Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Periodically we hear on the news that a physician was arrested for ordering excessive doses of medication and patients have died. When a school nurse receives an order for a medication s/he has a responsibility to know or research the parameters for giving that medication. When a school nurse receives an order that is outside the parameters of accepted dosage, timing, or other parameters her first response should be to: *Contact the parent for a release to speak to the prescriber.Contact the physician to verify the order.Refuse to give the medication.Give the medication as ordered.MessageSubmit
