Publications

Of the Alliance for Camp Health

From the Store

Health Services Manual

The manual to guide creating your Health Services Manual

(October 2023)

Essence of MESH

Aspects and Operations for Healthy Camp Functioning. Pre-Camp and Inter-Camp MESH activities and services. (Updated March 2023)

MESH Pocket Guide

A 3.5″ x 5.5″ lightweight, waterproof pocket guide with MESH guidance for staff and counselors. (April 2022)

Point of Care Guide

A  quick reference to help identify key aspects of nursing care for common scenarios at camp. (December 2020)

Scope and Standards

Of Camp Nursing Practice. The Standards describe the expectations for safe and accountable camp nursing practice. (4th edition 2024)

Practice Guidelines

Practice Guidelines from the Alliance for Camp Health

These guidelines provide direction and support for five of the most common activities performed by health care staff at camps.

CompassPoint

ACH Members have access to past issues of CompassPoint. Log in and navigate to https://allianceforcamphealth.org/compasspoint/ Once you are logged in you can search past issues of CompassPoint for any subject or topic.

The bi-annual publication of ACH is CompassPoint, the journal included in membership. Members often state that it is one of the most valuable resources provided.

Back issues of CompassPoint are completely searchable by topic, use the primary search bar on the website. Back issues are available for members in pdf format. They may be downloaded. Non-members may purchase back issues of CompassPoint through the Store.

Submit an Article for Publication

ACH welcomes the submission of articles for consideration to be published in CompassPoint. CompassPoint accepts a variety of  offerings including case studies, anecdotal experiences, research findings, and educational information.  ACH offers writing mentors for anyone who would like assistance with their potential articles.  For more information contact Tracey Gaslin, Executive Director of ACH, or Kaley Amonett, Editor of CompassPoint

Tracey Gaslin: acn@allianceforcamphealth.org

Kaley Amonett: kaleyamonett@gmail.com

Point of Care Guide

This text is written for nurses, to support clinical care and services you may provide in a camp setting. Our hope is that camp nurses use these practical guides to help identify key aspects of nursing care (assessment, treatment, nursing care, documentation, evaluation) for those who present at the camp health center. Each topic targets a commonly encountered health alteration no matter what kind of camp at which the nurse is working. Using this guide assists nurses in following the nursing process when providing care. The guide is 4 x 6″ in size, printed on stone paper which is waterproof and tear resistant. This combination offer includes the PDF download edition also, suitable for any mobile device that has the capability of reading PDF documents.  2nd Edition September 2022.

Available in the Store