Health Services

Overview

The National Association of School Nurses defines School Nursing as a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success and life-long achievement of students.  School nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and 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.

School nurses support student success in the following ways:

• Ensure that all students are properly immunized
• Provide health screenings
• Assess and treat acute illnesses and injuries
• Provide emergency care
• Manage chronic health conditions in the school setting
• Administer medications and carry out medical procedures
• Help students develop positive life-style choices
• Assist faculty and staff to make health-related adaptations to the school program
• Assist families to gain access to community health care programs
• Promote a safe school environment
• Serve as a resource to faculty, administration and students
• Promote health-related educational programs for students, staff and families