This resource sets the standard for school nurses concerning the formulation of individualized healthcare plans designed to fit the unique health needs of students. Eighteen chapters focus on special issues and school nursing concepts. Computer software, which accompanies the manual, assists in the development and creation of individualized healthcare plans and includes: (1) nursing diagnosis; (2) interventions; (3) outcomes; and (4) a column to add assessment data. Concept chapters include the coverage of evidence-based nursing practice; standardized nursing language; HIPPA, FERPA, and privacy; special education, using Individual Healthcare Plans (IHPs) with 504 plans and the reimbursement process, responding to students needs in times of crisis, and wellness promotion. Special student issues include chronic health conditions, psychosocial aspects of student with chronic health conditions, medically fragile students, immigrants and refugees, homeless students, and chromosomal abnormalities. In addition to 18 special issue and concept chapters, the book includes 57 IHPs covering abuse & neglect, ADHD, anaphylaxis, anxiety, asthma, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar, brain injury, brain & spinal cord tumors, burns, cancer, cardiovascular disease, celiac disease, cerebral palsy, depression/ suicide, Down syndrome, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, eating disorders, encopresis, Fragile X, GERD, hearing deficit, hemophilia, viral hepatitis, HIV/ AIDS, immune thrombocytopenic purpura, immunodeficiency disorders, mono, IBD, latex allergy, Lyme disease, Marfan syndrome, medically fragile children, metachromatic leukodystrophy, migraines, mitochondrial disorders, neurofibromatosis, neurology/ seizures, organ transplant, osteogenesis imperfecta, PTSD, Prader-Willi, pregnancy, prenatal alcohol & drug exposure, Rett syndrome, school phobia, scoliosis, Sickle Cell disease, skin disorders, spina bifida, spinal cord injury, substance abuse, systemic lupus, Tourette's syndrome, tuberculosis, and vision deficits. [Book and Software included.]