How to Write Health Goals for School Nurses

The American Academy of Pediatrics writes that "The school nurse has a central management role in the implementation of the school health services program for all children and youth in the school." School nurses tend to the childrens' health, act as health advocates for the students, provide health education for students, and act as intermediaries between the school, the students, the families and the community. Just as schools expect that classroom lesson plans contain the lesson's overall goals, school nurses should also write down their goals when planning out their work.

Instructions

• 1

  Write an overview reviewing the school nurse's job responsibilities.

• 2

  Relate the school nurse's goals in relation to her duties when she acts as the school's health liaison with the local community. Schools frequently rely on the school nurse to act as an intermediary with parents and other local health care professionals on issues relating to students' emotional and physical health.

• 3

  Discuss the goals of the school nurse as she develops relationships with other health care personnel who work with the school, the children and their families.

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  Write about the school nurse's goals when he plans activities aimed at promoting a physically and emotionally safe and healthy environment in the school. School nurses teach, counsel and prepare health-related educational materials for use in the school.

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  Write about the school nurse's goals when she fulfills her role to create a system for dealing with medical crises. Outbreaks of illnesses or a tragic accident can trigger the need for immediate intervention which a prepared school nurse can successfully monitor and, as necessary, provide assistance.

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  Indicate the school nurse's goals as he conducts health assessments of students and monitors immunizations. The school nurse should plan what actions he might need to take if families don't hold to immunization schedules or send sick children to school.

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  Include mention of the school nurse's goals for providing strategies to identify and help solve students' health problems. Will the nurse counsel the students? Will she counsel the parents? Will she need to involve other health care professionals from the community? If the nurse has prepared her goals, she will have all necessary resources at her disposal to act quickly if and when it becomes necessary.

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  Write about the school nurse's goals to provide comprehensive and age-appropriate health education to the school's students. Teachers often rely on the school nurse to teach health-related subjects that they feel ill-equipped to teach.