Role of the School Nurse

School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success, and lifelong 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. The school nurse links the health service program within the school and the community.

Marblehead Public School Nurses Provide: 

• Acute and chronic illness care
• Injury prevention and treatment of injuries that occur in school
• Medication administration and monitoring
• Individualized health care planning and case management for students with special healthcare needs
• Health counseling and health promotion
• Management of student health records
• Health screenings (vision, postural, hearing, height, weight, SBIRT)
• Communication with students, parents, the school community and healthcare providers
• Communicable disease prevention and control
• Case management/ Access to healthcare services and insurance as needed
• Emergency preparedness and response