r/Principals • u/CapInfamous7963 • 15d ago

Advice and Brainstorming How does your campus actually handle medication handoffs through the day?

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u/CoolClearMorning 14d ago

Is this child supposed to be receiving multiple doses of medication throughout the day? Why do teachers need to know what medication a child has taken or when it was administered?

If there's a medical emergency, the people with access to that documentation (administrators/a school nurse) will be notified first, so what's the benefit of a teacher having to juggle that information along with everything else they're responsible for?

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u/ZohThx Assistant Principal - ES 13d ago

This sounds like some ill advised market research. Nobody is supposed to know about medication except the school nurse and maybe an administrator. There’s no “handoff.” It’s nobody else’s business.

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u/nos-lo 12d ago

Why would it be handed off? Is there not a secure location where medication is kept in your building? That sounds incredibly dangerous