Substitute School Nurse

COFFEE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM

Job Description

School Nurse

Responsible to : Director of Health Services

Principal

Qualifications :

• Current licensure to practice as a register nurse (RN) in the State of Tennessee.

Graduate of an accredited program offering a baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN)

and three to five years of recent nursing experience.

OR

Graduate of either an accredited diploma School of Nursing or an accredited program

offering an associate degree in nursing (ASN), plus three to five years of recent

nursing experience preferably in school nursing, public health nursing, or

community health nursing with children.

Essential Responsibilities :

systematic manner

determine a nursing diagnosis

goals and interventions delineating school nursing actions unique to a student's

needs

promote, maintain, or restore health, prevent illness, and affect rehabilitation

diagnosis, and Nursing Care Plan and to determine progress made toward goal

achievement

secondary, and tertiary prevention

interpretation of health data and assists them to achieve optimal levels of

wellness through health education, school attendance, and academic performance

and Entrance Physicals

HIPPA and the Patient Privacy Act

when student health issues may require additional services

General Requirements :

BOE Revisions Approved 2 / 8 / 10