Can the school nurse train all faculty and staff to administer epinephrine and glucagon to any student who might need it?
The school nurse must take care in training unlicensed persons to administer emergency medications. While we have permission in memos from the Office of Professions of the NY State Education Department to train unlicensed personnel to administer these two medications in the event of an emergency, the training of personnel must be done on a student specific/ medication specific basis. For example: A student has an order for glucagon to be given in an emergency. The school nurse MAY train that student’s teachers or aides to give the glucagon to that particular student in accordance with an Emergency Care Plan written by the school nurse. The school nurse MAY NOT train the entire faculty at a faculty meeting to give glucagon to any student.
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