What is the role of a
School Nurse in the 21st Century ?
Definition of a School Nurse
• School nursing is a specialized practice of
professional nursing that advances the well
being, academic success, and life-long
achievement of students. To that end, 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 (NASN, 2012).
Top 5 WV Public Schools
Medical Diagnoses/Procedures
2010/11 School Nurse Needs Assessment
Medical Diagnoses
In-School Specialized
Health Care Procedures
Asthma
Inhalers for Asthma
Behavioral Disorders
Emergency Medications
Anaphylactic Reaction
Long-Term Medications
Obesity
Special Diets per Federal Form
Mental Disorders (Depression,
Bipolar, Schizophrenic, Suicidal)
Seizure Management
Close 5th places…..
Ear, Nose and Throat/
Migraine or Severe
Headache/Seizures
Diabetes Type II
2010/11
Student Medical Diagnoses
Diabetes Type I
16145
18000
16000
11491
14000
Anaphylactic
Reaction
12000
10000
8000
4213
6000
4000
2000
0
Seizures
238
852
2147
Behavioral
Disorders/ADD/
ADHD/OCD/Anx
iety
Asthma
In the 21st
Century…
It Takes a
Team