School Nurse Job Morrisville area,North Carolina USA,Nursing

Description

JOB SUMMARY

The Certified School Nurse (CSN) is responsible for coordinating, collaborating, planning for, and, in most cases, providing direct services to ensure that the school’s health program, as defined by the Pennsylvania School Code, School District Policies, and the PA Dept. of Health Division of School Health Regulations is carried out according to the specifics in the Law (Mandated programs) and within the parameters established for approved Modified programs.

Mandated School Health Programs may be modified, (with Department of Health Approval), based on identified local health needs with a plan established and recommended by the Local Advisory School Health Board.

The goals of the CSN position are to maintain and/or improve the health status of students, thus enabling them to profit fully from their educational experiences; and, to promote optimum health status and lifestyles for all students through the joint efforts of the home, school and community.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBLITIES

A Certified School Nurse’s caseload should be reduced as the population of children with special needs increases, as the number of schools served increases.

Develops and maintains a comprehensive school health services program for students, following the guidelines of the PA School Code, PA DOH Regulations, the Division of School Health guidelines, PA DOE Regulations, and school policies.

Assists with school administrators, school physicians and dentists in planning and organizing the school health program.

Consults with school administrators to establish, review and revise policy and procedures for a comprehensive school health program.

Schedules for dental and physical exams.

Provides up-to-date information for the use of school personnel on such subjects as the growth and development patterns of children, first aid practice, accident prevention, communicable disease regulations and assist in evaluating the content material used for health teaching and help in providing sources of information.

Use data collected to help plan and evaluate the school health program.

Serve on the school’s advisory health councils.

Ensure that reports required by the school, PA Dept. of Health, Div. Of School Health and PA Dept. of Education are properly prepared and forwarded.

Provides direct services to students, using the nursing process to provide care to the school community in accordance with current medical practice and nursing standards, relevant statutes, and regulations.

Performs and/or oversees mandated screenings and completes referrals and follow-up where applicable.
Manages and controls acute and chronic disease. Carries out policies and procedures for the control of communicable diseases, in collaboration with the PA Department of Health.
Provides first aid for illness or injury to students and documents nursing assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
Establish health care plans for students with special health care needs and update them as needed.
Reviews and monitors student immunization status. Make appropriate referrals to update immunizations when indicated.
Provides health teaching and counseling.
Maintains comprehensive health records on each child and records of school nursing services.
Assists in interpreting the health needs of individual children to parents and teachers and assists families in utilizing community resources for improving the health of their children.
Administers medications and performs procedures according to physician orders and school district policies and procedures. Ensures physician orders for individual student medications and/or treatments comply with requirements for administration.
Informs teachers of the health conditions of pupils which may affect behavior, appearance or scholastic performance.

Facilitates an organized system of coordinated care for students.

Collaborates with agencies within and outside of the school community to ensure continuity of service and care of students, including working with private physicians and dentists to coordinate private medical and dental examinations with the school program.
Identifies high risk children to needed services, including…