Integrated Student Support Professionals:
School Nurses

Role

"School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success, and life-long 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." ( Adopted by the National Association of School Nurses, June 1999)

Click here to read more about the The Role of the Professional School Nurse.

State Organization

http://www.schoolnurse.vserver.com/

National Organization

http://www.nasn.org/

For More Information Contact

Cheryl Carotenuti, R.N., M.S.N.
Health Promotion Consultant
Connecticut State Department of Education
Bureau of Health and Nutrition Services, Child/Family/School Partnerships
25 Industrial Park Road , Middletown , CT 06457
860-807-2108
Fax (860) 807-2062
cheryl.carotenuti@po.state.ct.us