SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES

National Association of School Nursing: School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that (1) advances the well-being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students, (2) promotes health and safety (3) intervenes with actual and potential health problems (4) assists with positive student responses to normal development (5) collaborate with professionals in other disciplines to build student and family self-management, self-advocacy and learning.

VDH Immunization Requirements Webpage

CURRENT FOCUS:

(1) Children Staying Health

Information about COVID-19 is rapidly evolving. Here are a two links to websites you need to stay up-to-date: Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Virginia Department of Health

(2) Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome

The CDC released an Official Health Advisory providing background information on a recently reported multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19; and a case definition for this syndrome. Click here for more information:  Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome