Singular and children

[Momof4]

Ooooh, sorry you have to deal with this a&b. We who are really good at our jobs as caregivers are always worried about the children. And that's a good thing. But the parents make the final decisions. I will medicate a child from a doctor prescribed medication but not any over the counter meds. So if a parent gave me a bottle of meds from the doctor I would have to administer it as instructed. It might be completely against my beliefs and make me worry terribly about the well being of the child but I would have to do it.

I think I would ask the parent to sign and date on a special note on my emergency medical forms where I indicate any ongoing meds the child is on which is meant to be handed to the paramedics if I ever had to call 911. My medical forms are meant to absolve me from anything in that case and put the burden on the parents to take over at the hospital.

[Serendipity]

So if a parent gave me a bottle of meds from the doctor I would have to administer it as instructed. It might be completely against my beliefs and make me worry terribly about the well being of the child but I would have to do it.

I disagree that if a parent gave you prescription meds that you would HAVE to dispense. I choose not to. We are business owners and we make our rules and policies. If a child in my care needed prescription meds I would require the parent to dose the child before or after daycare hours. If the meds needed to be dispensed during the day, I would require the parent to come dose themselves or send someone they trust to do so. I would NOT.

The first year I was open a baby in my care was put on some pretty heavy duty meds that had the possibility of some really sever side effects much like OP listed above. I didn't have to dispense any of it since the baby was only required to have meds in the morning and again at bed time. A few weeks into being on the meds, the mom came to me devestated. The pharmacy mis-read the doctor's prescription and gave them the wrong instructions.

The baby was suppose to be getting .065 ml of this drug but the label read 5 ml. HUGE difference. So these poor parents were seriously over medicating their child and due to NO fault of their own. They followed the dosing label on the bottle. Even medical professionals make mistakes. Because of that I refuse to take part in any medication of a child in my care.

I know we have forms and signatures that supposedly relieve us of all liability but in all honesty, we probably all know someone who has been sued or held liable despite any wrong doing on their part. We hear way too many stories of providers being drug through the mud, to be found not guilty or completely innocent but still lose their reputation and/or business.

Much too scary ground to be traveling on IMHO.