School Nursing and Health

Mission: Supporting and Promoting the connection between health and academic achievement.

Welcome to the CDE School Nursing and Health Services web pages. The following resources are available to support your practice and give you assistance in obtaining additional resources.

Health Data Report
(Reopens Spring 2021)

COVID-19 Resources and Guidance
for School Nurses

Professional Development

What's New!
Training Opportunities
E-Learning
Meetings

View the Professional Development page

School Nurse Training Tools

Medication Administration
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel
Health & Wellness
Training Resources

View the School Nurse Training Tools page

Resources

Community
State and National

View the Resources page

School Health Office Management

Organization of Services
Fast Facts
Students in Need
Related Services & Department

View the School Health Office Management page

Health Services

Immunizations
Infectious Diseases
Screenings
Early Childhood
Emergency Care/Disaster Planning
Student Safety

View the School Health Services page

Health Conditions

Health Care Plans
Allergy/Asthma
Diabetes
Epilepsy/Seizures
TBI/Concussion
Mental Health

View the Health Conditions page

Professional School Nursing

School Nursing Practice
School Nurse Licensure
Mentor Program
CASN/NASN

View the Professional School Nursing page

Legal Issues

Rules & Regulations
Delegation
Documentation & Confidentiality
Child Protection
HIPAA / FERPA

View the Legal Issues page

Special Education

Special Education
504
IDEA
HCP

View the Special Education page

Nursing Procedures

Board of Nursing Laws, Rules and Policies
Nursing Procedure Guidelines
- Buccal Clonazepam
- VNS Magnet
- Diastat
- Intranasal Midazolam
- Buccal Midazolam
- Tube Feeding

View the Nursing Procedures page

Contact us

Colorado Department of Education
Regional Nurses

View the Contact Us page

A variety of school nursing practices exist in Colorado: single school site, multiple school responsibilities, contracted services and nurse consultant models. These web pages were carefully developed with diverse practice and environments in mind such as urban, rural and frontier school districts, private and public.

To support your school nursing practice and professional growth, please consider the following:

Familiarize yourself with your district and school policies, procedures and guidelines.
Become knowledgeable regarding state and federal regulations and resources pertaining to health-related educational issues.
Communicate with your nursing supervisor and/or school administrator.
Utilize your professional network and support opportunities such as local school nurse peers and mentors, statewide school nursing colleagues via the CDE School Nurse Listserve, the CDE website, local/state health departments, professional organizations and the CDE Principal Consultant School Health Services.