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The school nurse can use interaction time with students to educate them on
wearing a seat belt, or a helmet when riding a bicycle. The nurse can also
provide education on first aid and CPR, perhaps enlisting the Red Cross or
the local fire department for assistance in the training. School nurses
are also available to help children with disabilities, everything from
providing glucose monitoring and insulin administration to the patency of
feeding tubes, depending on the special needs population of the school.

The discipline under which the school nurse works determines the scope of
practice. The nurse can either be a licensed practical nurse, a registered
nurse or even in some cases, an advanced registered nurse practitioner.
The degree of education preparation depends upon the degree of licensure
and can go anywhere from an Associate to a Master's Degree.

There are many societies which provide continuing education and
accreditation for school nurses. Besides the state chapters, there is a
National Association for School Nurses (NASN) who provides education,
advocacy and continuing medical education for school nurses.School
nursing was probably most accurately described at the ASN meeting in 1999
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."

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Bibliography:
No Author Listed, Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students --
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No Speaker Listed, Opening Speech from the NASN Board of Directors Meeting
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http://www.nasn.org/Default.aspx?tabid=35

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