Resources For School Nurses
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
School VaxView for Schools Administrators and School Nurses
This website includes resources for:
- Accessing data on vaccine coverage for each state
- Educating parents about vaccines and their importance
- Helping parents find immunization records
- Translating foreign immunization records
- Accessing and sharing student immunization records
2022-2023 Immunization Requirements
For Enrolled Students in Connecticut Schools (DPH)
View this page to review training materials that support school nurses in using CT WiZ.
- Search for students’ immunization histories.
- View the recommender of due and overdue immunizations.
- View and print official immunization records.
- Manage student rosters to verify that students meet school immunization entry requirements.
This website provides clear, easy to understand graphics on vaccine preventable diseases such as the one seen here.
Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) Responding to Parents
The Immunization Action Coalition provides a wealth of useful information on immunization including resources for responding to parents on this page. The page includes IAC resources and links to resources for parents on other sites (CDC, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Vaccinate Your Family). It includes handouts, slides, articles, videos and Spanish language material.
National Association of School Nurses Immunization
Position Statement
Measles Information for Nurses in a School Setting Video Link (DPH)
Due to the heightened concern about measles in the United States, the DPH Immunization Program has created a brief video that addresses many common questions and concerns that school nurses may have about measles. Topics covered include: background information on measles, vaccination recommendations, case investigation, and management of exposed contacts in a school setting.