Registered Nurse (School Nurse) VSP/Limited Hours
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides and coordinates health care services to students in a school setting. The RN coordinates care to achieve desired outcomes, participates in student and family teaching, and provides leadership by delegating and working cooperatively with school personnel, community members, and health care agencies to maintain professional nursing practice standards. The RN practices in accordance with the Michigan Public Health Code Act 368 of 1978, Article 15, Part 172, and demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care to the students served. The RN promotes patient safety and follows hospital and nursing department policies and procedures, including the Patient’s Bill of Rights and ANA Standards of Professional Performance. These standards include quality of practice, education, professional practice evaluation, collaboration, ethics, evidence-based practice and research, resource utilization, and environmental health. The RN also contributes to the professional development and training of peers, colleagues, and students. As the health care expert in the school setting, the RN assesses the overall system of care and develops plans for meeting health needs, including wellness policies, emergency and disaster plans, infectious disease prevention, and crisis prevention. The RN coordinates care in the school community, supervises delegated activities, participates in school committees and administrative roles, and supports organizational goals and quality initiatives. The RN assesses student health needs, maintains and evaluates health records, identifies measurable and culturally appropriate outcomes, and serves as case manager for students with acute or chronic health needs. The RN develops individualized health care plans and emergency procedures, coordinates their implementation, conducts health screenings, responds to emergencies, communicates recommendations, documents care, and evaluates and revises plans and school health initiatives as needed. The RN also provides health promotion, education, and prevention activities for students, families, and the school environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
- Current Michigan RN license, or completion by the end of orientation.
- Current BLS for the Healthcare Provider certification, or completion within 60 days of hire.
- Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and services appropriate to the ages of students served.
- Practice in accordance with the Michigan Public Health Code Act 368 of 1978, Article 15, Part 172.
Responsibilities
- Provide and coordinate health care services to students in the school setting.
- Coordinate care to achieve desired outcomes and participate in student and family teaching.
- Work cooperatively with school personnel, community members, and health care agencies to maintain professional nursing practice standards.
- Promote student safety and follow hospital and nursing department policies and procedures, including the Patient’s Bill of Rights.
- Assess the overall school health care system and develop plans to ensure student health needs are met, including wellness, emergency, disaster, infectious disease, and crisis planning.
- Coordinate care among students, families, school personnel, health care providers, and community agencies.
- Direct and supervise non-licensed personnel performing delegated nursing activities.
- Participate in school committees and administrative roles and support organizational strategic goals and quality initiatives, including data collection and reporting.
- Collect and analyze data to identify student health needs and nursing diagnoses for the school population.
- Maintain records and evaluate student health data; collaborate with families, faculty, and health care providers to validate data.
- Identify culturally appropriate short- and long-term student health outcome goals and document measurable outcomes.
- Serve as case manager for students with acute or chronic health needs.
- Develop individualized health care plans using evidence-based information and plan emergency care and procedures for situations when the RN is unavailable.
- Collaborate with school staff to implement student health care plans and promote appropriate use of the school clinic.
- Conduct appropriate health screening programs and respond effectively to emergencies.
- Provide consultation and communicate health-related recommendations to students, families, faculty, and health care providers.
- Document nursing interventions and activities; prioritize and adjust priorities based on student needs.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of care plans, health promotion, education, and prevention activities; revise plans as appropriate.
- Use student and school outcome data to support school health programs and document evaluation results in summaries or annual reports.
- Provide health promotion, education, and prevention activities to maintain and improve the health and safety of students, families, and the school environment.
- Contribute to the professional development and training of peers, colleagues, and students.
- Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
