SCHOOL NURSE FOR THE 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR -

 

1. Job Title: SUB School Nurse (On call - only as needed)
2. Department: Student Services 
3. Education Level and Certification: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Must possess an unrestricted license to practice nursing in the State of Nebraska at all times during employment. Must be certified in Basic Life Support or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Previous experience in the Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program is preferred. 
4. Reports To: Principal/Superintendent 
5. Performance Responsibilities and Job Tasks (Full description available upon request)

The National Association of School Nurses Board of Directors has defined school nursing as: “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.” 

 

Inherent in this definition is the framework that school nurses engage in professional nursing practice, use the nursing process for decision-making, document the care they provide, and assure confidentiality. School nurses address the physical, mental, emotional, and social health of students. In addition, school nurses have as the ultimate outcome of their practice, the support of student success in the learning process. In this context the school nurse provides services to students and children qualifying for early childhood services.