Nursing Responsibilities

School Nurses are responsible for:

• Performing state mandated health screenings (vision, hearing, height and weight)
• Maintaining student health and immunization records
• Administering and/or supervising the administration of doctor prescribed medications
• Performing nursing procedures
• Assessing student who become ill or injured while at school
• Responding to health emergencies
• Care coordination of students with serious health problems
• Process and monitor medical 504 plans (service agreements)
• Process and monitor medical Homebound and medical Transportation requests