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School Nurse

School Nurse:  Ms. J. Riviello
School Nurses Aide:  Ms. N. Fox

Nurses Office Phone:  (631) 244 – 6670

“We know that students need to be healthy to learn. School nurses play a vital role in making sure children are healthy and ready to learn.”


Five Ways a School Nurse Benefits the School

Attendance:
School nurses improve attendance through health promotion, disease prevention and disease
management. Students with a full-time school nurse have about half the student illness- or injury-related early releases from school where no school nurse is present.

Academics: 
Improved attendance means the healthy student is in the classroom and ready to learn. School Nurses enable better performance, which also contributes to reducing drop-out rates.

Time: 
School nurses save time for principals, teachers and staff. A school nurse in the building saves principals, teachers, and clerical staff a considerable amount of time that they would have spent addressing health concerns of students.

A school nurse in the building saves:
• Principals almost an hour a day
• Teachers almost 20 minutes a day
• Clerical staff over 45 minutes a day

Staff Wellness: 
School nurses improve the general health of staff. According to school reports, principals, teachers, and clerical staff are VERY satisfied with having school nurses in their schools for several reasons:
• Teachers can focus on teaching
• Office staff spend less time calling parents and sending students home
• Healthy staff means increased attendance and productivity

Accountability: 
School nurses help schools stay accountable.
• Promoting compliance with federal and state law mitigates lawsuits
• Advocating for adequate staffing aligns with Healthy People 2020 recommendations of the ratio of one school nurse per 750 well students (1:750)
• Preparing for emergencies saves lives and property
• Addressing student mental health links to academic achievement


School nurses are instrumental in the identification and referral to community resources
for health risks and are often the only health professional who see students on a regular
basis.


School nurses are responsible for:
• Significantly decreasing the amount of days missed due to asthma, the leading
cause of school absenteeism, accounting for more than 14 million missed days
annually.
• Managing students with chronic conditions such as diabetes and seizures to
allow them to stay in class.
• Identifying and treating accidents and injuries.
• Counseling students about physical and emotional issues.

Healthy Children = Academic Success