SCHOOL NURSING
Number one way to prevent the spread of germs?
What is washing your hands?
Required for any student to attend any grade (PK-12).
What are Immunizations?
Two of the most common chronic childhood illnesses cause the most missed days from school.
What is Asthma and Diabetes
The number of hours a professional has to report suspected child abuse.
What is 24 hours?
The number of emergency drills each campus is required to have each school year.
What is two?
Drainage from one or both eyes, accompanied by itching, tearing and redness?
What is pink eye or conjunctivitis?
Required for children with disabilities in a school setting.
What is an IEP (Individual Education Plan) or 504?
Two of the most common health screenings performed in a school setting for students.
What are vision and hearing?
The number of boxes of Neffy that each school clinic will stock.
What is two?
The number of "classes" a BLS Instructor is required to have completed during each renewal cycle (every 2 years).
What is four?
Most school injuries occur here every year.
What is playground equipment?
Now required to include in a student's IEP when they receive school health services.
What is the Skilled Nursing Services Supplement?
The elementary and middle school nurse should be a participating member of this campus committee.
What is the Wellness Committee?
Students must have this on file in order to use their cell phone during school for treatment/monitoring of diabetes.
What is physician documentation?
School districts are mandated to have this plan in the event of cardiac arrest.
What is a Cardiac Emergency Response Plan?
These two items are required to administer medication to a student in the school setting.
What are parent permission and a physician order?
The federal law that protects student education records, including health records.
What is FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)?
A student carrying an inhaler and administering his/her own medication requires this.
What is physician and parent authorization?
This is not needed for a nurse to administer over the counter medication for less than 10 days.
What are physician orders?
These four skills are central to bleeding control response.
What is direct pressure, applying a pressure dressing, applying a tourniquet, and applying a chest seal?
This is what NCSN stands for.
What is Nationally Certified School Nurse?
This act prevents the exclusion of homeless or displaced students for lack of immunizations.
What is the McKinney-Vento Act?
Students are allowed to self-carry and administer these medications.
What are asthma inhalers, epinephrine, and insulin?
These certifications are required for each school nurse, clinic assistant, athletic coach, PE teacher, marching band director, and cheer coach.
What are CPR and AED certification?
Narcan is administered in this type of emergency.
What is a suspected opioid overdose?