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MISSION STATEMENT OF SCOTTSDALE
SCHOOL NURSES
The mission of the School Nurses of Scottsdale
Unified School District is to enhance the educational potential
of all students by promoting wellness and facilitating the resolution
of health concerns which create barriers to learning.
We strive to give students the necessary tools
to care for themselves.
Scottsdale school nurses collaborate with community
resources, encourage healthy lifestyles and promote communication
through health counseling and information.
PHILOSOPHY OF SCHOOL HEALTH
The purpose of school nursing is to enhance the
educational process by the modification or removal of health-related
barriers to learning and by promotion of an optimal level of wellness.
The following beliefs about school health, written
by the American School Health Association and the American Nurses'
Association, are endorsed by the Scottsdale School Nurses:
- Every child is entitled to educational opportunities which allow
each to reach full capacity as an individual and to prepare him
or her for responsibility as a citizen.
- Every child is entitled to a level of health which permits maximum
utilization of educational opportunities.
- Every school has a legal and moral obligation to provide a school
health program which will promote and protect the health of its
children and youth.
- The school health program should be consistent with the philosophy
and objectives of the school program.
- The school health program, through the components of health
service, health education and concern for the environment, provides
knowledge and understanding on which to base decisions for the
promotion and protection of individual, family and community health.
- Activities of the school health program play a primary role
in establishing a viable working relationship with home and community.
- Parents have the basic responsibility for the health of their
children; the school health program activities exist to assist
parents in carrying out their responsibilities.
- The community has a responsibility for the health of their children;
the school health program will assist parents and youth to utilize
such community services effectively.
- School health programs should include participation in regional,
state and local comprehensive health planning to identify and
interpret health needs and to coordinate health services for
children and youth and their families.
In addition, the Scottsdale School Nurses believe
that:
- The school nurse is the primary member of the school health
team.
- The broad range of the population served requires that the school
nurse has a strong background in relevant theories as a basis
for intervention including, but not limited to: growth and development,
hierarchy of needs, family and group dynamics, change process,
self-care, adaptation, public health including epidemiology and
prevention, and educational theories, instructional philosophies
and methodologies.
- A baccalaureate degree in nursing from an accredited program
provides the minimum professional competency for the practice
of school nursing.
- School nurses are bound to comply with the provisions of the
State of Arizona "Rules and Regulations of the State Board
of Nursing".
- School nurses will use the National Association of School Nurses'
"Standards of Professional School Nursing Practice"
as a guide in fulfilling and evaluating the professional obligations
of the specialty practice of school nursing.
- School nurses will be guided by the American Nurses' Association's
"Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice" in their conduct
and relationships in carrying out nursing responsibilities.
GOALS OF SCOTTSDALE SCHOOL
NURSES
School nurses employed by the Scottsdale Unified
School District Governing Board are goal oriented. Scottsdale school
nurses work in collaboration with other District employees to accomplish
the goals and objectives of the school district.
In addition, school nurses will practice professional
nursing toward the accomplishment of the following goals:
- To deliver needed health services to the school/client system
using systematic processes to assess needs, plan interventions
and evaluate outcomes so that high-level wellness can be achieved
by the client system.
- To manage school health care services by participating in the
planning, implementation and evaluation of the school health
program.
- To advocate for the health rights of children and their families,
both within the school setting and between the school and community
at large.
- To provide health counseling for the school/client system on
an individual basis or within a group setting.
- To participate in health education program activities for students,
District personnel and the community.
- To collaborate with school administrators, school staff, other
school nurses, parents, community resources and community health
care providers in order to accomplish the goals of the Scottsdale
School Health Program.
GOALS OF SCOTTSDALE SCHOOL
HEALTH CENTERS
- To comply with national, state and local mandates for health
services and health education.
- To increase instructional time.
- To increase students' self-care skills and ability to be responsible
consumers of health care services.
- To provide quality professional nursing services to students
and staff.
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