The Role of the School Nurse Includes:

• Providing acute and emergency care for students and staff.
• Conducting state-mandated screenings-scoliosis (Grs 5-9), vision and hearing (Gr PreK-5, 7, 9).
• Ensuring each child has the required immunizations.
• Medication administration and assessment.
• Planned care and assessment forStudents with Special Needs.
• Communicable disease control and prevention.
• Health counseling and education for students and staff.
• Providing and maintaining linkage to community resources and primary health care providers.
• Maintaining cumulative health records.
• Facilitating of the wellness policy.
• Enforcing the health policies.
• Participation in Crisis Intervention