Medication Administration In Child Care: A Comparison Of State Child Care Center Regulations With National Health And Safety Standards

<p>The purpose of this thesis was to review the 50 state and D.C. child care center regulations (N=51) and compare with medication administration standards in Caring for Our Children (CFOC)- National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs, 3rd edition (CFOC). A data collection instrument, which included the seven standards directly related to medication administration in early care and education programs (ECE), was developed and reviewed by a team of national experts to measure compliance of state regulations with the standards. None of the states' regulations (N=51) met the criteria for all seven standards. Most of the states (98%) met some criteria for standards on medication administration (98%), labeling, storage, disposal (98%), contents of medication record (98%), and maintenance of records (84%). However, only a few states' regulations included some of the criteria for training of caregivers (27%), a medication policy (22%), and records of injury (12%). Most state child care regulations do not meet CFOC standards to ensure safe medication administration to children in ECE programs.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Yale University School of Nursing

Year

2012

Author dc:creator

• Viall, Sarah

Contributors dc:contributor

• Angela Crowley

• child care centers, medication administration, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Repository record dc:identifier

https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ysndt/1017

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:elischolar.library.yale.edu:ysndt-1016