General Health Information

Our health offices located at schools are staffed with kind and professional school nurses that make up an important part of the educational team. School nurses have a student-centered approach for care coordination using standards of practice, quality improvement, and leadership along with involving the community, and public health.

School nurses participate in mandated screenings by the state, develop various types of care plans for chronic and acute conditions, organize and implement staff trainings, develop health reports for special education students, and assist parents with talking to their family doctor. They also are a critical part of the Student Attendance Response Team, as well as notifying families about communicable diseases.