5310.01 - EMERGENCY NURSING SERVICES/ PLAN

To provide for the health and safety of students, the District shall develop an emergency nursing services plan (also known as protocols) that is incorporated into the District's administrative guidelines. This plan shall be in accordance with statutory requirements for the provision of emergency nursing services and shall include the following requirements:

1. The school nurse has developed and reviewed all relevant policies providing for the provision of emergency nursing services to students in cooperation with other School District personnel and representatives from community health agencies and services designated by the Board.
   
   Such Board policies, consistent with the District's emergency nursing services plan, provide for the management of illness (see Policy 5310 - Health Services, Policy 5335 - Care of Students with Chronic Health Conditions, Policy 8450 - Control of Casual Contact Communicable Diseases, and Policy 8453 - Direct Contact Communicable Diseases), accidental injury (see Policy 5340 - Student Accidents/Illnesses/Concussion & Sudden Cardiac Arrest), and the administration of medication and emergency care (see Policy 5330 - Administration of Medication/Emergency Care). These Board policies and their respective protocols and administrative guidelines  shall be incorporated into the District's emergency nursing services plan.
    
2. The District's emergency nursing services plan and the District's administrative guidelinesshall include specific protocols for dealing with student accidental injury, illness, and administration of medication at all school-sponsored activities, including but not limited to curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular activities, and a method to record each incident of service provided.
    
3. Arrangements shall be made with a licensed physician to serve as medical advisor for the District's emergency nursing services plan.
   
   The District Administrator shall annually designate the District's medical advisor.
    
4. The District shall make emergency nursing services available during the regular school day, including summer or interim school, and during all school-sponsored student activities.
   
   The emergency nursing services plan shall indicate how such services shall be made available by the District during such times. The District may provide for such emergency nursing services through District staff or through outside services such as local emergency response resources.
    
5. The District's emergency nursing services plan and administrative guidelines shall specify how the District is providing for student emergency information, equipment, supplies, and space for the emergency nursing services that are appropriate and readily accessible to facilitate the provision of such services consistent with the services developed through this policy.
    
6. The nurse shall review and evaluate the District's emergency nursing services each year, including a review of the policies referenced above, and shall report to the Board regarding such services.
   
   At any time deemed necessary and appropriate, the nurse shall bring proposed revisions of any policies to the District Administrator, who will review them and forward them to the Board for consideration.

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