WHAT YOUR SCHOOL NURSE CAN DO
School nursing today is a highly specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students. Today's school nurses are critical thinkers who facilitate positive student responses to normal development; they promote health and safety; they intervene with actual and potential health problems; they provide case management services; and they actively collaborate to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy and learning.
~National Association of School Nurses~
YOUR KMS NURSES CAN PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:
Illness and injury prevention, assessment, and intervention.
Management of students with chronic health conditions such as, Type One Diabetes, seizure disorders, asthma, etc.
Health and wellness promotion.
Individualized health care planning and case management for students with complex and special health care needs.
Medication administration and nursing procedures.
Communicable disease prevention and control.
Mandated health screenings:
Vision (grades 5 & 7)
Hearing (grade 7)
Postural (grades 5-8)
Height, Weight and BMI (grade 7)
Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) (grades 7)
Environmental health and safety.
Emergency preparedness and medical response.
Communication and collaboration with students, parents/guardians, school faculty/staff, and community providers of health care and support services.
Your NPS health clinics provide many important services but please know that they are not a diagnostic clinic. School nurses cannot diagnose illnesses, diseases, and/or injuries. After the school nurse administers first aid, it is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to contact their student's healthcare provider for diagnosis, treatment, and any necessary follow-up.