JLCD-E - Medical Administration of Students on Field Trips

MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ON SCHOOL FIELD TRIPSTRIPS/OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS

1.         Any unlicensed personnel administering medicationsmedications, both prescription and over the counter, must holdhave training documentation ofon theirfile training inat the administration of medication, including personnel administering medication on a field trip.school.

2.         There must be written permission from the parent/guardian providing consent to administer the medication in school and a written physician’s order and/or an appropriately labeled, original medication container.

3.         Either a standardized, preprintedDuplicate medication labelcontainers orshall preprintedbe envelopeobtained containingby parent/guardian from the informationpharmacy described below or medication in its original container willto be used for students attending a field trip.

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4.is Whenconsidered usingbest a preprinted label or preprinted envelope, the school nurse shall transfer the prescribed amount of medication needed for the field trip from the original medication container into the approved envelope and fill in the appropriate information on the envelope.

5.         The envelope will be provided to the trained personnel for administration during the trip. practice. The school nurse will provide a review of the medication and its administration to the trained personnel on an as needed basis.but at least annually. All trained personnel administering medication must understand what to do in an emergency.

6.         The medication will be transported and stored in compliance with any special directions for the medication and will be secured as safely as possible.

7.         The administration of medication on a field trip will duplicatemirror local procedure as much as possible, the guidelines found in the “Guidelines for Training of Non-Licensed Personnel in Medication Administration.” possible. This willshould include consideration of student privacy and cleanliness of area where medications are administered.

8.         The trained personnel administering the medication will double-check with the student about the medication label and will double-check the dose.   Medication will be administered to the student to assure that the right student receives the right medication, with the right dose, at the right time, by the right route.  The trained personnel administering the medication will double-check with the student about the medication label and will double-check the dose.  The medication will be given within 30 minutes either side of the prescribed time.

9.         Each school district will develop a method of documenting medications administered on the field trip, recording any unexpected occurrences, and a method of returning any medication not administered.

TheDATE medicationADOPTED: envelope orOctober label29, will2001 contain(By the followingDepartment information:of Education, Board of Pharmacy and Board of Nursing)

Revised:  June 27, 2022

            1.         Date to be administered.

            2.         Name of the student.

            3.         Name of the medication.

            4.         Dose to be given.

            5.         Time to be given.

            6.         Physician prescribing the medication.

            7.         Special directions.

            8.         Phone number of school nurse.

            9.         Emergency directions.

Adopted:  January 22, 2018