PRN School Nurse

Kansas City Public Schools

PRN School Nurse - LPN or RN

Job Title Code : 02041

Salary Grade : PRN / RN : $30 per hour (flat rate); PRN / LPN : $22 per hour (flat rate)

Department : Student Support Services

Reports To : Director of Nursing

FLSA Status : Non-Exempt

Position Summary :

The PRN (Pro Re Nata) School Nurse strengthens and facilitates the educational process by identifying and assisting in alleviating or minimizing the effects of health-related barriers to learning in individual students and by promoting an acceptable level of wellness for students and staff. This on-call, as-needed role assumes responsibility for appropriate assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, management, and / or referral activities. The PRN Nurse serves as a direct link between physicians, families, and community agencies, provides relevant health instruction and guidance, and upholds professional nursing standards, state regulations, and district policies to ensure health care continuity for students.

What You'll Be Doing : (Responsibilities)

Student Health Assessment & Care

• Recognize factors that identify individuals at risk and conduct normal growth and development screenings to identify existing problems.
• Obtain and record comprehensive immunization histories, and assume responsibility for compiling immunization reports for compliance with state statutes.
• Identify communicable diseases common to the school-age population and follow established systems for reporting information to the local health unit.
• Plan and implement effective case-finding procedures.
• Explain identified diseases or conditions, their progress, and prognosis.
• Develop comprehensive nursing care plans, when appropriate, with specific goals and objectives.
• Assess the degree of significance of the health problem to the student's education progress.
• Perform appropriate special health care procedures prescribed for students.
• Implement procedures regarding medication, including education for student, family, and staff.
• Conduct meaningful nursing assessments of the physical status of the 'well child' to identify deviations from the normal.
• Recognize health problems, disease, or disability as early as possible and utilize methods to assess a child's growth and nutritional status.
• Assess student and / or family for level of knowledge and behavior regarding health problems, and evaluate health deviations for significance, interpreting them to the student and family.
• Assess strengths and weaknesses of student and / or family in relation to health problems and their adaptation.
• Assess severity of injuries, perform appropriate first aid procedures effectively and efficiently, and document essential information regarding illness and injury.

Health Education & Wellness Promotion

Compliance & Collaboration

Supervisory Responsibilities : None

To Be Successful at This Job, You'll Need To : (Qualifications)

Physical Demands : This job requires that the employee be able to : sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, lift objects of at least twenty-five pounds, and kneel on the floor to perform medical procedures. Must be able to walk a minimum of two flights of stairs. Assist in the lifting of students, in an emergency situation. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Terms of Employment : Length of work year : Up to 25 Hours per week; On-Call, PRN, Temporary position.

Benefits : None.

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