I'm a 24/5 nanny and my bosses are frequently both out of town, or untreachable. Sometimes I have no idea they are out of town!!!!!
I asked them for an emergency concent form months back. She said that the lawyers are drafting one up. But I haven't seen it. I printed one out off the Internet, and asked if we can use it as a temporary one until the lawyers finish theirs.

Just sitting on their desk. They have gone somewhere for the weekend apparently. It just annoys me greatly that they won't provide me or the weekend nanny with one.

I don't want to be a nag, but this should be a priority.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:well for certain procedures that require a decision to be made do you want your nanny making that decision for you?

Implied consent is for emergencies, In OP's case there was no need to withhold giving a child stitches.

I have been a nanny and am now a parent. If a decision has to be made regarding the care of my child I want to make it myself, even if its over the phone. My sitter can take my child to the ER and get her stitches if I cant get there. However, if a choice needs to be made that could affect my child life in the future thats my decision to make.

And if the choice had to be made right away? The child needed a risky but life saving surgery and I can't get in contact with you right away?! Then what would you propose?

Wouldn't they go ahead with any life saving surgery? If it was not immediately life threatening, then they would need consent, but if it is life saving at that moment, you will die without it, then they go ahead and do it. They have to do that for people no matter what, whether you have any insurance, whether you are awake and can give consent for yourself or unconscious and can't give consent for yourself. They legally have to do everything they can to save your life, unless you have signed a DNR.

I created one that stays attached to the side of my refrigerator at all times with a copy of my daughter's insurance card, a list of emergency numbers, DD's physician information (in case a hospital ever needs to verify vaccinations or whatever) and a brief summary of DD's medical conditions and meds (really nothing to report there except for vitamins, but that itself is worth putting in writing).

The medical consent form I drafted was adapted from something I found online but does not list the nanny's name. I think it just says "the bearer of this document" or something like that because I wanted it to be available to grandparents and occasional sitters as well as our full time nanny.

Although ERs will provide some services on an implied consent basis, I wouldn't want to risk a delay in care while the staff tries to figure out whether it can or can't proceed without parental consent and a parental commitment to pay for any uninsured services. I also wouldn't want to risk a nanny or sitter being reluctant to authorize recommended care for fear of personal or financial liability.

I am a nanny who has had a medical release form for all my full time charges. When my brother was a child, he was visiting family out of town and broke his leg. The dr wouldn't even set the bone or give my brother pain meds until my parents arrived (10 hours later!). That was the 80's, so i'm not sure how it would all go down in this day and age but I always give this example to parents and they're happy to supply me with a medical release. To the PP who asked where to find one, I just googled it and got several templates.

Parents, you can make the consent contingent on the doctor and hospital making every attempt but not being a le to reach you.

My employers sent one to their pediatrician's office for me.

I've only had to take a child to the ER once in my 10+ years of nanny work. The child's mother met me there.

There was a life-threatening emergency while I've been there with a charge, but his mother was present. I made the 911 call, and she left with him in the ambulance.