Special Education District of Lake County
Nursing
Announcements
Announcements
"School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success and lifelong achievement of students. To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and/or potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy and learning." ~ National Association of School Nurses
"School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success and lifelong achievement of students. To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and/or potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy and learning." ~ National Association of School Nurses
What Do School Nurses Do?
What Do School Nurses Do?
Provides health services that increase school attendance
Helps prevent and control the spread of communicable disease
Administers specialized services to students (medications, tube feedings, insulin, etc...)
Verifies immunizations to keep the school in compliance with state mandates
Provides health professional input and direction for school and community policies and programs
Educates students and staff on managing their own health and wellness
Assists in the evaluation of students for special education services