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Date: | Thu, 10 Sep 1998 08:48:48 -0400 |
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Wow, what an interesting state.
Anyway - I have some news about my daughter's after school program. It's not firm yet, since not all the parties have been notified, but I wanted to share what I've heard so far.
Law: In Mass, non-nursing school personnel can give an injection in an emergency that is deemed to be life-threatening - which makes the Epi-Pen ok. Oral medications can only be administered by a school nurse - which makes the Benedryl NOT ok. I haven't seen the law, so there's probably a bunch of missing detail here. Seems that this has caused some conflict between the administration and the nursing staff long before I showed up.
Solution: The school will provide on-call nursing coverage during the afterschool program. They will fund it, staff it, etc. This provides coverage for the other 37 kids in the program (including one other with a severe peanut allergy) which was lacking the last four years. The on-call part works for me since emergencies are covered on-site, and the Benedryl is more a medium-term treatment. I am usually less than five minutes from the school - but I can also be off-site, which is why other coverage is needed. Phone coverage is immediate.
I was speechless when the director called. I had expected a fight from the admin. I hope the school nurses don't kill me... so far we've been working together well.
Lisa
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