School Nurses Do Many Things!

They:

• facilitate positive student responses to normal development
• promote health and safety
• intervene with actual and potential health problems
• provide case management services
• actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation,  self management, self advocacy, and learning

Source: National Association of School Nurses

They also:

• provide acute care
• conduct yearly health history surveys
• monitor immunization compliance
• screen vision, dental, and hearing
• evaluate chronic health problems
• administer and monitor daily medication