School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success, and lifelong 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.

- National Association of School Nurses

The School health services program is managed on a full time basis in each school by DOE licensed School Nurses and includes the following health services for students:
 

• Illness assessment and care

• Injury prevention, triage and treatment

• Medication administration and monitoring

• Health counseling and health promotion

• Communicable disease prevention and control

• Health Screenings:

  • Hearing and Vision

  • Postural

  • Height, weight 

  • SBIRT screening
     

• Environmental health and safety

• Communication between/among students, parents, the school community health care providers.

• Selected health services are also provided for school faculty and staff