MPII 002: Task 1 (part 1)
Contribute to children and young people’s health and safety.
(7.1)
Within my role I need a written consent from the child’s parents for proof that the child actually needs that medication as well as having the parents signature within that written consent, having verbal consent isn’t official you need to have prescribed.
The medication that we are provided with for the child has to have a label on it so that all staff know who the medication is for as well as knowing how to use it. On that label note how often the child needs to take the medication and at what times.
When giving the child the medication use a sterilised spoon for older children and a syringe for younger children. Make sure that when you have used that utensil then you must sterilise it again before putting it away, make sure that within you setting you have more than one of these utensils needed.
All medication needs to be stored within the fridge unless you are instructed to otherwise; if you are instructed other wise then you must keep it within a high cupboard away from a child’s reach within the kitchen. Only qualified practitioners, first aiders or designated people within you working environment can give the children their medication, but make sure that they know the amounts they are meant to have.
Once you have given that child their medication then you would need to log it within their diaries or record book of the time it was give to them, the date, how much you gave them (dose) as well as the signature off their parents and the practitioner.
You would then give the medication back to the child’s parents at the end of the day when the child is collected.
(7.2)
Getting a written consent off the child’s parents protects the children and practitioners because if anything happened to that child then you have proof that the child’s parents have given you consent that you can give them medication; so the practitioner isn’t to blame.
Storage of the medication also protects the
(7.1)
Within my role I need a written consent from the child’s parents for proof that the child actually needs that medication as well as having the parents signature within that written consent, having verbal consent isn’t official you need to have prescribed.
The medication that we are provided with for the child has to have a label on it so that all staff know who the medication is for as well as knowing how to use it. On that label note how often the child needs to take the medication and at what times.
When giving the child the medication use a sterilised spoon for older children and a syringe for younger children. Make sure that when you have used that utensil then you must sterilise it again before putting it away, make sure that within you setting you have more than one of these utensils needed.
All medication needs to be stored within the fridge unless you are instructed to otherwise; if you are instructed other wise then you must keep it within a high cupboard away from a child’s reach within the kitchen. Only qualified practitioners, first aiders or designated people within you working environment can give the children their medication, but make sure that they know the amounts they are meant to have.
Once you have given that child their medication then you would need to log it within their diaries or record book of the time it was give to them, the date, how much you gave them (dose) as well as the signature off their parents and the practitioner.
You would then give the medication back to the child’s parents at the end of the day when the child is collected.
(7.2)
Getting a written consent off the child’s parents protects the children and practitioners because if anything happened to that child then you have proof that the child’s parents have given you consent that you can give them medication; so the practitioner isn’t to blame.
Storage of the medication also protects the