CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL NURSES (6th Edition, Revised 2007)

Completely revised, expanded and updated in 2007,
it’s the perfect companion to SCHOOL HEALTH ALERT!

Save time and avoid errors with our ready-to-use summaries of the illnesses and injuries that you deal with regularly! A must for every school nurse!

Developed by the editors of SCHOOL HEALTH ALERT and school nurses and physicians, each Guidelineincludes a definition of the disease or condition, causes, presenting signs and symptoms, management strategies and follow-up.

Completely revised and updated as of 2007, Clinical Guidelines for School Nurses includes Guidelines for 133 medical conditions, plus all-new information and guidance on critical issues faced by today's school nurse, such as teen pregnancy, bloodborne pathogens, legal issues, vision screening, audiology, sports medicine, illness falsification, psychosomatic symptoms, children with special health needs, and much, much more

You’ll find Guidelines for the following medical conditions, plus all-new information and guidance on critical issues faced by today’s school nurse.

Contents include:

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section I:
CLINICAL GUIDELINES INDEX
ABDOMEN-Blunt Injury
ABDOMINAL
PAIN/APPENDICITIS/IBS
ABRASIONS
ACNE
ALLERGIES
ANAPHYLAXIS
ANEMIA (iron deficiency)
ANOREXIA (see Eating Disorders)
ASTHMA AND ASTHMATIC
EMERGENCIES
ATTENTION DEFICIT
HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
BACK AND NECK INJURY
BITES: ANIMAL AND HUMAN
BOILS/BLISTERS
Bulimia (see Eating Disorders)
BREAST LUMPS
BURNS
CANKER SORE
CHEST INJURY/PAIN
CHICKENPOX
CHOKING-ASPHYXIATION
CMV (CYTOMEGALOVIRUS)
COMMON COLD VS. ALLERGIC
RHINITIS
CONTACT LENSES
Cuts (see Lacerations)
DENTAL EMERGENCIES
DIABETES MELLITUS 48
DIABETIC EMERGENCIES
DIARRHEA
DRUG ABUSE (see also Behavior
Section)
EAR PAIN
EATING DISORDERS-Anorexia
and Bulimia
ECZEMA (Atopic Dermatitis)
ENCOPRESIS
ENURESIS
Epilepsy (see Seizures)
EYE TRAUMA (replace with SS
draft)
FAINTING (Syncope)
FEVER
FIFTH DISEASE (Erythema
Infectiosum)
FOOD ALLERGIES (see also
Environment Section)
FOODBORNE ILLNESS
FOREIGN BODIES: Eye, ear,
(including earwax), nose
FRACTURE/DISLOCATION
HEADACHE(S) (includes migraine)
(replace with SS draft)
HEAD INJURY
Heat-Related Illneess (See Sun
Exposure)
HEMOPHILIA
HEPATITIS A, B, C
HERPES SIMPLEX - Oral
HIVES (URTICARIA)
IMPETIGO (see Skin Infections)
INGROWN TOENAIL
LACERATIONS
LEUKEMIA
LICE (HEAD) - Pediculosis Capitis
MEDICATIONS AT SCHOOL
MENINGITIS
Mental Health
(See Behavioral Health Section II)
MENSTRUAL DISORDERS
MONONUCLEOSIS (Glandular
Fever, Mono)
MUMPS
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
NOSEBLEED
PERTUSSIS
PINK EYE (Conjunctivitis)
POISON IVY / OAK (Contact
Dermatitis)
PUNCTURE WOUNDS (minor, foot)
RASHES (Chart)
RHINOSINUSITIS
RINGWORM OF SCALP
RINGWORM - TINEA
SCABIES
SEIZURES-EPILEPSY
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
DISEASES
SKIN INFECTION (Cellulitis and
Lymphagitis)
SORE THROAT
SPIDER BITE (Brown Recluse)
SPRAIN OF ANKLE OR KNEE
(Decision Rules for x-ray of leg
injury)
STING ALLERGY (Bee, wasp)
STY
Suicide (see Behavioral Health
Section)
SUN EXPOSURE (Heat-Related
Illnesses)
TATTOO/BODY PIERCING/
SELF-MUTILATION
TICK REMOVAL
TICS and TOURETTE SYNDROME
TUBERCULOSIS
Varicella (See Chickenpox)
WART (see Skin Infections)
Section II: Behavioral Health
Depression
Gay and Lesbian Youth
Homelessness
EStudent Misbehavior
Stress Disorder/Post Traumatic
Substance Abuse
Drugs of Potential Abuse
Drug Detection Periods
Suicide
Preventing Teen Pregnancy
Illness Falsification and
Psychosomatic Symptoms
Section III: Children with Special
Health Needs
Overview of Special Education
The Individual Health Care Plan
Related Services
Children with Disabilities
Sample Forms
Individual Health Plan
When Students Have Special Needs
Checklist for Students’ Special
Health Care Needs
What a Healthcare Provider’s Order
Must Include
Medical Orders for Specialized
Health Procedures
Section IV: — Safe School
Environment
Introduction
Automated External Defibrillators
Bloodborne Pathogens
Standard Precautions
Employee Exposure Control
Controlling Food Allergies
Indoor Air Quality
Injury Prevention/Safety
Latex Allergy
Pandemic Flu Preparations
Sample Forms
Report of Environmental Concern
Emergency Health Care Information
for School Nurse/EMS
Section V: — Legal Issues for
School Nurses
Legal Issues for School Nurses
(Interview)
Medication Administration
Sample Medication Administration
Forms
Medication Request Form
Administration of Medication by
School Personnel
Authorization for Self-Carry/
Administration of Medicine
Contract for Self-Carried Medication
Daily Log for Medication
Administration
Medication Adminstration Skills
Checklist
Authorization for Disclosure of
Health Information
HIPAA-Complaint Authorization for
Health Information Exchange
Section VI: — Appendix
Hypertension Standards Audiology
Update (frequently asked questions)
Which Sports When?
Teaching Children About Medicines
Children’s Health Insurance Program
(State - CHIP)
AAP Guidelines for Emergency Care
in Schools
Vision Screening Update (Frequently
Asked Questions)
CDC Growth/BMI

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