what health screenings do school nurses conduct
I was looking at one school's HR page about the School Nurse and it said must be certified by Texas Department of Health to conduct vision and hearing screening.
To determine the effectiveness of the hearing screening program, careful evaluation of. the planning, implementation, referral process, and referral outcomes must be completed. with each hearing screening. Much of this information is essential for reports to the. board of education and the school health advisory committee. Evaluation is an on-going process. Keeping outcome data about the hearing screening. program and referrals helps the school nurse evaluate the effectiveness of the program. Ongoing evaluation must include the following tasks: ï· Quantify the pass/refer rates; ï· Estimate the sensitivity and specificity of the screening; and.
The school nurse promotes health. The school nurse provides health education by providing health information to individual students and groups of students through health education, science, and other classes.