Finally! Answers to tough legal questions in school health¡¦
Get expert advice on avoiding the legal pitfalls in school nursing!

As a school nurse, you often face tough legal issues related to:
- Expectations by parents of what school nurses can and should do
- Medications at school: What's allowed? Who dispenses? Who decides?
- Nonprescription and herbal products parents ask school nurses to give to students
- Legal risks related to everyday activities.

Find out how to resolve these legal issues and many others in Legal Issues in School Health Services. This valuable resource, written for education and health professionals and their legal advisors, addresses the spirit and letter of the laws, related standards, conflicts between them, and how they affect the delivery of school health services in regular and special education.
School nurses will appreciate the special attention given to pertinent issues for school administrators, school attorneys, and school nurses to foster school practices that are safe and effective. Designed as both a guide and reference work, this book is written by 15 highly credentialed nurses, attorneys, and educators and offers detailed discussions of the legal challenges that exist in today's schools, such as:
- School nursing practice, standards, and performance issues
- Risk management strategies for school administrators, school boards, and attorneys
- Multi-disciplinary approaches in ethico-legal problem solving
- Collaborative approaches in promoting student learning and success
- Financial, special education, record confidentiality, and future genetic challenges

This definitive legal guide can save you hundreds-even thousands-in legal fees¡¦yet it costs less than a one-hour consultation with your attorney! Over 700 pages. Here's just a partial list of contents:

FOUNDATIONS
1. School Health Services: History and Trends
Susan J. Wold
2. Fundamentals of U.S. Law
Nadine C. Schwab, Mary H. B. Gelfman, and Sarah D. Cohn
3. Exploring Ethical Challenges in School Health
Mila Ann Aroskar
4. Legal Framework and Financial Accountability for
School Nursing Practice
Katherine J. Pohlman
PRACTICE ISSUES
5. School Nursing Practice: Professional Performance Issues
Nadine C. Schwab, Janis Hootman, Mary H. B. Gelfman,
with Elizabeth Gregory and Katherine J. Pohlman
6. School Nursing Practice: Clinical Performance
Janis Hootman, Nadine C. Schwab, Mary H. B. Gelfman,
with Elizabeth Gregory and Katherine J. Pohlman
7. Adolescent Issues and Rights of Minors
Sarah D. Cohn with Mary H. B. Gelfman
and Nadine C. Schwab
CONFIDENTIALITY AND RECORDS
8. Confidentiality: Principles and Practice Issues
Nadine C. Schwab and Mary H. B. Gelfman
9. School Health Records and Documentation
Mary H. B. Gelfman with Nadine C. Schwab
10. Electronic Records and Technology
Martha Dewey Bergren
DISCRIMINATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION
11. Discrimination in School: ¡× 504, ADA, and Title IX
Mary H. B. Gelfman with Nadine C. Schwab
12. Special Education Law
Mary H. B. Gelfman
13. IDEA: Current Issues in Dispute
Mary H. B. Gelfman with Nadine C. Schwab
SPECIAL TOPICS
14. DNR in the School Setting:
Determining Policy and Procedures
Carol C. Costante
15. School-based Health Centers
Ann B. Mech
16. School Health Services and Managed Care:
A Unique Partnership for Child Health
Elizabeth A. "Nancy" Gaffrey and Wanda R. Miller
17. The Educational Preparation of School Nurses:
Implications for Hiring and Liability Protection
Susan E. Proctor
18. Future Directions in School Health Care:
The Genetic Revolution
Wendy J. Fibison
19. Future Challenges for School Health Services and the Law:
A Manager's Perspective
Carol Costante
APPENDICES
Codes for Nurses with Interpretive Statements
United States Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal
Office of Civil Rights Regional Offices
Selected Resources
Part 1 - From Developing Quality Programs for Pupil Services: A Self-Evaluative Guide
Part 2 - Standards for School Nursing Services
Delegation of School Health Services to Unlicensed Assistive Personnel: A Position Paper of the National Association of State School Nurse Consultants
Part 1 - Reactive Airway Disease: Asthma
Part 2 - Nursing Protocol: Diabetes
Mitts Declaratory Ruling
Private Duty Nurse Contract
Part 1 - List of Nursing Diagnosis with Sample Student Learning Objectives
Part 2 - Sample Individualized Health Care Plan with Learning Goal and Objectives
Part 1 - 105 CMR 210.000: The Administration of Prescription Medications in Public and Private Schools
Part 2 - Administrating Medication and Monitoring Health Conditions
Part 1 - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Acts and Regulations
Part 2 - Model Notification of Rights under FERPA for Elementary and Secondary Institutions
Proposed Guidelines for Policy and Practice: Confidentiality of Student Info
Glossary
Table of Federal Statutes and Regulations
Index
A resource for School Administrators, School Attorneys and School Nurses.