Policy statement - Guidance for the administration of medication in school

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1244-1251

  Murray, Robert D ^e   Gereige, Rani S ^e   Lamont, Jeffrey H ^e   Monteverdi, George J ^e   Pattishall III, Evan G ^e   Roland, Michele M ^e   Wheeler, Lani S M ^e   Devore, Cynthia DiLaura ^e   Barnett, Stephen E ^e   Anderson, Wendy ^e   Okamoto, Jeffrey ^e   Grant, Linda M ^e   Magalnick, Harold ^e   Blum, Alex B ^a   Delack, Sandi ^b   Vernon Smiley, Mary ^c   Wallace, Robert ^d   Guinn Jones, Madra ^e  

^a Section on Residents

^b National Association of School Nurses   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Independent School Health Association

^e NONE

Author keywords

Delegate; Medications; School; Self administer; Unlicensed assistive personnel

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; NURSING ASSISTANT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF MEDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOL NURSING; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349745450     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1953     Document Type: Article

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