Vaseline without parental permission?

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We routinely use vaseline for a variety of reasons, but now one of my colleagues is being questioned for putting vaseline on a child without the parent's permission. She expected a phone call or note that vaseline was applied. Another parent chimed in that lotion shouldn't be used either, without parental permission, and we are talking about basic lotion, no bath and body works stuff. We do not apply aloe, calamine lotion, sunscreen, or neosporin without MD authorization - we don't even keep that stuff in our office. But now lotion and vaseline are an issue???

Do any of you actually have parental permission slips for lotion and/or vaseline???

There might be value in just not doing anything sometimes....

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I do give out vaseline and lotion, but if a parent complains once, I put a note on their profile to make sure I remember to ask for permission from that crazy parent.

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On ‎2‎/‎28‎/‎2019 at 9:01 AM, Jedrnurse said:

Don't be hating on the mints! I have them, but treat them with more security than oxycontin. Under the right circumstances I disable the alarms, secure the pitbulls and actually give one out. So far so "mint-chasers"...

Re: the vaseline- Oy! With that mentality, should we get doctor's orders for soap as well?? (Seriously, I stock my own soap- the cheap stuff that the school buys dries out your hands quicker than old age...)

After you get doctor's orders for the soap a parent will complain so you will be needing a doctor's order for the admix of water.

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Soap, water and vaseline are the only things we are allowed to give without an order.

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On 3/1/2019 at 9:41 PM, Thanksforthedonuts said:

I did a clinical in school nursing. A kid came in with chapped lips and the RN (she was awesome!) Said she couldn't even put chapstick or vaseline on many of the kids in this school since the parents get mad about putting parabens and carcinogens on their babies! She said a mom complained the year before and caused a scene when she let a kid use vaseline for chapped lips. I thought she was kidding. She wasn't. Oddly... many of these parents drove Tesla's as well... never seen so many Tesla's in a parking lot before.

I have two families who frequently complain about this and the other awful things we are exposing/feeding students too on a daily basis here in school.

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