ACN Products & Literature

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Clip Art for the Camp Health Center Use over 20 clip art characters - like these - to liven up your Health Center signs and presentations! Available on CD-ROM. $15.00 ACN members - $15.00 Qty.

The Standards & Scope of Camp Nursing Practice Approved by ACN membership in 2005, copies of this guide for nursing practice in the camp setting is a "must have" for all camp nurses. Non-Member - $7.50 Qty.

The Basics of Camp Nursing by Linda Erceg and Myra Pravda (2009). With expanded content in every chapter and more sample forms in the appendix, the 232 page, second edition of The Basics of Camp Nursing is designed to coach nurses through their start-up process as a camp nurse.  Classic information has been updated, references reflect the practice’s expanded literature base, and more discussion about the interface between camp director and nurse is embedded.  Non-Member - $34.95 Qty.

Poster: "What Do I Need to Stay Healthy at Camp?" This brightly colored, camper-friendly, 24" x 40" poster reinforces your health promotion messages for self-care, appropriate footwear, sun and insect protection, hydration, good nutrition and other topics. A must-have for today's camp Health Center - and maybe some other places around camp like the dining room? Non-Member - $20.00 Qty.

12 First Aid Kit Documentation Notebooks Need a place for people to record their use of your camp’s first aid kits? Measuring 2.75" x 4.75", these notebooks have 48 lined pages and come with documentation guidelines printed on the front cover. The back cover captures camp name and start/end date of the record. Provide a system to more effectively capture first aid kit care! Set of 12 Notebooks Non-Member - $12.50 Per Set # of Sets

Back Issues of CompassPoint

Back Issues of CompassPoint may be purchased individually ($5 each) or as a set (all available back issues for $50). Only available issues are listed below. CompassPoint is an official publication of the Association of Camp Nurses and a source of information about clinical issues, educational opportunities, new ideas and comment about practices in camp healthcare. It is intended as an informational resource only. The practical application of information found in CompassPoint is the responsibility of the reader.

All Available Back Issues of CompassPoint Just click the Add to Cart button in this box to order all of the availble back issues of CompassPoint. View the list in the "Individual Back Issues of CompassPoint" box below to see what issues are currently available. $75.00 - All Available Issues

Individual Back Issues of CompassPoint Check the box for the issues you would like to purchase and then click the Add to Cart button at the bottom. $7.50 per issue August 2004 (vol 14, no 2) – Adolescent GYN and GU Issues at Camp (Bovie & Muskay); Campers with Diabetes in Non-Diabetes Camps (Dickinson); Should Camps Have Automoatic Electronic Defibrillators? (Bauer & Pepper); Year-Round Camp Nursing for Children & Adults with Disabilities (Gilliland); Behavior Issues in Adolescent Girls (Leiken with Baird); Keeper of the Kits: Thinking Both Inside & Outside the Box (Marugg); Precepting Students in the Camp Environment (Williams). November 2004 (vol 14, no 3) – Annual Report 2003; Medical Screening in Adventure Programming: How Far Do You Go? (Gregg & Hansen-Stamp); Keeper of the Kits: Typical Topicals for First Aid Kits, Part 2 (Marugg); Behavior Issues in Adolescent Boys (Leiken with Baird); Sickle Cell Disease and Related Hemoglobin Disorders (Ridder); Addressing Male Genitourinary Problems in the Camp Setting (Nerderman); Friendship Ventures: Short Term, Direct Care for Those in Need (Seivert). December 2004 (vol 14, no 4) – Keeper of the Kits: Typical Topicals for First Aid Kits, Part 3 (Marugg); How’s Your Pertussis Knowledge (Nerderman); Effective Pen-Pushing: Exploring Written Documentation in Camp Health Services (Erceg); Have You Got What You Need? (Baird); Think You Are Up-to-Date on Head Lice (Williams). February 2005 (vol 15, no 1) – Documentation in Camp Health Services: Readers Respond to Article; Keeper of the Kits: Blisters (Marugg); Cold-Related Health Issues: Not Just for Winter Anymore (Baird); Staff Health … Camper Health: Why Do We Treat Them the Same? (Erceg); Summer Staff: Strategies for Maintaining (and Potentially Improving) Their Health (Bauer); Annotated Bibliography of Camp Nursing Research (Feeley & Buckner); Let’s Talk about Practice Standards (Bickford, Pravda, Praeger, & Erceg); 2005 Camp Nurse Symposium Information. June 2005 (vol. 15, no.2) – The Right Footwear for Camp (M. Marriam); Research: Survey of Summer Camp Health Officers (G. Friece); Teaching Healthy Habits at Sherwood Forest Camp (M. Rogers); Professional Liability Insurance: What Camp Nurses Need to Know (E. Schirick); ACA National Study of Camping Outcomes: Implications for Camp Nursing Research (E. Buckner); Adolescents & Diabetes: A Challenging Combination (J. Dickenson). October 2005 (vol. 15, no. 3) – Annual Report 2004 (staff); Camp Jump Start: Helping Overweight Children (J. Huelsing); From Health Center to Wellness Center: Our Experience with GirlForce (J. Allen & M. Gill); New Vaccines on the Market (E. Reynolds); A Pre-Packaged Camper Medication Service (S. Baird); Mosquitoes: Preventing the Bite (M. Marugg); How to Lure Students into Camp Nursing: An Adventure in Gentle Coercion (E. Buckner). February 2006 (volume 16, no. 1) – AAP Health Appraisal Guidelines for Camp (E. Walton); Organizing Your AED Program (A. Gordon); Hiring & Retaining a Happy Camp Nurse (D. Nerderman); The Camp Nurse Candidate, Red Flag Responses (M. Coleman); My First Experience as a Camp Nurse (J. Mark); Creating Forms for the Health Center (L. Erceg); Roles & Responsibilities of Seasonal and Year-Round Camp Nurses (S. Baird); When Extreme MakeOver Came to Camp Barnabas (S. Baird); Changes in the CPR Guidelines (M. Marugg). June 2006 (volume 16, no. 2) – 2005 Annual Report; Managing Campers with Behavior Problems (E. Allen); Sun Safety – New Wrinkles on a Burning Subject (L. Rutsch & Baird, S.); Sun Safety & the Sea Coast (J. Lindstrom); Outsmarting Poison Oak, Ivy & Sumac (C. Hirschoff); Preventing Communicable Disease – How Concerned Should Camps Be? (L. Erceg); The Choking Game (A. Martin); Trip Evacuation Principles & Training Case Studies (G. Friese); Is There a Bully on Your Staff? (S. Ahrens). November 2006 (vol 16, no 3) – The First Time Camp Nurse: What Does this Nurse Need to Know? (L. Erceg) December 2006 (vol 16, no 4) – Meet VJ Gibbins, ACN's President-Elect (Hartung); Board Advance, 2006; AD/HD and Co-Morbidity: What Camp Nurses Need to Know (A. Gordon); ACA's 2007 Health & Wellness Standards: Are You Up-to-Date? (L. Erceg) May 2007 (vol. 17, no. 2) – 2006 Annual Report (Pravda and Erceg); The New Patch: an ADHD Medication with Ups & Downs for Campers (Buckner); from the Archives: Five Rookie Mistakes and Five Lessons Learned (Crane); People in Practice: Melissa Swank (Hartung); Healthy Camps Update (Erceg); Beds and the Bugs That Live in Them (Marugg). June 2008 (vol 18, no 2) – Emerging Issues at Camp from a Camp Director Perspective (B. Garst, C. Thurber); Tooth Tragedies at Camp (P. Gehring); Eye Issues, part 2 (D. Nerderman); Update from EPA’s SunWise Program (L. Hall-Jordan); Preparing Multi-Day First Aid Kits (M. Marugg); 2007 Annual Report (staff). September 2008 (vol 18, no 3) – Outbreak! Assessment and Management (L. Erceg); Norwalk Virus at Camp (B. Hill, A. Austin, T. Goodwin); Assessing Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders for their “Fit” at Camp (L. Erceg); Supporting Campers with Autism Spectrum Disorders (J. Harber). December 2008 (vol 18, no 4) – Ruminations about Staff Healthcare (L. Erceg); Anaphylaxis from Airborne Allergens (J. Springer); Building a Camp Health Center (L. Erceg); The Wellness Center of Your Dreams (J. McEldowney); Health Center Activity: A Comparison of Boys and Girls Visits (L. LeBlond); Meet Camp Nor’wester’s Rebecca Johnson and Christa Campbell (S. Baird). March 2009 (vol 19, no 1) – The Nurse Practitioner at Camp: Streamlining the Crossover between Nursing and Medical Care (E. Reynolds); Camp Nurse? Disaster Nurse? What We Have in Common (J. Springer); Managing Seizure Disorders at Camp (B. Hill); Evaluating Ankle Injuries (D. Nerderman); A Global Perspective for Camp Health Centers (L. Erceg); Meet Frost Valley’s Patty Conklin (S. Baird); Healthy Camp Update (Study Staff). June 2009 (vol 19, no 2) – H1N1 Influenza and the Summer Camp Experience (VJ Gibbins); Proactive Lice Policies Help Keep Camps Lice Free (K. Shepherd); Bacterial Meningitis and the Meningitis Vaccine: Protecting Campers and Staff (R. Mitchell); Autism: Understanding the Condition (T. Gaslin); What’s Going On? A Common Illness with an Unusual Presentation (E. Reynolds); Rookie Camp Nurse: Reflections (L. Menges); 2008 Annual Report (staff). September 2009 (vol 19, no 3) – Happy Feet: A Guide to Common Problems (D. Nerderman); Camping with Severe Food Allergy (T. Gaslin, R. Keen); Iliotibial Band Syndrome: Consider this Key Cause of Knee Pain (E. Reynolds); Tips for Finding a Camp Nurse (L. Erceg); Hand Hygiene Best Practices – The Product Debate (j. Berkman); H1N1 at Camp: A Novel Experience (L. Lankford); Keeper of the Kits: Pharmaceutical Waste (M. Marugg). December 2009 (vol 19, no 4) – Exploring the Impact of Influenza-Like Illness: Preliminary Survey Results (L. Erceg); Caring for the Camper with Cystic Fibrosis (T. Gaslin); People in Practice: Meet Dialysis Nurse Maureen Eisele (S. Baird); Addressing Camper Asthma Needs: A Student Nurse’s Experiences at Camp (E. Ford); Keeper of the Kits: Material Safety Data Sheets (M. Marugg) March 2010 (vol 20, no 1) – Healthcare Providers in the Camp Setting (T. Gaslin); Camp Nursing: One Week at a Time (M. Marugg); Clinical skills: Tips and Updates (L. Erceg); Don't Take Professional Liability Insurance for Granted (E. Schirick); Meet Directors Who are also Nurses (S. Baird); Healthy Camp Update (ACA); Being Alert to Huffing at Camp (B. Hill). June 2010 (vol 20, no 2) – Looking at Nursing Functions in the Health Center (L. Lankford); Functionality Rating Scale: Development & Use in the Camp Setting (T. Gaslin); The ABC's of Camp Health Center Supply Management (V. Cutshall); Staff Orientation at Camp (D. Nerderman); Meet Girl Scout Camp Nurse Jill Ashcraft (S. Baird); ACN's 2009 Annual Report. September 2010 (vol. 20, no. 3) – An Archival and Oral History of ACN with Jeanne Otto, Founder of the Association of Camp Nurses (E. Buckner, M. Pravda, L. Erceg); Assessing the Health Center’s Compliance with ACA’s HW Standards (L. Erceg);  Use of a Functionality Rating Scale to Determine Medical Presence at Summer Camp (T. Gaslin);  A Review of ADHD Medications for Camp Nurses (C. White); Meet Church Camp Nurse Pat Gombita (S. Baird); It Happened This Summer (ACN Members); Taking Stock: Thermometers (M. Marugg). December 2010 (vol. 20, no. 3) – Summer Camp as a Clinical Site for Student Nurses (L. South); Coping with Concussion at Camp: New Concepts in Management (E. Reynolds);  Camper and Staff Accident Medical and Sickness Insurance (E Schirick);  Functionality Rating Scale: Developing Evidence for Appropriate Healthcare Oversight (T. Gaslin, P. Keen);  Impact of Summer Camp on Self-Efficacy in Adolescents Attending Diabetes Summer Camp (R. Winsett, S. Stender, G. Burghan); Comparing Thermometers for Accuracy (L. Lankford); Florence Nightingale is Coming to Camp (J. McEldowney); AED Checks and Maintenance (M. Marugg);  Bullying and Healthy Camps (V.J. Gibbins); ACN’s Research Vision for the Future (E. Buckner). March 2011 (vol. 21, no. 1) – Why Camp Nursing; Am I Crazy? (T. Gaslin); Be Good to Yourself – First (C. Clark); Using Camp Nurse Position Descriptions to Your Advantage (C. Bernknopf);  Communicable Disease Management in the Camp Setting (L. Erceg); Nebulizer Use at Camp (D. Nerderman);  Bugs at Camp: Real Problems or Just Annoyances? (A. Edin); VJ Gibbins Talks about Health Care at Camp Cedar (S. Baird); Breathin’ Easy: Inhaler Use and Care at Camp (M. Marugg); Highlights from the Camp Nurse Symposium and the Healthy Camp Symposium (L. Erceg). June 2011 (vol. 21, no. 2) – Camp is Really Good (J. Ashcraft); Healthy Camp People 2020 (L. Erceg); Is it Time to Explore Day Camp Nursing? (B. Hill, E. Webster, E. Austin); Meet Retired Camp Nurses Marian Hershman and Edith Toussaint (S. Baird); Spring Cleaning: Opening the Health Center for Summer (M. Marugg); Intervention Research in Camp Settings (E. Buckner);  Annual Report 2010 (Staff). $7.50 per issue