The Medication Delegation Toolkit

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The following is a list of supplies the school nurse will need to obtain to create a toolkit to complete the skills demonstration:

  • A labeled pill bottle filled with small items to replicate a pill
  • A labeled liquid bottle filled with water or colored water
  • Over-the-counter (OTC) non-medicated ointment or cream
  • OTC non-medicated ear drops
  • OTC non medicated eye drops
  • Gauze pads
  • Paper tape, sticker for a patch
  • A glucagon trainer (syringe kit, intranasal, or pen)
  • Small bottle of saline
  • Needle and syringes, and soft foam ball for practice
  • Seizure medication trainer (rectal, intranasal, atomizer, ampule and syringe)
  • Plastic ampule of saline
  • Nebulizer training, adaptive mouth piece or mask
  • Large syringe with plunger
  • Practice pump or continuous glucose monitor (if available to specific student equipment)
  • Protective latex-free gloves
  • Cotton balls
  • Tongue depressors
  • Medicine cup, spoon, syringe, or dropper
  • Epinephrine auto-injector trainer (if applicable to policy)
  • Trainer inhaler and spacer
  • Practice documentation (electronic or paper format)
  • Practice intranasal naloxone trainer (if applicable to policy)
  • Practice Inhaler canister with disposable mouth piece and spacer (if applicable per policy)