The Role of the School Nurse
- Provides acute/emergency care
- Manages chronic health condition
- Performs state mandated health screenings
- Prepares plan of care for student health conditions
- Administers treatments and medications
- Teaches students to manage their health conditions
- Initiates control measures to decrease spread of communicable disease
- Maintains health records
- Enforces state school entrance requirements
- Promotes healthy lifestyles
- Is a member of Student Service Team
- Is a member of 504/IEP team as needed
- Collects, maintains and analyzes health data to help improve services
- Educates students and staff on health issues
