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Title: Introduction to School Nursing


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Introduction to School Nursing
  • Role of Public Health in the School Setting

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Public Health Nursing
  • Is the practice of promoting and protecting the
    health of populations using knowledge from
    nursing, social, and public health sciences
    (American Public Health Association, Public
    Health Nursing Section, 1996).

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The First School Nurse
  • Miss Lina Rogers was Americas first school
    nurse, hired on October 1, 1902 placed in a
    public school in New York Citys Lower East Side.
  • She was placed by Miss Lillian Wald, a pioneering
    Public Health Nurse of the Henry Street
    Settlement.
  • Ms. Rogers purpose was to reduce absenteeism, the
    spread of communicable diseases among children
  • and keep children in school.
  • Careful record keeping documented effectiveness
    of her program.

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National Association of School Nurses
  • Defines school nursing as a specialized practice
    of professional nursing that advances the
    well-being, academic success lifelong
    achievement health of students.

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NASN Position StatementRole of the School Nurse
  • School nurses facilitate normal development
    positive student response to interventions
  • School nurses provide leadership in promoting
    health safety, including a healthy environment
  • School nurses provide quality health care
    intervene with actual potential health
    problems.

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  • School nurses use clinical judgment in providing
    case management services
  • School nurses actively collaborate with others to
    build student family capacity for adaption,
    self-management, self advocacy learning
  • The school nurse may take additional roles to
    meet school community needs

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Health Service Reference Guide
  • Provides direction for school districts toward
    the development of school health programs
  • Increase awareness of school health issues the
    potential strategies available to resolve these
    issues
  • Provide guidelines for the development of
    district school health programs, policies
    procedures
  • Serve as a guide for orientating new personnel

9
Public Health Practice Reference
  • Contains guidelines, protocols, definitions
    actions for LHD to use in providing services
  • Not all inclusive and does not supersede
    professional judgment, The KY Nurse Practice Act
    or current accepted practices

10
Contracts
  • Contractual agreements for school health services
    depends on the assessment need of local school
    systems.
  • The LHD or the local school system may initate a
    partnership.
  • Contracts must reviewed, updated
    renegotiated/renewed annually.
  • Current contract template approved by KDE and DPH

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Contractual Considerations
  • Maintenance of student health records
  • Nurses salaries, benefits liability insurance
  • Schedules and hours
  • Office equipment and supplies
  • HIPPA/FERPA-sharing information
  • Delegation of special procedures
  • Attendance on field trips

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Needs of Understanding
  • School nurse should be informed of specific
    services and job responsibilities
  • The Kentucky Nurse Scope of practice
  • ANA NASN Scope and Standards of Professional
    School Nursing Practice
  • Department for Public Healths PHPR
  • Kentucky Department of Educations HSRG

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LHD Nurse in the School Setting
  • Understand which services will be provided by the
    LHD and which ones by the local school district.
  • KDE is the lead agency and works with DPH to
    fulfill the requirements relating to the
    provision of health care services in schools.
  • LHD school nurse is responsible to inform/work
    with the building principal of any current
    student issues
  • LHDs may elect to provide school health services
    not included in the PHPR.
  • NASN nationally recognized standards/guidelines
    are to be utilized when school health services
    are not included in the PHPR.

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Information Awareness
  • Know the building Principal and office staff,
    School Health Coordinator, Special Education
    Personnel other health/support personnel
  • Build relationships with school personnel
  • First responders for the school
  • Scheduling of Nursing Services
  • Written Policies Procedures
  • Supplies and equipment
  • Utilization of KDE school health policies
  • Students with Special Health Care Needs
  • Location of school health records

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RESOURCES
  • Kentucky Department of Education-www.education.ky.
    gov
  • National Association of School Nurses-www.nasn.org
  • KY Nurse List Serve- www.coe.uky.edu/lists/kylists
    .php
  • Kentucky School Nurses Association-www.kysna.com
  • Kentucky Public Health Association-www.kpha-ky.org
  • Local Health Departments
  • DPH School Nurse List serv

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Contact Information
  • Sandi Clark RN
  • School Health Nurse Consultant
  • Division of Adult Child Health Improvement
  • 275 East Main St, HS2W-A
  • Frankfort, KY 40621
  • Phone (502) 564-2154 ext. 3862
  • sandik.clark_at_ky.gov
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