Nursing Support Services Clinical Resources
Nursing Support Services (NSS) assists parents and caregivers of children and youth (0-19) with medical complexities to lead active, healthy lives in their communities.
Referrals for Nursing Support Services must be made by a physician/nurse practitioner who is licensed to practice in British Columbia.
Learn more about the Nursing Support Services Referral process
- FAQs on Diabetes Management in the School Setting (PDF)
- Provincial Standards: Supporting students with type 1 diabetes in the school setting (PDF)
- Diabetes Support Plan (fillable PDF - includes med admin form) (revised June 17 2024)
- NSS Practice Standards for Managing Diabetes in the School Setting (PDF)
- NSS Diabetes Medication Administration Form (PDF) (revised June 2024)
- Independent Child Health BC report: Diabetes Care in the School Setting: Evidence-informed key concepts, care elements and competencies, September 2013 (PDF)
- Nursing Support Services Referral Form for Children with Diabetes (PDF)(Revised June 2024)
- Create your own bolus calculator sheet using the bolus calculators for school lunches
- Insulin Scale for School Lunches
- NSS Principals and Philosophy of Care for Type 1 Diabetes Delegated Care Plan in the School Setting (PDF)
- Family Role in Transition Palnning for Student on a NSS T1D Delegated Care Plan (PDF) (August 17 2024)
- FAQs for Consent: Establishing a Delegated Care Plan for Diabetes Care in the School Setting (PDF)
- Evaluation of a Province-Wide Type 1 Diabetes Care Plan for Children in the School Setting (PDF)
- NSS Support of Health Canada Approved Technology within the School Setting in BC (PDF) (including technology supported under NSS Delegated Care Plan) (updated November 17 2023)
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) and Flash Glucose Monitoring (FGM) Principles of Care (PDF)
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Q&A (PDF)
- Flash Glucose Monitoring (FGM) Q&A (PDF)
- Statement on Do-It-Yourself 'Looping' for Type-1 Diabetes Care in Schools (PDF) (link to Ministry of Health website) (August 2023)
For further family resources produced by BC Children's Hospital see diabetes patient and family resources.
Providing services to meet the needs of children and their families is important for Nursing Support Services.
To improve our services, we would like your feedback to tell us how we are doing.
If you have questions or concerns about your child's care or care plan, the best place to start is with your Nursing Support Services (NSS) coordinator and local NSS team. It's best to resolve issues at the time they occur and with the health care team members who are involved.
NSS coordinators work together with students and parents to develop individual care plans (ICPs). The ICPs are designed to be flexible to address the needs of each student within the provincial standards.
We review ICPs at the start of each school year to ensure that they meet each student’s current needs. We update ICPs during the school year whenever there is a change in a student’s condition and treatment.
- FAQ document for Tube Feeding in the School Setting (PDF) (September 2023)
- Delegation Order Form (PDF) (September 2023)
- Delegation Care School Referral Form (PDF) (September 2023)
Please see the following resources for your child's seizure care at school:
Forms and checklists for training
- Seizure Action Plan (fillable PDF) (revised June 17, 2024)
- Family Checklist - Optional Support Tool (PDF)
- Request for Seizure Rescue Intervention Training (fillable PDF) (revised June 2024)
- School Checklist (fillable PDF) (June 2024)
- Learning Hub Module - Seizure Rescue Intervention for Non-Medical School Staff (note that you must create an account in order to register for the module)
- Learning Hub Sign Up Instructions (PDF) (revised August 28, 2024)
- If you receive an error message stating "This course is not open to your account type" when you try to enroll for the Learning Hub course, follow the instructions here: Changing Account Type to Affiliate Instructions (PDF) (revised September 9, 2024)
Seizure rescue intervention instruction sheets
- Lorazepam (Ativan) Instruction Sheet (PDF) (revised August 28, 2024)
- Midazolam (Intranasal) Instruction Sheet (PDF) (revised August 28, 2024)
- Midazolam (Buccal) Instruction Sheet (PDF) (revised August 28, 2024)
- VNS Instruction Sheet (PDF) (revised August 28, 2024)
Infographics
- Cleaning and Storing the Nasal Atomizer (PDF) (October 14, 2022)