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Medication Safety Practices at School: Addressing Challenges for the School Nurse
Barbara Smith, MS
Barbara has over 30 years of experience in training development in health, education and human services. She worked for twenty years at the Center for Disabilities and Development at the University of Iowa, and has worked with school nurses around the country to develop online resources to promote medication safety in the school setting for the past ten years. Her business, SchoolMeds.com, has been used by nurses to train over 60,000 school staff who assist with medication administration. She has a Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology from Southern Illinois University and a BA in English from Brown University.
Phil Johnson, MA, RPh, FASHP
Phil is the clinical pharmacist representative to the Florida School Health and Education Consortium, (SHEC) where he focuses on medication safety and compliance in the school system. He is the author of Medication Use in Schools, a nationally distributed resource that won him an award from the Institute for Safe Medication Practice. He served for 26 years as the founding Director of Pharmacy and later Pharmacy Advocacy Director at the Moffit Cancer Center and Research Institute. He is currently the Oncology Director for Premier Inc.
Barbara Smith, MS, of SchoolMeds.com and Philip Johnson, Clinical Pharmacist will explore what current research tells us about safe medication practices, and how best practices translate into the complex working environment of the school nurse.
In this webinar, you will learn:
- The history of medication administration in the school setting and special challenges it brings for the school nurse.
- What hospitals and other settings have learned about improving medication safety.
- Barriers and opportunities for using "best practices" In the school setting.
- Strategies and resources that can assist with improving medication safety at school.