Medication Administration: Evidence-based Practices for Safe, Legal, and Appropriate Student Care in Pennsylvania Schools

Awareness of best evidence-based practices that promote and support medication
administration structure, processes and outcomes are needed by the school nurse to
provide safe, legal, and appropriate student care. School nurses must carefully analyze
their medication current practices and district policies. Presentation of the 2021 National
Association of School Nurses (NASN) School Nursing Evidence-based Clinical Practice
Guideline: Medication Administration in Schools and The Guidelines for Pennsylvania

Schools for the Administration of Medications and Emergency Care (2010) will be reviewed
and applied to a case study to demonstrate nursing process steps required to provide safe
medication administration.

Teaching Strategies:

1. Lecture with PPT presentation
2. Formative learning: Knowledge Checks and Case Study
3. Summative learning: Evaluation

1. Recognize evidence-based practice recommendations of medication administration
safety for the certified school nurse.
2. Determine two evidence-based practice recommendations to decrease medication
errors in schools.
3. Identify two security measures/ resources to improve structure, process, and outcomes
of medication administration in schools.

The Pennsylvania Association of School Nurses and Practitioners (PASNAP)  is an approved provider of: Continuing education for registered nurses in Pennsylvania, meeting the requirements of §21.133 (relating to continuing education content) as an affiliate member of the National Association of School Nurses Act 48 Credit hours by the Pennsylvania Department of Education