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Can the school registered nurse delegate administration of injectable glucagon to non-credentialed assistive personnel?
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The school law does not provide an exception for the registered nurse in the kindergarten through twelve grade, public and private school setting (RCW 28A.210 Common School Provisions: Health-Screening and Requirements) to delegate administration of injectable glucagon to non-credentialed assistive personnel. RCW 28A.210.330 does allow a parent to authorize a parent-designated adult (PDA) to perform this task in this setting. The law allows a school staff person to volunteer to be a PDA or the parents can select a person not employed by the school to be the PDA. The Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission recommends the registered nurse use the Scope of Practice Decision Tree to determine if an activity is within their scope of practice.

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