School Board Presentations
How to Make a Successful Presentation
Why Educate the School Board on the
Benefits of School Nurses?
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Board members need to understand the
important role school nurses play in student
academic achievement.
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The more they know about what School
Nurses do, the more they are able to support
school health issues.
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How do School Nurses Impact
Education?
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Absenteeism is an important outcome that
school nurses influence
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Assessing for injuries and illnesses during the
school day
Managing chronic diseases and conditions in
school
Health instruction
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What do School Nurse’s Do?
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Provide direct care to students for injuries and illness
and long-term management of students with special
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Provides emergency services including triage, illness and
injury care, referral and follow-up
Supervises the management and treatment of health
conditions
Communicates and educates parents/guardians
Develops IHP for students with chronic conditions
Develops IEP to manage potential emergency events (asthma,
diabetes, epilepsy, etc.)
Educates appropriate faculty and staff regarding IHP and IEP
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What do School Nurse’s Do?
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Provides leadership
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Development of plans for responding to
emergencies and disasters
Development, implementation and evaluation of
coordinated school health programs
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What do School Nurse’s Do?
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Screening and referral for health conditions
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Early identification, referral and treatment can
improve student educational outcome
Provides health counseling, including referral and
follow-up
Encourages enrollment of students in State
Children’s Health Insurance Programs
Connects students, families and staff with
community health care providers
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What do School Nurse’s Do?
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Promotes a healthy school environment
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Monitoring and promoting immunizations
Ensuring appropriate exclusion for infectious
illnesses
Reporting communicable diseases
Observing buildings and playgrounds for safety
hazards
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What do School Nurse’s Do?
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Promotes health
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Provides health education to individual students as well as
groups. (nutrition, exercise, smoking prevention and cessation,
oral health, prevention of sexually transmitted infections,
substance use and abuse, immunizations, adolescent pregnancy
prevention, parenting, etc)
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Provides health education materials to be used in the
classroom
Provides health education programs for staff, families and
the community (first aid, CPR, tobacco cessation, etc.)
Active member of the School Health Council
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What do School Nurse’s Do?
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Leadership role for health policies and
programs
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Coordinated school health programs
School wellness policies
Crisis/disaster management
Emergency medical condition management
Acute illness management
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What do School Nurse’s Do?
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Liaison between school, family, community,
and health care provider
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Provides smooth transition from home or hospital
to school
As case manager, provides oversight of care and
services and serves as the point of contact for
communication among the student, family, school
staff, and health care provider
Participates on the IEP and 504 teams
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"When health is absent,
wisdom cannot reveal itself,
art cannot become manifest,
strength cannot fight,
wealth becomes useless, and
intelligence cannot be applied."
~ Herophilus of Chalcedon, 335 - 280 BC,
Physician to Alexander the Great ~
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Getting on the Agenda
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If you are under Student Services, ask your
director to place you on the agenda for the
next school board meeting.
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If not, Contact your Superintendent's
secretary and ask to be placed on the
agenda.
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Top 7 Tips for a Successful Presentation 4
Know your audience:
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School Board’s main objective is to provide a
quality education for all of its students.
The presentation should show how the school
health program will benefit student educational
goals
Any presentation should include data to show
how this is done
15 minutes or less
Prepared handouts
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Do not try to memorize your speech
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If you memorize you will likely forget
Use note cards with bulleted information
Or use a PowerPoint presentation
Don’t forget to connect with your audience
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Make eye contact
Smile
Ask questions
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Open with a Bang!
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Grab their attention immediately
Spark their interest, set expectations, preview
what’s to come and offer benefits
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Ask a question
Tell a story
Use quotes
Dramatic statistics
Give them a reason to listen to you
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Make it Memorable
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Use phrases like:
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“The point is this…”
“The most important thing to remember is…”
“I’ll be offering three ideas, the first one is…”
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Use Silence
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Time and space are needed to digest your information
Pause at the end of your sentences and after delivering
a dramatic point
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Encourage Participation
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Include your audience through:
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Questions
Exercises
Inviting their ideas
This will keep people more interested, and it will
take the pressure off you to carry the whole load.
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They will remember the last thing they hear
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A strong closing should be memorized and
review your main points
Motivate the audience to do something..
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Take an action
Ask a question
Have an emotional response
Or think
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Finally!
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Know when to stop talking!
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Summarize your main points and purpose
End with an interesting quote
Leave them with a positive impression and a
sense of completion
Say “thank you” and sit down.
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"Schools have a wealth of potential
for ensuring the future well-being
of young people.
You can't educate a child who
isn't healthy,
and you can't keep a child healthy who
isn't educated.“
Jocelyn Elders, MD former U.S. Surgeon General
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References
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National Association of School Nurses:
School Nurse Advocacy Talking Points
The Journal of School Nursing. Research
Article: The Impact of School Nursing on
School Performance: A Research Synthesis
American Academy of Pediatrics. Policy
Statement: Role of the School Nurse in
Providing School Health Services.
Top 7 Tips for a Successful Presentation by
Susan Fee
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OSSD
School Nurse
2009 Fall Report
Or
what the heck have the nurses been
doing anyway?
The School Nurses…..
Educate and train staff
on emergency interventions
for serious health concerns
such as life threatening
allergies to food, bees and other
allergens, seizures, diabetes and
asthma.
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The School Nurses…..
Identify and anticipate
health concerns
and create care plans
needed at school in the event of an
emergency for students with
known health problems.
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The School Nurses…..
Support student learning
by providing
medication, treatments and
procedures for students
with special health care needs
during the school day
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The School Nurses…..
Decrease absenteeism
by assessing students for
illnesses or injuries
that occur during the school day.
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The School Nurses…..
Provide health assessments
as mandated by state law:
vision, hearing and scoliosis
screenings.
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The School Nurses…..
Coordinate with community organizations
to provide needed services
to students and their families
 Health care
 Vision services
 Dental services
 Counseling
 Clothing, food and shelter needs
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The School Nurses…..
Monitor and educate
regarding communicable diseases
and other
health issues
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The School Nurses…..
Promote health
by providing lesson plans
and other health resources
for the classroom use.
Often teaching the lesson herself.
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The School Nurses…..
Teach faculty and staff First Aid
and organize
district wide CPR/AED training
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The School Nurses…..
Organize immunization
clinics for
employees
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Disposition of Students seen
for Illness
Sent
Home,
1206
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Medical
Referral,
95
Back to
Class,
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Disposition of Students seen
for Injury
Sent
Home,
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Back to
Class,
1221
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Medical
Referral
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Special Health Conditions
Seizures,
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Diabetes,
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Cardiac Conditions,
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Food Allergy,
177
Asthma
346
Insect Allergy
62
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Special Nursing Procedures
Peak Flow
Monitoring,
3
Nebulizer
Treatments,
81
Oxygen
Saturation,
162
Blood Glucose
Testing,
622
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Blood
weight
Pressure
monitoring
Monitoring
3 Other, 2
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Urinary
Catheterizations,
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Tracheotomy
Care/Suctioning,
329
Gastric
Tube Feeding,
315
Medications Administered
Over the Counter
361
Other
497
Insulin
100
Asthma
134
Seizure
240
Psychiatric
94
Antibiotics
104
ADD/ADHD
2583
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Screenings
SPED Evaluation
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Dental,
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Blood Pressure,
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Growth,
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Vision,
1309
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Other,
468
Hearing,
1263
Your Nurses:
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Shanel
McCaleb, RN
Dawn
Wilson, RN
Oak Park
Pecan Park
Mary
LaSalle, RN
Magnolia
Park
Terry
Tate, RN
Lynda
Howze, RN
Shannon
Ford, RN
Taconi
Middle
School
High
School
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The best way
to gain self-confidence
is to do
what you are afraid to do.
~Author Unknown ~
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