Title: Resources Help School Nurses Care for Chronic Conditions

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Section/SPIG: Maternal and Child Health

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The Florida School Health Services Program office proudly offers several documents and tools to assist the professional school nurse in providing safe care for children with chronic conditions while in the school setting. These include the following:

• Helping Students with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel <http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/Youth_SchoolGuide.pdf>


• The Nursing Guidelines for the Delegation of Care for Students with Diabetes in Florida <http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Family/school/reports/DiabetesGuidelines2003.pdf>


• A Model Training Plan <http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Family/school/attachments/Training/TrainingPlan-Diabetes2003.pdf>


• The Policy on Sliding Scale Insulin in Schools <http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Family/school/attachments/Documents/SlidingScaleInsulinTA-1.pdf> is a Florida Department of Health policy guide with model documents to address the complex issue of sliding scale insulin orders in the school setting.

The Nursing Guidelines for the Delegation of Care for Students with Asthma in Florida and the associated model training will be released soon. Both the diabetes and asthma guidelines and training tools were developed by the Florida Department of Health in cooperation with the Florida Department of Education, local school health providers, and community stakeholders. This guidance to the field responds to the growing numbers of children with diabetes and asthma in schools, and numerous requests from parents, school staff, and administrators. The goal is to ensure that children with diabetes and asthma have full and safe access to school programs regardless of their disease.

For more information, contact Terrye Bradley, MSW, Chief, Bureau of Family and Community Health, Florida Department of Health, <Terrye_Bradley@doh.state.fl.us>.