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• Category I - School Health Office
• Essential reference materials that should be readily available for the school nurse at the work site.
• Category II - School Division
• Essential reference materials that should  be available for the school nurse within the school division or health district.
• Category III - Additional Materials
• Reference materials that should be considered for building a reference library beyond the above essential materials.
• Category IV - Journals and Newsletters

• Communicable Disease Reference Chart for School Personnel

Virginia Department of Health
Office of Epidemiology, Richmond, Va., 1998 (revision)
• Ordering information:  Call your local health department or call VDH Office of Epidemiology 804-786-6029.

• Control of Communicable Diseases Manual

James Chin, MD, MPH (editor)
American Public Health Association
Washington, D.C., 2000 (17th edition)
• Ordering information:  Call 301-893-1894 or visit the APHA Web site at http://www.apha.org.

• First Aid Guide for School Emergencies

Virginia Department of Health, 1998
• In school year 1998-99,  Virginia Department of Education sent a flipbook to all Virginia public and accredited nonpublic elementary, middle, and secondary schools. 
• In summer 1999, DOE sent a second flipbook to all public schools.
• In 1998, Virginia Department of Health sent a flipbook to all Virginia Health District Directors and Nurse Managers and all members of the National Association of State School Nurse Consultants. 
• In 1998, Virginia Department of Social Services sent a flipbook to all Virginia day care centers, including Head Start programs. 
• Ordering information: Call DOE at 804-786-8671
• Available online at:

http://www.vahealth.org/
schoolhealth/onlinepubs.htm#firstaid
• Manual for the Training of Public School Employees in the Administration of Medication

Virginia Department of Education
September 2000

• Guidelines for Specialized Health Care Procedures

Tammy P. Keen (ed.) with Ann W. Cox, Nancy Ford, and JoAnne Kirk Henry (consulting eds)
Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Va., 1996.
• Ordering information:  Call Virginia Department of Education at 804-786-8671
• Note: 
• In 1996-97, DOE sent a manual (white notebook) to all public and accredited nonpublic schools in Virginia via the local Superintendent's office. 
• In 2000, DOE printed additional manuals, which are available for new schools.

• School Nursing Practice:  Roles and Standards

National Association of School Nurses, Inc., Scarborough, Maine, 1998.
• Ordering information:  Call 207-883-2117 or visit the NASN Web site at http://www.vrmedia.com/nurses/
• Note:  In 1996, VDH sent the 1993 edition (white booklet) to all Virginia school divisions via the School Nurse Coordinator/Contact Person.

• Virginia School Health Guidelines

Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Va., 1999.
• In 1999, a manual was sent to all public and private schools in Virginia.
• Ordering information:  Call Virginia Department of Education at 804-786-8671.
• Available online at:

http://www.vahealth.org/schoolhealth/
onlinepubs.htm#vshguidelines

• Reference Books
• Medical and Nursing Dictionary
• Pharmacological Reference Book
• Physical Assessment Book, which contains guidelines on interviewing/health history and physical examination.

• Guidelines for Protecting Confidential Student Health Information

National Task Force on Confidential Student Health Information.  Soft cover.  1999.  50 pages.  Approximately $8.50
Ordering information: http://www.ashaweb.org

• Guidelines for School Nursing Documentation: Standards, Issues, and Models

Nadine C. Schwab, Mari Jo Panettieri, and Martha Dewey
National Association of School Nurses, Inc., Scarborough, Maine, June 1998.
• Ordering information: Call 207-883-2117 or visit the NASN Web site at http://www.nasn.org

• Health is Academic:  A Guide to Coordinated School Health Programs

Eva Marx and Susan Frelick Wooley with Daphine Northop (editors)
Teachers College Press, New York, N.Y., 1998.
• Ordering information:  Call 330-678-1601.
• Note:  In 1998, DOE sent a book (red and blue cover) to all Virginia school divisions via the School Nurse Coordinator/Contact Person.

• School Nursing Practice: An Orientation Manual

Donna Shipley Zaiger
National Association of School Nurses, Inc., Scarborough, Maine.
• Ordering information:  Call NASN at 207-883-2117 or visit the NASN web site at http://www.vrmedia.com/Nurses/.
• Note: In 1996, VDH sent a book (white notebook) to all Virginia school  divisions via the School Nurse Coordinator/Contact Person.

• The School Nurse's Source Book of Individualized Healthcare Plans

Marykay B. Haas (editor) with Mary L. Villars Gerber, Kathleen M. Kalb, Ruth Ellen Luehr Wanda R. Miller, Cynthia K. Silkworth, and Susan I.S. Will.
Sunrise River Press, North Branch, Minn., 1993.
• Ordering information:  Call 1-800-895-4585.
• Note: 1996, VDH sent a book (burgundy cover) to all Virginia school divisions via the School Nurse Coordinator/Contact Person.

• The School Nurses Source Book of Individualized Healthcare Plans, Volume II: Issues and Applications in School Nursing

Martha J. Arnold and Cynthia K. Silkwork (editors). 
Sunrise River Press,, North Branch, Minn., 1999.
• Ordering information:  Call 1-800-895-4585.

• Primary Care of the Child With a Chronic Health Condition

Patricia Ludder Jackson and Judith A. Vessey
Mosby--Year Book, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, 1992 (2nd edition).

• Principles and Practices of Student Health (Three Volumes)

Ordering information for the three set volume or for individual volumes: Call      510-339-2323.
• Volume One: Foundations

Helen M. Wallace, Kevin Patrick, Guy S. Parcel, and Judith B Igoe (editors)
Third Party Publishing Company, Oakland, California, 1992.
• Volume Two: School Health

Helen M. Wallace, Kevin Patrick, Guy S. Parcel, and Judith B Igoe (editors)
Third Party Publishing Company, Oakland, California, 1992.
• Volume III: College Health

Helen M. Wallace, Kevin Patrick, Guy S. Parcel, and Judith B Igoe (editors)
Third Party Publishing Company, Oakland, California, 1992.

• School Nursing:  A Framework for Practice

Susan J. Wold
Sunrise River Press, North Branch, Minn., 1981.
• Ordering information:  Call 1-800-895-4585.

• School Health:  A Guide for Health Professionals

Committee on School Health, American Academy of Pediatrics (author)
American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Ill., 1987 (revision). 
• Ordering information:  Call 1-800-433-9016 or visit the AAP Web site at http://www.aap.org/.

• School Health: Policy and Practice

Committee on School Health, American Academy of Pediatrics (author) and Philip R. Nader (editor)
American Academy of Pediatric, Elk Grove Village, Ill., 1993 (5th edition).
 
• Other Materials

For other materials, please see Publications

• The Journal of School Nursing

Published five times a year by the National Association of School Nurses, Inc.  A one-year subscription to the NASN Newsletter is a benefit of membership in NASN.

• NASN Newsletter

Published five times per year by the National Association of School Nurses, Inc.  A one-year subscription to the NASN Newsletter is a benefit of membership in NASN.
• NASN, Inc.

P.O. Box 1300
Scarborough, ME 04070-1300
Phone 207-883-2117
Fax 207-883-2683
E-mail:  nasn@aol.com
http://www.vrmedia.com/nurses/ 
• Ordering information:  Call 1-800-895-4585

• Journal of School Health

Published monthly except June and July by the American School Health Association.  A one-year subscription to the JSH is a benefit of membership in ASHA.
• Membership and Subscription Requests

ASHA National Office
P.O. Box 708
Kent OH 44240-0708
Phone 330-678-1601
http://www.ashaweb.org/ 

• School Health Alert

A monthly newsletter for the school nurse.
• Ordering information:

School Health Alert
P.O. Box 15012
Nashville, TN 37215
Phone 615-370-7899
Fax:  615-370-9993
http://www.schoolnurse.com/index.html