CSNO/NASN Conference 2012: San Francisco Here We Come!
Come and join CSNO for the Annual Meeting from 1:00-5:00 pm on Pre-Conference Day, June 22! We are making plans for a dynamic speaker addressing new technologies plus a quick business/awards meeting. Join your California colleagues as we learn about new hardware and software available to our profession and honor our School Nurse of the Year, School Nurse Administrator of the Year, Lyda Smiley Award winner, and others.
The Save the Date card with registration information is being released soon. As you know CSNO is taking a “skip year” from our large State-wide Annual Conference. But we still need your help to show off California’s renowned hospitality. The California Convention Committee for the 2012 NASN/CSNO convention is being led by Diane Gold, from Bay Coast Section. Please contact Diane Gold (dgold@scusd.net ). California is the host for the NASN Conference in San Francisco between June 22 and 26th. The program is going to be dynamic. This year several California nurses will be reporting on results of their ground breaking research about school nursing and the results we create. Have you attended a national convention? They are such fun! It is so interesting to talk with school nurses from Georgia, Colorado and the Northeast and learn they have many of the same challenges as we have in California although their perspective is different because their laws vary from ours – just a little bit. I have just plain enjoyed the several times I’ve attended. Come and support NASN President, California School Nurse Consultant , Linda Davis-Alldritt. Have you registered yet? I registered at www.nasn.org ! Katy Waugh, RN, MS, PHN, CNS President
Diastat (Diazepam rectal gel, Valium rectal gel) Administration: checklist and formsSenate Bill 161 was signed by Governor Brown October 7, 2011 and goes into effect January 1, 2012. The CDE will be releasing the Guidelines for Training by July 1, 2012. The following Checklist for Students with Seizure Disorders Entering School and sample forms are offered as suggestions to facilitate the development of your district’s procedures if your district elects to implement the program outlined in SB 161/CEC 49414.7.
The checklist was developed by CSNO member experts, both Nurse Administrators and “hands on” school nurses, using The Green Book, ANA/NASN School Nursing: Scope and Sequence, CDE Regulations, and SB 161. The sample forms were selected from a variety of sources to demonstrate various record keeping and tracking forms that have already been developed and are in use. Identifiers were removed and several were edited for this publication. Many thanks to: the Epilepsy Foundation http://www.epilepsynorcal.org, Valeant Pharmaceuticals, NA http://www.diastat.com/2-Administer (for both print and video explanations and warnings), and numerous school districts and county offices of education. In particular, thank you: Central Unified School District, Fresno County Office of Education, Fresno Unified School District, Jefferson County Kentucky and Poway Unified School District. Click here to go to the Forms
