Medication Policy: Broken Arrow High School

Safford School District, like many school districts, has a policy strictly prohibiting the use, possession, or sale of any drug on school grounds, including prescription drugs, without advanced administrative permission. Students in violation will be subject to removal from school property and will be subject to prosecution in accordance with the provisions of the law.Students attending school in the District who are in violation of the provisions of this policy shall be subject to disciplinary actions in accordance with the provisions of school rules and/or regulations. Safford is like many other public schools where it finds itself on the front lines of a war against drug abuse among students. As such, Safford has firsthand experience with some of the trends in this area that are by no means unique to its community. With students beginning to experiment with drugs at a rapidly earlier age precisely middle school. the abuse of prescription and over-the- counter drugs has become more prevalent because of the relatively easy access to these drugs and a prevailing notion that they provide a “safe” high. As a result of student giving out over the counter drugs one boy who took the pills had a bad reaction and became seriously ill leaving him several days in an intensive care unit.

It should be made mandatory for the nurses to read back the documented prescription to the doctor. It should be signed by the doctor for confirmation after been reviewed by the druggist.

The aim of this assignment is to analyse the use of safe and effective prescribing which occurred in the student health visitors (HV)’s area of practice under the supervision of the practice teacher. The case study will be developed on the seven principles of the prescribing pyramid (NPC, 1999) and Driscoll model of reflection will be used to reflect on the prescribing scenario. In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery ‘s professional code of conduct (NMC, 2015) confidentiality shall be maintained. Hence mother will be known as Debra and baby knows as Ella.

Non care setting - Medications are often stored and administered in a variety of non-health care settings. These settings include: primary and secondary schools, Child day care centres, Board and care homes, Jails and prisons. In all these settings, employees frequently are responsible for handling and administering prescription and over-the-counter medications to clients or residents. Some organizations may employ licensed health professionals to directly manage the medication administration process. However, many of these settings have no licensed health professionals involved. Where medications are stored and administered to individuals, written policies and procedures should address the following: Acquisition of medications (e.g., from parents, caregivers, pharmacies), Specification of which personnel are allowed access to medications and allowed to administer medications to students, clients or residents, Labelling and packaging of medications managed for students, clients

* Have a written policy in place, which describes the local procedure for recording of unwanted medication to be returned to the pharmacist.

The policy states that they as a school they do not administer medication to children as most medicines are 3 times a day and it possible administer this without the schools help. However if it is required then parents/carers must complete a permission slip for this to happen. All medication is kept in the school office. Treatments for something life threatening such anaphylactic shock, parent must have completed a consent form to allow a named and trained member of staff to administer should it be necessary. There is a school medical register and a copy of this is in all classrooms.

The risks associated with administering non prescribed medication occur when there is not sufficient knowledge about contraindications and potential interactions with other medicines already taken. Before administering OTC medicine support workers should be familiar with organisational policy in relation to these medicines. Or see advice and guidance from pharmacist and/or GP and/or seek permission from your manager.

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Psychotropic medications, also referred to as psychiatric or psychotherapeutic medications, are used to treat psychiatric disorders, such as: depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). They have been used for many years and oftentimes come with dangerous side effects. The side effects that often occur in children taking these medications can include: fainting, blurred vision, vomiting, extreme weight gain, and even death ("Seroquel information,” n.d.). The use of psychotropic medication to treat mental disorders in children and adolescents is highly controversial because of ethical viewpoints (i.e. parents “drugging” their children to calm them down) and potentially

When a child has difficulties with paying attention, excessive talking, and is considered hyperactive, sometimes there is a problem that needs to be addressed by a pediatrician. In addition to these symptoms your local school district may tell you that your child should be tested for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The first thing parents should do is contact their child’s pediatrician, as a result your child’s pediatrician should conduct tests using detailed psychological and physical tests related to the diagnosis of ADHD. Therefore, determining if your State Medicaid Program has prior authorizations to prescription medications to treat ADHD do they actively

In the curriculum it says that the medication aid is legally responsible for their own actions. The other legal responsibilities/ abilities include; working under a RN/LPN, to administer various kinds of medication including oral, topical, and vaginal, name a few, to perform certain procedures if we are taught to and to supervise a license nurse if deemed competent. You can also legally refuse to perform a task that the CMA has not been trained to complete or if you don't feel competent to do so.

As a member of an underprivileged community who spent a large portion of my undergraduate career in public service, I would like to see a higher level of awareness on the negative effects of drugs within high schools. I would like to start an initiative where a group of students from the medical school visit local high schools and educate students about the harmful effect of drugs. I believe that through Kalamazoo Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, an organization that collaborates with WMed, I will be able to achieve my goal. In addition, the unique location of WMed in Kalamazoo will offer me numerous learning opportunities like clinical experiences and community services which will expose me to a wide array of people from various backgrounds and cultures, which I think is a vital part of being a physician in training.

Overall I want to see if the effect of technology will increase the adherence of college-aged people. I want to focus on seeing if things like a text message reminder or email reminder would be helpful to college-aged students in remembering to take their medications. I am hoping to go around and gather information from students on campus that regularly take medication and also go to other places that college-aged people would be and gather information and do a random sample from the people I collect information from to decide who will be in my sample. For the people that are chosen I will get information like how many different pills they take regularly and also the amount of time a day they take them in order to send the most helpful reminders to

Thank you for sharing your post. I think your post reminds me of my patient education experience when I was a volunteer in Bellevue Hospital. My first assignment was to provide medication education to patients in the medical surgical unit. The nurse manager wanted me to go to each patient and told them the medication they were administered. I was requested to provide the patients about the adverse effect of the medication and the symptoms of complications after administered them. Before I went to the patients’ room, I had to look for the medications that the patients took and studied their uses, their adverse effects and possible complications. I needed to prepare myself before I went to the patients’ room. Otherwise, I would felt embarrassed

During this preceptorship I provided competent care to all my patients despite gender, age, ethnicity, belief or educational background. In this new role practiced some of the nursing skills that has been provided during the lectures time: patient education and medication administration. I feel competent on delivering patient discharge education plane. This information is really important and will help the patients to take care of themselves at home. Many times I have set down with the patient and explained every single page of the discharge plane that is provided to them. Information that is provided to the patients during the discharge process is: the next doctor appointment, time and location of the doctor’s office. A complete information about the medications, their adverse effects, when to seek immediate care, any diet restrictions, and some more supplemental teaching about the disease itself. An effective discharge planning decreases the chances that the patient readmitted to the hospital in a short period of time.