Nurse Moser

Friendswood Independent School District

Medication Guidelines

When possible, all medication should be given by the parent at home. However, some medication will be dispensed at school according to the following guidelines:

1. Written permission and specific directions for administration of age appropriate medication are required. Directions must include student’s name, date, name of medication, dosage and time to be given. Friendswood I.S.D. has a new Parent Request for Medication form available. We would like this form to be completed and accompany all medication given during school hours. These forms are available in the school front office and on the school nurse website. Parent notes will still be accepted for those families who do not have access to a computer and printer.
2. All medication must be provided by the parent in the original container.
3. All medication must be brought to the clinic upon arrival to school.
4. The student should not carry on him/herself nor administer to him/herself any medication including creams, eye drops or oral analgesics. Exceptions may be made for asthma inhalers, epi-pens and cough drops.
5. The school nurse will supervise the storing and dispensing of medication.
6. In order to assure the safe delivery to school of controlled medication, the parent should deliver these medications directly to the nurse. However, if this is impossible; the parent must adhere to the following:

Ø     The parent must bring the original prescription container to school initially, with a Parent Request for Medication form completed.

Ø     When the medication container is empty it will be sent home with the student.

Ø     The parent should count out how much medication they are sending back to school and complete another Parent Request for Medication form.

Ø     The student must bring medications immediately to the nurse upon arrival to school.

7. Permission to carry asthma inhalers, epi pens and equipment to self manage diabetes care will be given to students provided the appropriate forms have been completed. You may obtain these forms from the nurse or school nurse website. The nurse may withdraw this privilege if the student does not demonstrate proper responsibility in regard to medication.

Asthma inhalers:

If an inhaler is left in the clinic for the nurse to administer, a new Parent Request for Medication form must accompany the medication each year.

If a student needs to carry a prescribed inhaler, a new Physician’s Request for Self-Administration of Ashtma Medication at School form needs to be completed each year.

If an EpiPen® is left in the clinic for the nurse to administer an Allergy Action Plan form completed by the health care provider and parent/guardian must accompany the medication each year.

If a student needs to carry an EpiPen®, a new Permission to Carry EpiPen® form and an Allergy Action Plan needs to be completed by the student, parent/guardian and health care provider each year.

Diabetes: Physician’s orders and care plan should be provided before the first day of school.

8. Field trip medication: Long-term prescription medication will be given on a field trip provided the parent understands the following:

Ø     Another staff member will give long-term medications during the field trip. The nurse does not attend field trips. One dose of your child’s medication will be sent with the designated staff member in a properly labeled container from the pharmacy where the prescription is filled. This must be supplied to the school nurse prior to the day of the field trip. If a separate container is not supplied then the nurse will send all the medication in the bottle from the clinic.

Ø     The parent may elect not to have the child receive medication on a field trip.

Ø     The parent may attend the field trip and administer medication to their child.

9. Every effort will be made to give medication as close to the specified time as possible but may not be given at the exact time requested due to class scheduling.
10. If the dosage of the student’s medication is changed, a new parent Request for Medication form or in the case of an inhaler or epipen a new physicians authorization form must be signed. These forms are available in the nurse’s office and online.
11. The school nurse has the right to inform your child’s educators on a need to know basis that your child in on this medication unless notified otherwise in writing.
12. Herbal medications, dietary supplements and home remedies will not be given during school hours since they are not FDA approved.
13. Medication orders may only be received from physicians, dentists, AP nurses and physician’s assistants licensed to prescribe medication in Texas.
14. Medication from foreign countries, including Mexico, will not be given during school hours.
15. At the end of the school year, all medication must be picked up by the student or parent from the nurse’s office. Any medication left in the nurse’s office will be destroyed.

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Medication Forms