treating faculty/staff

[BSNRNHS]

Hi all,

Have you ever had a faculty/staff request you administer their weekly allergy shots?

Thanks for any input.

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

i've never given regular shots to staff, but did once give a staff member their epoiten injection when their regular nurse wasn't able to make it due to an emergency. this was a highly irregular circumstance and was a staff member i was very friendly with that understood that this was a one shot deal (ooh, bonus pun).

[fetch, BSN, RN]

I've had a teacher request it - at her last school, she always got her allergy shots from the nurse. I declined - I don't want the hassle.

[coughdrop.2.go, BSN, RN]

Due to the liability (even though I have my own nursing Liability Insurance!) I wouldn't do it. I don't have her medical history, contact with her physician, and there's nothing in my State's Education Code that would protect me for giving medication to Staff unless it's an Emergency situation.

[NutmeggeRN, BSN]

Nope. They are adults, by doing that, you are meeting a personal need for convenience, not an acute medical need during their working day. BIG difference!

[amnesiac1c]

I had this come up today - a teacher wanted me to give her child (a student at my school) his allergy shots. I was told that we do not give injections other than insulin & glucagon to our diabetic students.