Position Summary:

The school's licensed practical nurse strengthens and facilitates the educational process by identifying and assisting in alleviating or minimizing the effects of health-related barriers to learning in individual students and by promoting an acceptable level of wellness for students and staff. The nurse assumes responsibility for appropriate assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, management and/or referral activities.In this role the nurse will also serve as the direct link between physicians, families and community agencies to promote access and continuity of health care for students, provides relevant instruction, counseling and guidance to students, parents, staff and others concerning healthrelated issues; upholds professional standards, the Missouri Nursing Act and other state and local statues and regulations applicable to school nursing practice; and adheres to district policies.

Essential Functions:

• Conducts normal growth and development screening to identify existing problems
• Utilizes appropriate health counseling and guidance techniques, including the ability to follow through on referrals
• Demonstrates management and organizational skills necessary to facilitate health care in a school through a working knowledge of school organization and administration
• Works within the framework of the Nursing Practice Act for implementation of laws and regulations pertaining to school health
• Teaches first aid procedures and legal aspects of giving emergency care
• Relates policies and procedures to the health of the student
• Utilizes county, state and Federal laws and regulations related to school health when needed
• Obtains and records a comprehensive immunization history
• Identifies the communicable diseases common to school-age population
• Follows established system of reporting appropriate information to local health unit
• Assumes responsibility for compiling immunization report for compliance with state statutes
• Plans and implements effective case-finding procedures
• Explains the identified diseases or conditions, their progress and prognosis
• Develops comprehensive nursing care plans, when appropriate, with specific goals and objectives
• Assesses the degree of significance of the health problem to the students education progress
• Performs appropriate special health care procedures prescribed for student
• Implements procedures regarding medication, including education for student, family and staff
• Assesses the school environment and recommend adaptation to meet student's needs
• Presents timely health information when working with student problems
• Presents health information to student in an organized manner, based on students level of comprehension
• Encourages teachers to incorporate health concepts in their curriculum
• Maintains resource files of pertinent health instruction materials for students and teachers
• Demonstrates effective methods of presenting health instruction
• Selects health education materials and curriculum having scientific accuracy and learning effectiveness
• Obtains appropriate health developmental history of student
• Conducts meaningful nursing assessment of the physical status of the well child to identify deviation from the normal
• Recognizes health problems, disease or disability as early as possible
• Utilizes methods to assess child's growth and nutritional status
• Assesses student and/or family for level of knowledge and behavior regarding health problems
• Evaluates health deviation for degree of significance and interpret the significance to the student end his/her family
• Assesses strengths and weaknesses of student and/or family in relation to health problem
• Assesses student and/or family adaptation to health problems 41- Assesses severity of injuries
• Performs appropriate first aid procedures effectively and ef iciently
• Documents the essential information regarding illness and injury
• Analyzes cause of accident and plan intervention
• Takes an active role in planning and implementing disaster drills and procedures in school community
• Assesses physical facilities for safety and environmental hazards
• Analyzes accident report and recommend a plan to prevent further accidents
• Interprets school health needs to community at large
• Identifies inadequacies in school health services that require development of resources
• Implements a plan to continuously update and expand knowledge base, which is key to the maintenance of individual competency
• Other duties as assigned

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