Health & Wellness

School Nursing and Health ~ Resources

School Health Manual

The following documents should be downloaded and placed in a notebook to provide a School Health Manual that should be kept in every school health office.

• Child Abuse and Prevention (Rev. 2004) (PDF)

• Medications in the School Setting:  Guidelines (Rev. 2010) (PDF)

• School Nursing:  Documentation, Confidentiality and Record Keeping (Rev. 2005) (PDF)

• Health Care Plan Development, Implementation and Evaluation (Rev. 2005) (PDF)

• School Nursing in Child Care Settings (Rev. 2004) (PDF)

• Emergency Guidelines for Schools (3rd Edition) (PDF)

• School Health Advisory Boards (Rev. 2003)(PDF)

• School Health Assessments CDE Fast Facts (to be updated)

• The Healthy School Environment (Rev. 2003) (PDF)

• Evaluations of the School Health Program (Rev. 2003) (PDF)

• Standards of Practice for Audiology Services in Schools (Rev. 2004) (PDF)

• Guidelines for School Vision Screening Programs (Rev. 2006) (PDF)

• Guidelines for Vision Screening Birth through Five Years/Child Find (Rev. 2005) (PDF)

• State Board of Health Rules and Regulation Governing Schools in the State of Colorado (PDF)

• State Board of Health Rules and Regulation Governing Child Care in the State of Colorado (PDF)

• Infectious Disease in Child Care and Schools

• Networking (listserve information) (PDF)

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Medications and Devices

• Asthma and General Lung Disease Medication

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• Community Resources

  • Mile High United Way

  • American Lung Association in Colorado

  • Colorado Asthma Coalition

  • American Heart Association

  • American Cancer Society

  • Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado

  • Brain Injury Association of Colorado

  • Colorado Physical Activity and Nutrition Program

  • Colorado Cancer Coalition

  • RMC Health

  • Shriner's Hospital for Children

• County Public Health Agencies
  
  
• Health Care Program for Children with Special Care Needs
  
  
• Children's Hospital Colorado
  
  
• Barbara Davis Center
  
  
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  
  
  • CDC
    
    
  • School Health Index
    
    
• Kempe Center for Prevention of Child Abuse
  
  
• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  
  
  • Best Practices
    
    
  • Public Health Divisions, Sections and Programs
    
    
• Department of Human Services
  
  
• Department of Health Care Policy and Finance
  
  
• Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC)
  
  
• American Adacemy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology
  
  
• American Academy of Pediatrics
  
  
• ASHA - American School Health Association
  
  
• SAMHSA
  
  
• National Library of Medicine
  
  
• Medline Plus
  
  
• Medscape
  
  
• CHADD
  
  
• NASN
  
  
• CASN
  
  
• National Institute of Health
  
  
• Covering Kids and Families (Colorado)
  
  
• Kids Count
  
  
• Action for Healthy Kids

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