Medication Administration
Where should all non emergency prescription medications be kept?
What do ALL inhalers need to be accepted into the program?
A chamber
what does an educator need to have to administer medication?
what temperature is a fever?
38 C/100.4 F
How many educators do you need to administer medication?
2 Educators must be present for medication to be administered.
One Educator must confirm that the medication belongs to the child listed on the medication form, the second educator will administer the medication once verified by both educators that the name on the medication and the child receiving medication match.
2 Educators must document and initial the following information on the medication consent form:
o Time of administration
o Dosage
o Name of medication
o Initials of the Educator who administered the medication
When does the physician letter have to be updated for emergency medications?
What kind of medication can you not accept that is non emergency?
Over the counter medications (Tylenol, cough syrup etc.) will not be administered
The only exception is when a child requires Tylenol to prevent seizures.
what non prescription medications cannot be accepted into the program?
Over the counter medications (Tylenol, cough syrup etc.) will not be administered. The only exception is when a child requires Tylenol to prevent seizures.
what 3 things need to be on the label of the prescribed medicine?
1. Child's name
2. Dosage
3. Number of times per day to be administered
What 2 people can give you training on the emergency medication?
1. Parent
2. Trained Professional
None! The parent has to be called
A parent comes in and says that the medication is all natural and there is no medication in it. What do you do?
Say we do not accept administer any herbal and/or homeopathic remedies to children
How long do you have to monitor the child after medication has been administered?
If a child requires Tylenol to prevent seizures, what 3 thing does the a letter from a physician have to indicate?
temperature for Tylenol to be administered
Dosage
Follow up instructions
the date, time, and dosage and initial that the medication has been administered
A parent comes in and says that there child is having seizures and need to be given Tylenol for them. Do you accept it?
NO! They need to have a doctor's note before we can accept it.
what 6 things do the parent NEED to complete on the medication consent form?
1. Name of Medication
2. Specific time of medication
3. specific start and finish dates
4. Dosage
5. Any special instructions
6. if the medicine is getting administered at home
what FIVE things are required by parents for emergency medications?
Instructions for the administration of the medication
Symptoms of the child’s illness
Contact information for the parents
Contact information for the child’s physician
Instructions for after the medication has been administered
If a parent calls and says that there is a new dosage amount that the child needs of the current medication they are taking, what do we need from the parent?
1. A doctor's note and a prescription label stating the new dosage amount prior to administering it to the child.
Define what a herbal and/or homeopathic medication is?
Herbal and homeopathic medications are both types of alternative medicine that utilize natural substances, but they are based on fundamentally different principles.