Nursing Health Services
Mission: To optimize student health and learning by ensuring that all students are healthy, safe, and ready to learn.
School Nursing Defined: A specialized practice of nursing, protecting and promoting student health, facilitating optimal development, and advancing academic success. School nurses, grounded in ethical and evidence-based practice, are the leaders who bridge health care and education, provide care coordination, advocate for quality student-centered care, and collaborate to design systems that allow individuals and communities to develop thier full potential. ~NASN
Core Values: Child Well-being, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Excellence, Innovation, Integrity, Leadership & Scholarship.
Student Health Resources
NCSD is pleased to provide the following downloadable and printable health-related resources to encourage a safe and healthy environment for all our learners.
Illness Protocol and Prevention
- Illness Protocol: When to keep your student home
- Centers for Disease Control
- National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
Health and Medication Management
Chronic Health Conditions
- Allergy Anaphylaxis Plan of Care
- Asthma Plan of Care
- Seizure Plan of Care
- Seizure Plan of Care for Busing
Immunizations
- Immunization Form
- WyIR Consent Form
- Wyoming Department of Health Immunization Unit
- Medical Exemption to Mandatory School Immunizations
- Religious Exemption to Mandatory School Immunizations
- Exencion medica para las vacunas esolares obligatorias
- Exencion religiosa para las vacunas escolares obligatorias
Head Lice Guide: A Child Friendly Team Approach
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Association of School Nurses Policy Statement
- Head Lice 101
- Head Lice Protocol - NCSD
- Managing Head Lice in the School Setting - NCSD
- Parent Letter
Health Promotion