10 Must-Have Health Resources
Office of Non-public education (federal)
US Department of Health and Human Services
National Association of School Nurses
National School Board Association
Council for American Private Education
US FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
Office of Non-public education (federal)
ONPE is the liaison to the nonpublic school community for the U.S. Department of Education. Their mission is to foster maximum participation of non-public school students and teachers in federal education programs and initiatives. They are a wonderful resource and are fantastic in their response to questions and inquiries.
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/nonpublic/contact.html
Department of education
Everything you need to know about HIPAA and FERPA straight from the government.
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/doc/ferpa-hipaa-guidance.pdf
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/summary/index.html
CDC web site
A great resource to learn about current health issues in the nation and your state.
Click on your state to be directed to your individual state’s health department.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/international/relres.html
School and Childcare vaccine information
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/stats-surv/schoolsurv/default.htm
This page provides Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), government, and nongovernment resources for school personnel planning or maintaining an asthma management program.
http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/schools.html
US Department of Health and Human Services
National Association of School Nurses
This is a wonderful resource for school nurses. The ‘resource’ link on their page gives you further resources to use as well.
http://www.nasn.org
National School Board Association
Council for American Private Education
Private schools information on crisis management
http://www.capenet.org/crisis.html
US FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
From this page, you can register for recalls or announcements from the FDA. It allows you to choose your topics or areas of interest (ex – Drugs, Food and Nutrition, Medicine, etc) and receive direct emails regarding any recalls or cautions. This tool is very helpful for the school nurse to keep up with the latest drug and instrument recalls.
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/ContactFDA/StayInformed/GetEmailUpdates/default.htm
FindLaw
Links to the official online statutes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. You can also browse user-friendly summaries of laws and state statute citations by topic and by state.
http://law.findlaw.com/state-laws/state-codes.html
Kids Health
A great resource for administrators as well as a great site to share with parents.
http://kidshealth.org
…and don’t forget about Magnushealth.com
We provide research papers, blogs and links discussing current hot-topics in the school health industry.
https://magnushealth.com/research-papers/
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