HOME › Forums › Camp Health › Ideas for organizing scheduled medications › Reply To: Ideas for organizing scheduled medications
Our YMCA camp uses 7 day planners, one for each med pass for each camper.
We use self-adhesive labels affixed to medication planners to document pertinent information. After each session, labels are removed and each med planner is sanitized.
We have volunteer nurses each session, all medication planners are prepared by the nurses at the start of the week using the MAR and bottles to perform medication reconciliation. Medication planners are organized by cabin groups in gallon bags. We then store prepared medication planners in large lockable tackle boxes. The medications are then dispensed to the individual campers by the nurses after identifying each camper – the medication planners always remain in the possession of the nurses. Miralax doses are premixed by the nurses into juice or water just prior to the med pass. We use labeled oral syringes for all liquid medications and wash these after each use.
Documentation for medication administration is performed after each med pass by verifying that the medication was administered (visualizing empty slot in med planner).
You can find medication planners much less expensive than $1.80 each. A quick google search turned up some for $0.42 each. Try looking at companies that print promotional products. Or seek a donation if appropriate (like a local pharmacy if they use these as “give aways”). We are going on our 5th year with our medication planners. I probably toss 1/2 a dozen a year that don’t stay closed or the lids are broken.