted to not share meds or take them too frequently. I would even be careful giving that to high school students. Sorry, sometimes we try and say people are smarter than they are, but this was born out of people at their stupidest, and sadly for those of us with common sense, it just seems illogical. I don't want my students popping stuff without my knowledge.
Also just throwing this out there but FDA approves lots of Otc amounts of meds daily that are not good for people.. I was told taking 2g tylenol daily for my RA would be safe by the doctor and the FDA also approves it. But my LFTs said other wise.
This thread shows exactly how non-school nurses have no clue about our unique environment. evolvingrn and Laurie52 come on here with their acute care perspectives, which sound logical in the rest of ANland, but are absurd here. And like the rest of ANland, they come on, make inflammatory statements and are never heard from again.............
This thread shows exactly how non-school nurses have no clue about our unique environment. evolvingrn and Laurie52 come on here with their acute care perspectives, which sound logical in the rest of ANland, but are absurd here. And like the rest of ANland, they come on, make inflammatory statements and are never heard from again.............
(Are you trying to inflame me with those there elipsydoodles?)
Specializes in School Nurse. Having conversations with littles..
Elipsydoodle!!!!!
My new favorite word!!!!!!!!!!
Mine too.
Far- Since you are calling them a new cute little name. Does that mean that you are starting to appreciate Elipses(ydoodles) more?? Or, are we just wearing you down??
The only way kids can self carry around here is if the physician or NP and parent sign off on the required legal paperwork. Then you better know where their locker is when the kid goes sideways and hope the inhaler is there. Does the provider who commented that the inhalers don't belong in the nurses' office realize that some of us have dozens and dozens of asthmatics to worry about?
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Supervisor just says keep trying to get them to bring it in. In the meantime, I have the 911 paper work completed to the point of date and time and a few other blanks, just in case. I have also documented each and every conversation on the EMR. All copies of notes sent home are also in student's record. What have I forgot?