Important Notice to parents: If your child requires any medication to be given during school hours, a medication authorization form must be completed and signed by your child’s doctor and by a parent or guardian. This form must be completed annually. Do not send inhalers or other medication to school without having proper medication forms completed. School staff cannot administer medication to your child until we have completed forms. You may come to school to administer your child’s medication while waiting for these forms to be completed. Please notify me at the beginning of the school about any health concerns you have for your child and any special needs he/she may have during school hours. If there are any changes during the year, please call me.
School Nurse's Responsibilities
Collects information about the health and development status of the student to determine a nursing diagnosis.
Uses data collected about the health and development status of the student to determine a nursing diagnosis.
- Develops nursing care plans with specific goals and interventions, delineation school nursing actions unique to student's needs.
- Intervenes as guided by the nursing care plan to implement nursing actions that promote, maintain, or restore health, prevent illness and effect rehabilitation.
- Assesses student responses to nursing actions in order to revise the database, nursing diagnosis and nursing care plan and to determine progress made toward goal achievement.
- Collaborates with other professionals in planning to assure quality of health care provided to students.
- Assists student, families, and school personnel to achieve optimal levels of wellness through health education.
- Assumes responsibility for continuing education and professional development and contributes to the professional growth of others.
- Participates with others in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating school health and community services that include primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.
