A student’s health care is directly related to their ability to learn. Unmet health needs can challenge a student’s ability to engage in the educational process. The role of the school nurse includes both health and educational goals as they coordinate care of the student between the home, community, medical setting, and school.
SHNIC has developed several resources to prepare the school nurse as the leader of school health team. These resources can be used as a guide when providing direct care or nursing services, managing the health care plan, educating staff about emergency plans, identifying possible classroom accommodations for the student, as well as providing resources for parents for students with special health care needs.
Factsheets for Medical Conditions
- Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
- Autonomic Dysreflexia
- Cancer
- Cerebral Palsy
- CHARGE Syndrome
- Chiari Malformation
- Chronic Pain
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Cushing's syndrome
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Diabetes
- DiGeorge Syndrome
- Down Syndrome
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Friedreich Ataxia
- Hemophilia
- Hydrocephalus
- Long COVID
- Lupus
- Mitrochondrial Disease
- Moyamoya Disease
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neurofibromatosis
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- PANDAS
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Rett Syndrome
- Seizures
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Spina Bifida
- Sturge-Weber Syndrome
- Tourette Syndrome
- Transverse Myelitis
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
- Turner Syndrome
- Williams Syndrome
- Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome
Videos
Clean Intermittent Catheterization:
Gastrostomy Tube Replacement:
Tracheostomy Suctioning:
Tracheostomy Tube Replacement:
Related Guides and Resources
- A Guide for School Personnel Working with Students with Spina Bifida (PDF)
- A Guide for School Personnel Working with Students with Spinal Cord Injuries (PDF)
- A Guide for School Personnel Working with Students with Chronic Pain (PDF)
- Supporting students with Long-COVID
- Supporting Students with Sickle Cell Disease
- Supporting Students with Diabetes