School Nursing Activity Calendar - Missouri



School Nursing Activity Calendar (Excerpted from Manual for School Health Programs)

|August |September |October |November |

|1. Finalize a written school health plan with |1. Update student health records. Secure health and |1. Complete CD31 for return to Missouri Department of|1. Monitor immunization compliance. |

|district/building administrator. |developmental history for all K, 1st graders, and new|Health and Senior Services by Oct. 15. |2. Conduct vision and hearing screenings (absentees, |

|2. Prepare health office and supplies. |students and update returning students records and |2. Monitor immunization compliance. |new students, and rescreenings). |

|3. Collect and analyze student health information and|special health plans. |3. Set up conferences with individual students with |plete vision referrals – 50% |

|prepare preliminary health problems list. |2. Prepare file with emergency information for |newly identified health problems to jointly develop |4. Offer classroom presentations: |

|4. Review/update emergency plans and procedures. |students and staff. |health plans, if indicated. |Handwashing |

|5. Identify and post list of personnel trained in CPR|3. Notify teachers of known student health problems |3. Conduct hearing screening: |Colds and flu |

|and first aid. |and any special procedures required. Provide general|Prescreening education. |Dental |

|6. Determine data collection necessary to document |staff education as needed. |Screen planned grade levels. |Sore throats |

|nursing activities and program results. |4. Schedule visits to classroom regarding health |Rescreen individuals and determine needed referrals. |Positive health practices |

|7. Develop/revise system to track referrals for care.|service and how to access care. |4. Inspect buildings and grounds for health and |5. Request opportunity to visit another school |

| |5. Schedule classroom presentations on topics such |safety hazards. |district or attend an inservice. |

|8. Update community health resource files. |as: |5. Prepare health bulletin board with timely |6. Conduct spinal screening: |

|9. Determine dates for faculty, PTA, school board and|Personal safety; |information. Change at least monthly. |Prescreening education. |

|SHAC meetings in order to plan attendance and/or |Nutrition (national school lunch month; and |6. Begin planning for community-based health fair. |Screen planned grade levels. |

|presentations. |Safety/First Aid (school bus safety). |7. Monitor first aid and medication administration |Rescreen individuals and determine needed referrals. |

|10. Send letter to parent(s)/guardian(s) regarding |6. Develop/update resource file on specific health |weekly. | |

|health service policies and procedures, including |issues and problems. | | |

|medication administration. |7. If heights and weights are done, identify students| | |

|11. Prepare emergency, first aid and blood-borne |who need follow-up and/or develop interventions. | | |

|pathogens kits for classroom. |8. Conduct vision screening: | | |

|12. Make arrangements for fluoride rinse programs. |Prescreening education; | | |

|13. Schedule training for assistive personnel on |Screen planned grade levels; and | | |

|first aid, medication administration, |Rescreen individuals and determine referrals needed. | | |

|confidentiality, and infection control. | | | |

|December |January |February/March |April/May/June |

|1. Monitor immunization compliance. |1. Review absentee records to identify health |1. Review absentee records. |1. Plan and/or conduct preschool screenings |

|2. Monitor levels of absenteeism related to illness. |problems needing nursing interventions. |2. Monitor communicable disease incidence. |2. Prepare notices regarding immunizations and |

|3. Offer classroom presentations: |2. Monitor communicable disease incidence. |3. Review records for completeness: |physical exams due next school year |

|Chicken pox and its treatment |3. Continue immunization surveillance. |Vision referrals – 90% + |3. Review individual health plans for students with |

|Prevention of colds and flu |4. Continue referral follow-up |Hearing referrals – 75% |special health care needs and develop tentative plan |

|Prevention of hypothermia |5. Screen and/or rescreen new students for vision, |Scoliosis referrals – 50% |for fall semester |

|4. Review individual student health records for |hearing, scoliosis. |Physical growth – 50% |4. Review records for completeness: |

|completeness |6. Assist physical education teachers with fitness |4. Begin plans for worksite wellness activities for |Vision referrals – 95% + |

|5. Complete vision referrals – 75% |screening program (blood pressure, body mass index, |August staff meetings. |Hearing referrals – 90% |

|6. Complete hearing referrals – 50% |fitness) for targeted grades. |5. Visit another school district to share plans and |Scoliosis – 90% |

| |7. Offer classroom presentations: |resources. |5. Review supplies and equipment needs and prepare |

| |Growth and Development/Puberty | |order for fall semester. |

| |Girls – grades 4, 5, and 6 | |6. Review health education materials and make |

| |Boys – grades 5 and 6 | |recommendations. |

| | | |7. Review outcomes of goals and objectives and |

| | | |develop tentative school health plan for next year. |

| | | |8. Request attendance at continuing education |

| | | |conferences scheduled over the summer. |

NOTE: A program this extensive is not appropriate for a new school nurse to implement, but may provide ideas for how to organize activities.

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