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More information can be obtained from the following Web site:
http://pce.sandiego.edu/public/category/courseCategoryCertificateProfile. do?method=load&certificateId=25207&selectedProgramAreaId=16306&se lectedProgramStreamId•
Read professional journals and report on articles related to current trends
in school nursing practice and school health; e.g.,
The Journal of School
Nursing or The Journal of School Health.
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Participate in online courses designed for school nurses; e.g., National
Association of School Nurses
( http://www.nasn.org/ContinuingEducation ), Asthma and Allergy
Foundation of America.
( http://www.aafa.org/display.cfm?id=4&sub=79&cont=432 ), and
Vaccine Healthcare Centers Network
( http://vhcpir.org/hsi/m_index.asp)
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Attend a state or national school nursing conference.
Reference:
Scope and Standards of Practice for School Nursing, 2
nd
Edition.
Silver Spring,
Maryland: American Nurses Association, 2011.
C-5 Delegation of Nursing Care
The principal may delegate school nursing duties when the school nurse is
unavailable, and for school-sponsored study trips and/or sporting and co-curricular
events. Delegation is the transfer of responsibility for the performance of a task from
one individual to another while retaining accountability for the outcome. School-based
health care tasks may be delegated to school secretaries, clerks, paraprofessionals or
teachers to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). One commonly delegated task is the
administration of medications on a study trip. In accordance with DoDEA First Aid and
Emergency Care AI (2720.01), the principal will designate the person(s) responsible for
health services and will provide the opportunity for the designated personnel to pursue
First Aid, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)/Automated External Defibrillator (AED),
and emergency epinephrine auto-injector use training.
The school nurse must evaluate which tasks can be safely delegated and assess, in
conjunction with the principal, the competence of potential unlicensed nominees who
the principal considers for designation to perform the delegated health care task. The
school nurse must provide written instructions for substitutes when no licensed nurse
substitute is available. The principal will designate the person responsible for health
services in the absence of the nurse. The principal will provide the opportunity for
personnel to pursue first aid and CPR certification as outlined in the DoDEA First Aid