West Virginia
COUNCIL
o f Sc ho o l Nurse s
Friday, March 15, 2013
8:00 am-3:00pm
Waterfront Place Hotel and Conference Center
Morgantown, WV
Minutes
I.
Call to Order
II.
Introductions and Welcome
Those in attendance: Rebecca King, Office of Healthy Schools; Carol
Cipoletta, RESA 6; Deborah Stine, RESA 8; Paula McCoy, RESA 4; Paula
Fields, Office of Healthy Schools; Amanda Meadows, RESA 1; Shelly
Kerere, RESA 6, and Melinda Embrey, RESA 3. Unable to attend were Kristi
Skaggs, RESA 2; and Milissa Mace, RESA 5.
III.
Approval of minutes from November 7, 2012 at Harper’s Ferry, WV
Reviewed and approved. Motion to approved by Shelly Kerere and seconded
by Deborah Stine.
IV.
Old Business
 WVBE Policy 2422.8-Medication Administration Revisions
On hold at present due to administrative changes at the WVDE. Plan for it to
be revisited in Sept. Discussion regarding standing orders for Epi-Pen that
some counties have on file. Update regarding HB 2729 that will allow
schools to voluntarily maintain and use Epi-Pen auto-injectors. Mylan will
give every school 4 Epi-Pens in the 2013 to 2014 school year.
V.
Updates from WVDE
 SBIRT Training offerings for School Nurse and LPNs to meet October
2013 substance abuse CEU requirement for licensure renewal. There
will be two 70 minute sessions at Kid Strong this summer. Plans are
in place for it to be available also at Fall WVASN meeting in
Charleston.
 2013 KidStrong Conference on June 11 &12, 2013. Some counties are
planning to have school on June 11 so plans are being made to offer
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VII.
videotaping of some sessions so that those who cannot attend until
June 12 can still get graduate credits. 900 attended last year.
2013 NEW School Nurse and SBHC Orientation on June 13, 2013.
Recommended for those who have 5 years or less experience.
2012/13 School Nurse Needs Assessment. It is to be available by first
of April and is due in June.
2013 School Nurse Directory. WVASN plans to take new photos at
the Kid Strong Conference this summer.
Educational materials available by MedExpress cover a variety of
topics and are available for use when teaching parents and
illnesses/injuries. These may be distributed through the RESA’s.
New Business
Presentation by Paula Fields, Office of Healthy Schools regarding
Community Schools. She also gave a brief presentation about a program
used in Sevier County Tenn. that utilizes school site-based telemedicine
program for evaluation of students with medical concerns.
Presentation of the status of School Nurses in WV. Nursing shortage
by 2020. This presents unique challenges for retention and recruitment of
BSN school nurses.
 Discussion with Dr. Neal of WVU-CARDIAC Project from 1:00pm2:00pm. He gave an overview of the program origins and on-going
program goals. Susan Haslebacker, Membership Chair of the
WVASN, attended as well. Focus of the discussion was on
interventions available to students/families who are identified as
having risk factors. Also, Dr. Neal reported that screenings do not need
to be done fasting. He will forward to Becky the research findings to
support this change. Parameters for acanthosis nigricans (a possible
marker for insulin resistance) were reviewed by Dr. Neal . If in doubt,
lean toward negative results. So discussion pursued about including
the CARDIAC report as part of the Kid Strong conference this
summer.
 Review and Revisions to WVCOSN By-Laws – Postponed for next
meeting.
 2013 Adolescent Vaccination Requirements. No word yet if there will
be a grace period next school year. Recommend that the adolescent
immunizations be a check-off box on the sports physical form.
WVSSAC has rejected this in the past, Becky King to address this
with them again.
 Review possible suggestions for revisions to Policy 2422.7 and Basic
and Specialized Health Care Procedure Manual – postponed for next
meeting.
Closing remarks and next meeting set for Friday, May 17th from 8am to 2pm.
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Meeting adjourned at 3:00pm.
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