Medications
What do you do if the emergency medication in your room is expired?
Remove immediately and contact program supervisor, who will contact the parent.
If you are one of 2 closing staff and the only children left in the building are 5+, and there are 8 total, can you go home?
No. If there are 7 or more children in the building, 2 staff need to be available.
When do you know you need to put a child in time-out?
you NEVER put a child in time out!!
What constitutes a fever?
38.0 is a fever
Ana went out of the classroom out of the educator's sight, took a medication from her cubby, and applied it to another child. How many critical incidents happened here?
3
According to licensing, who can administer medications?
A primary staff member
How many staff do you need if you have:
3 4-ratios, 2 6-ratios, and 7 8-ratios?
2
Where are the opening and closing duties listed?
Who is responsible to doing them?
Opening staff and each team member arriving next until they are complete.
Closing staff - anyone out of ratio early can help
What is the diapering changing procedure? Where does it need to happen? When do we use gloves?
1. Get materials needed, 2. Change child, 3. Dispose of diapers/wipes (No wipes in toilet, use poopy bag as needed), 4. Wipe changing mat with bleach and put cloth to wash, 5. Wash your hands and the child’s. Diaper change needs to happen near a bathroom and away from eating tables and carpets. Gloves need to be used when touching vomit, blood, or bowel movements.
You come from your break and see many ziplock bags with food in them. When you ask, your sub staff tells you they are Liam's. What do you do?
Label them.
A leadership team member went into your space and administered a medication. What are you expected to do?
Be aware
Leadership must write on Himama/ Lillio and keep written record of: medication name, time, and amount.
What time of day are infants under 19 months not permitted to be mixed with other ages? (3 & 4 ratio)
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Which of our current educators CANNOT be left unsupervised?
None
How do you know if a toy is the appropriate size for the baby or cherry bomb classrooms?
They cannot fit through a toilet paper roll.
A child is playing hide and seek. The educator does not know where the child is, so they walkie and another educator finds the child in a different room. The incident lasted 40 seconds. Is this a missing child incident?
Yes.
In what instance can we take Benadryl from a parent?
If it has the proper prescription label and a doctor's note.
How many staff do you need if you have:
Lawrence Richard Liam Alex Santiago William Ryan
1
Can 2 infants use the same crib if they are napping at different times?
Only if the nap mat is changed between - Ie separate sheets, separate storage of blankets
If one of the children in your care is ill, what do you do while you wait for the parent to pick them up?
Keep them as far from the other children as practically possible.
If a parent gives you a pharmacy labeled container and tells you they replaced the inside with regular diaper cream and scratched the label, can you take it into your classroom?
Nope.
Name every child and health concern from the health concerns list.
Look at the list to verify
How many educators do you need if you have:
Stephanie Leo Toryen Ensley Zach Azrael
and WHY?
2
What is the first thing you do when you walk into ratio?
Find out how many kids you have, your ratio, who is your oldest/youngest.
(Get the tag from the other staff, the walkie, and classroom bag)
Know the location of mediation and any allergies, medication or other health concerns to be aware of
What are the differences in the washing toys procedure if you are using Lysol vs. bleach?
Lysol: soak for 30 sec and rinse
Bleach: soak for 2 minutes and don't rinse.
In the case of a serious incident, who do you call? And who do we call as a program (in the correct order)?
You call a leadership team member. We call 911 if needed, parents, and licensing.