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Acronyms for Nursing Assessment

Activity/Nutrition

• Ready ... Set ... 24/7 Let's Go!
  • The 24/7 Let's Go! program was developed by NYSUT's Health Care Professionals Council to help teachers, school nurses and other health care professionals start to address this national epidemic.

Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizers

• Revised Memorandum - Updated Information Regarding Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizers - 11/09
• Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizers Fact Sheet

Allergy/Anaphylaxis Resources: (Food)

• Caring for Students with Life-Threatening Allergies
• Anaphylaxis Online Training Course
• Faculty Overview Training PowerPoint for Caring for Students with Life-Threatening Allergies
• Sample Emergency Care Plan (ECP) Templates
  • Bee Sting Allergy ECP
  • Food Allergy ECP
  • Latex Allergy ECP

• Sample Individualized Healthcare Plan for Food Allergies
• Life-Threatening Allergies: British Columbia Ministry for Children and Families
  • See pages 17 & 18 for allergen safe lunch and snack ideas
• School Guidelines for  Managing Students with Food Allergies - FAAN
• Food Allergy Action Plans - FAAN
  • Food Allergy Action Plan (English)
  • Food Allergy Action Plan (Spanish)
• Anaphylaxis Protocol (non-licensed school staff)
• Frequently Asked Questions - FAAN
• Avoiding an Allergic Reaction - FAAN
• Anaphylaxis in Schools (Position Statement) - AAAAI
• The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network - FAAN
• Article - Students with a Peanut Allergy Need Careful Monitoring - Our Children Magazine, PTA
• Massachusetts Resource for Managing Life Threatening Allergies in Schools
• Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) FAQ on Acorns and Pinecones
• FAAN FAQ on Walnut Trees

American Academy of Pediatrics - www.aap.org

American Heart Association - www.americanheart.org

American Lung Association- www.lungusa.org

American School Health Association - www.ashaweb.org

Anaphylactic Agents: Clarification about Administering Immunizations and Anaphylactic Agents by Registered Professional Nurses using Non-Patient Specific Orders and Protocols (pdf)

Animals in the Classroom -  NASN Position Statement: Animals in the Classroom

Antibiotic Resistance

• Snort. Sniffle. Sneeze.  No Antibiotics Please!  

From the Centers for Disease Control: Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work - An informative page and chart outlining when antibiotics are needed and when they are not appropriate for treatment.  Includes information on "What to Do and What Not to Do" as well as informative fact sheets and brochures (see the bottom of the CDC page).

• Antibiotic Resistance - NYSDOH Fact Sheet

Arrhythmia Death Syndromes

• School Resources - Care Plans for ICD, SQTS, WPW, Brogada
  • Resources for school nurses, teachers and coaches

Asthma Resources:

Families, Clinicians and Schools: Working Together to Improve Asthma Management - Centers for Disease Control

Asthma in school-aged youth can be significantly decreased through the coordinated efforts of asthma care clinicians, families, and schools.

Asthma on the Athletic Field – Winning With Asthma: The Coaches Asthma Clipboard  Program

Use of Metered Dose Inhalers, Spacers, and Nebulizers: Treatment & Medication - eMedicine

Update 2009 Asthma Presentation Resources

• Asthma and Influenza
• Sample Asthma Emergency Care Plan (ECP) Template
• Asthma and the School Environment - NYS Department of Health
• Creating Asthma Friendly Schools - The Centers for Disease Control
• Asthma Publications - an annotated list of resources relevant to school and family settings, provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - many links to additional resources
• Managing Asthma: A Guide for Schools -an easy to use booklet, developed by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program at the NIH to provide school personnel with practical ways to help students with asthma
• Is the Asthma Action Plan Working? A Tool for School Nurse Assessment - a brief two-page assessment tool, developed by NIH's National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, offering guidance to school nurses in determining how well an asthma action plan is working for a student  
• Motion Commotion: Meeting the Challenge: Don't Let Asthma Keep You Out of the Game -  a youth-oriented site
• Asthma - NYSDOH Fact Sheet
• Healthy Youth!  Asthma - CDC
• Asthma Coalition Contacts - 2009

Athletes

• Teaming Up to Protect Young Athletes - Centers for Disease Control

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder information from the Centers for Disease Control

Authorization for Use or Disclosure of Health Information

Autism

• Autism Information Center - CDC
• Autism - Learn the Signs, Act Early - CDC

Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in Schools

Boy's Life Saved With Help Of AED - School Nurse Had Device Ready When Boy Suffered Heart Problem

• Public Health Law 3000b - AEDs
  • The public access defibrillation provider shall post a sign or notice at the main entrance to the facility or building in which the automated external defibrillator is stored, indicating the location where any such automated external defibrillator is stored or maintained in such building or facility on a regular basis.
• Special Notice - AEDs and CPR -

The American Heart Association (AHA) has changed their recommendations for CPR from the traditional 15 compressions/ 2 breaths to 30 compressions / 2 breaths.  They are also recommending one shock from the AED followed by CPR rather than the original 3 shocks form the AED.

I spoke to a representative from the Emergency Cardiovascular Care department at the American Heart Association and they have the following recommendations for school nurses from their national faculty:

§         Follow the prompts on the AED you have during resuscitation.  Despite the changes in procedures, follow the instructions on the AED that you have.  Trying to readjust to a different procedure while the AED is prompting you may cause confusion and delay resuscitation, so they recommend that you follow the prompts as given from an AED.

§         Each district should collaborate with the manufacturer of their specific AED to try to reprogram the AED.  I spoke to Medtronic and they indicated that they will have two options for reprogramming the AED available this summer:  1. A CD and download cable can be purchased (approx. $30 for the CD and $50 - $110 for the cable) for districts to reprogram the AEDs themselves (only one CD necessary for each type of AED that a district has – if they all match, one CD and cable would be appropriate) or 2. A field service representative can come to the district to reprogram the AEDs.  Cardiac Science reports that by the end of the summer they will have a CD available or the AED can be sent back to the company for reprogramming.  Check with the company that made your district’s AED.

§         The AHA does not recommend replacing an AED if the district would have trouble managing the expense of an upgraded machine.  The AED would be used as it is currently programmed and replaced only as needed for mechanical reasons.

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