This capstone project focuses on one aspect of the school nurse role - the delegation of the task of medication administration to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs). It examines the safety and regulatory issues surrounding nurse delegation of medication administration to UAPs in the school setting. The primary goals of this project are to (1) identify resources to assist nurses and UAPs with the safe administration of medications in the school setting, (2) examine similarities and differences between states on the issue of school nurse delegation of medication administration in order to define potential system problems, and (3) make recommendations for a uniform approach to improve school nurse delegation of medication administration and monitor medication errors made by UAPs.
