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- With the widespread use of antibiotics and vaccines to prevent common childhood diseases the role of the school nurse has evolved to a new level.
- Students with chronic diseases, mental health issues and high-risk behaviors have driven school nurses to gain expertise not only in public health but also in pediatric and mental health nursing.
- School nurses provide nursing assessments for students in special education programs as well as deliver nursing services for students in need of procedures such as gastrostomy tube feedings, clean intermittent catheterizations, tracheostomy care, and others.
- The primary role of the school nurse is to support student learning. The nurse accomplishes this by implementing strategies that promote student and staff health and safety.
- The nurse takes a leadership role in serving as the coordinator of all school health programs.
