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Student Abuse of Over the Counter Drugs: What You Need to Know
NASN Radio- National Association of School Nurses
English - December 16, 2015 18:14 - 12 minutes - 25 Bytes - ★★★★ - 15 ratingsCourses Education education k-12 k12 early childhood health school nutrition child health school nurses medical Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Studies show that abuse of prescription and OTC medicines is a problem among today’s teens. Teens might abuse OTC cough medicine because it is affordable and easily available. Today, roughly one out of three teenagers knows someone who has abused OTC cough medicine to get high. Learn more.
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Peggy McKibbin, is a member of National Association of School Nurses (NASN), with nearly 15 years' experience as a school nurse, and currently at Polytech High School in Woodside, Delaware. Nichole Bobo is the current Project-Manager of CDC three-year funded immunization project focused on determining knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of school nurses.