School Nursing is a specialty branch of professional nursing that seeks to identify health-related student problems and intervene to modify or remediate these problems. A comprehensive school health program includes the delivery of health services and health education, which directly contributes to the student’s education and the health of the family and community. Examples of some of the types of services include identification and follow-up of health concerns with students, staff, and medical providers, communication with parents regarding their child’s health needs, development and review of emergency services within the school setting, maintenance, and follow-up on health records and medications, policies, and procedures, development of Individual Health Plans for students with special needs and related in-servicing and staff training, and vision and health screenings.
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