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Hi Everyone! I was just hired for the 2014-15 school year as the new school nurse of an 1100 student high school. I am looking for information regarding what students are required to have on file regarding their school health records (i.e. immunizations, etc) Is there a website I can refer to in my state (IL) with the current requirements that I can become familiar with before the start of the new school year? Thanks so much!!

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Hello. I would highly recommend you visit the webpage for the health dept. in IL. I work in Kansas as a school nurse, get get a lot of info from the KS. Health Department. I also look at the Johnson County Health Dept. website, as I work in JOCO! You should find a lot of info from your local health department regarding requirement for high school. I found this link for you...

Immunization Program

Joy

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Specializes in School Nursing, Public Health Nurse.

I just came across this web page today with a ton of links for School Nursing Resources. Hope it helps and good luck!

Keeping Students Healthy: Great Sites for School Nurses | OnlineLPNtoRN.org

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Thank you so much for the link...the Illinois School Nurse Help link has EVERYTHING compiled for all state regulations for students attending Illinois schools. It's a wonderful resource and will be saved in my "favorites" for fast reference. Thank you again for your help! I really appreciate it!!

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Specializes in kids.

Join your state school nureses association...find out who your local nurses are (either your district or neighboring towns)

High school kids Rock!!

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Good luck and welcome to School Nursing!

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Thanks so much everyone! I'm very excited to be joining my fellow school nurses!

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Congrats! i am a school nurse at a high school with 1750 students. It depends on your school district of what is kept in the health record. We keep a health room visit card, any doctor's notes with restrictions, incident/injury reports, hearing/vision screenings, emergency action plans for chronic illnessess (if they have one), health status updates etc etc. High school students are fun!:yes:

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