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ULP Medication Administration

Hello,

I am a RN of about 6 months and the new RN manager of a home care company. I had a question with regards to Unlicensed Assistive personnel passing medicaions in Minnesota. I was taught (as a LPN in assisted living of 2 years) that all medicaitons had to be setup in a "medistrip, or medibox" before the ULP could administer them. However where I manage now the previous nurse left the ULP take the medicaions out of the bottle if they were OTC or on occassion prescribed. I am not sure of the legalities of this. Any suggestions or can anyone point me to a MN rule or regulation that specifically talks about this? In my opinion all "bottles" should be locked and only a liminited amout of any drug should be avaliable to the ULP.

Thank you in advance

AssistedLivingRN

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    Did you check with your state BoN? Many states have specific guidelines for delegating nursing tasks. Most states have a specific course for non-nurses (certified nursing assistants (LTC) or certified personal care associates (CNA equivalent for assisted living) before permitted to administer medication in a LTC or assisted living setting.

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