Policies/Law
Required for any student to enroll in school (Pre-K and K-12)
What is immunizations?
Medication used for overdose
What is Narcan
Medication used for anaphylaxis
What is Epinephrine?
This common childhood infection is very contagious and causes erythema and thick drainage from the eye.
What is conjunctivitis?
A written document that outlines the provision of student healthcare services intended to achieve specific student outcomes
What is IHP?
Federal Law that provides certain rights for parents regarding their children’s education records.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Acts (FERPA)
Number of doses required for MMR Vaccine
What is 2?
potentially life threatening complication when the body doesn't have enough insulin to convert glucose into energy and instead breaks down fat.
What is DKA? (diabetic ketoacidosis)
The most common chronic childhood illness to cause the most missed days from school.
What is asthma?
Children 5 years and older must be able to identify more than half of the letters on which line of the Snellen Chart in order to pass.
What is 20/30?
Section of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Civil Rights law that prohibits discrimination against students with disabilities enforced by the U.S. Department of Education.
What is 504?
These two items are needed before a nurse may administer medications in the school setting.
What are physician orders and parental permission?
Type of seizure that may be confused with drunkenness or acting out.
What is a focal impaired awareness seizure?
Group of lifelong disorders that affect the brain and nervous system, causing issues with posture, movement, learning, and thinking.
What is Cerebral Palsy?
Normal Respiratory rate for school aged child (5-12)
What is 18 - 30 respirations per minute?
written plan developed and implemented through a team for a child with a disability defined by the individuals with disabilities educational act.
What is an IEP?
A hormone that increases blood glucose by stimulating the liver to release glucose from the muscles.
What is Glucagon?
A medical emergency caused by lack of cortisol marked by nausea. vomiting, severe pain, low blood pressure and loss of consciousness.
What is Adrenal Insufficiency?
A common viral infection in school aged children that causes small, raised, usually white lesions with a dimple in the center about the size of a pinhead.
What is Molluscum?
Type of technique used for g-tube feedings.
What is clean technique?
This act prevents the exclusion of homeless or displaced students for lack of immunizations.
What is the McKinney-Vento Act?
Prescription nasal spray rescue medication used for treatment of seizures in adults and children 6 years of age and older.
What is Valtoco?
Altered LOC, slow or shallow breathing, faint pulse, and pinpoint pupils
What is signs and symptoms of opioid overdose?
Isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol
What is the common treatment for active TB
bearing down, blowing through a straw, push air out through pinched nose (may be used to lower students heart rate for students experiencing SVT)
What is valsalva maneuver?