School Nursing Documents
Provided herein are recommendations developed by teams of school nurses in collaboration with community and state resources that correspond to Utah Laws governing School Health Services.
Adrenal insufficiency
- Documents
- Training
Allergy and anaphylaxis
- Documents
- Medication
- Training
Asthma
- Documents
- Medication
- Training
Diabetes
- Documents
- Training
- Guidelines
Seizures
- Documents
- Medication
- Seizure Rescue Medication Training (stipends are no longer available for training school staff - funding removed by legislature 2024)
- Seizure Rescue Medication in the Schools - Train the Trainer Webinar (2016)
- Seizure Rescue Medication Training (ppt)
- Seizure Rescue Medication Training (pdf)
- Seizure Rescue Medication Quiz
- Seizure Rescue Medication Quiz (answer key)
- Intranasal Training Video
- Rectal Medication Training Video
- Seizure Training Certificate
- Volunteer Competency Checklist
- CPR Instructions
- Seizure Training for School Personnel
- Seizure Training for School Personnel (Epilepsy Foundation)
- Seizure First Aid (Epilepsy Foundation)
- On-Demand Seizure First Aid for School Personnel (Epilepsy Alliance)
- Seizure Rescue Medication Training for Utah (Canvas course for school nurses)
- Seizure Rescue Medication Training (Epilepsy Alliance America - training for administration of lorazepam, Diastat, Nayzilam, and Valtoco)
Head injuries
- Documents can be found on the USBE Student Health Services webpage
- Training
Medication
- Documents
Vision screening
- Documents
- Utah School Vision Screening Policy 2023
- Vision symptoms questionnaire 2024 (English)
- Vision symptoms questionnaire 2024 (Spanish)
- Vision referral to eye care professional 2023 (English)
- Vision referral to eye care professional 2024 (Spanish)
- Certificate of vision screening (English)
- Certificate of vision screening (Spanish)
- Sample vision opt-out form (English)
- Sample vision opt-out form (Spanish)
- Outside Entity Application
- Vision screening annual report - this report is now included in the School Health Workload Report which is required by all districts and charter schools due each year by June 30th.
- Training
- Training for Vision Screening (2019) - for school nurses
- Training for Vision Screening for Designated Vision Point Person (2019) - for schools without a nurse
- Vision Screening Module A: Basics
- Vision Screening Module B: Training for Volunteers
- Vision Screening Module C: Training for Tier 2 (School Nurses only)
- Vision Screening Module D: Training for Approved Outside Entities (requires prior approval)
- Implementation
- Checklist for Planning a tier 1 vision screening
- Screening Skills: Distance Vision
- Screening Skills: Near Vision
- Screening Skills: Students with Special Needs
- Screening Skills: Color Screening (for school nurse only, Lay staff should not attempt)
- Screening Skills: Eye Tracking (for school nurse only, Lay staff should not attempt)
- Screening Skills: Near Point Convergence (for school nurse only, Lay staff should not attempt)
- Vision screening follow-up 2023
Miscellaneous forms and documents
- Generic IHP/EAP 2024 (English)
- Generic IHP/EAP 2022 (Spanish)
- Medical Diagnosis Confirmation Template 2024
- School Spinal Screening (Scoliosis) Guidelines 2024
Standards of care:
The following documents have been written to give guidance on industry standards of care.
- Standards of Care: Allergy and Anaphylaxis 2024
- Standards of Care: Asthma 2024
- Standards of Care Diabetes Management 2024
- Standards of Care Diabetes Management Spanish 2024
- Standards of Care: Seizures 2024
- Standards of Care: Head Lice 2024
- Standards of Care: Outside Food in Schools 2024
Delegation Decision Tree:
Nursing delegation in the school setting is the assignment by the school nurse – not a school administrator – to a competent unlicensed individual (also called unlicensed assistive personnel [UAP]) the performance of a selected nursing task in a selected situation for an individual student. The school nurse facilitates the UAP training, evaluation of UAP competence, and provides for ongoing supervision of the UAP and evaluation of the student’s health outcomes. The nursing process can never be delegated (National Association of School Nurses).