Essential School Nurse Corps Program Services

Benefiting: students, families, school staff, nurses, & community partners

  • Legislative updates impacting school nursing.
  • New and ongoing screening of student health (vision, hearing, and immunization just to name a few).
  • COVID-19 communications.
  • Forwarding information from SNC stakeholders (OSPI, WA DOH) to all NWESD region school nurses.
  • New nurse orientation of all NWESD region, SNC designated District RNs.
  • Conduct five (5) annual SNC nurse training sessions free of charge to SNC district nurses.
  • SNC Administrator responds to email and phone questions from a variety of school staff.
  • Ability to consult with a variety of stakeholders to relay accurate information.
  • The SNC Administrator develops learning opportunities to meet the needs of school nurses in the NWESD region and around the state.
  • Coordinates with health partners to provide professional development activities.
  • Regularly surveys school nurse in order to fulfill educational needs for current and pertinent nursing topics.
  • Links to nursing organizations and school health related stakeholders.
  • Common laws that govern school nursing
  • sample health forms
  • Current OSPI manuals
  • SNC contact information for OSPI and all nine ESDs
  • Spot vision screeners
  • Audiometers
  • Medication training kits
  • Female & male anatomy kits for teaching catheterization
  • Puberty education materials – DVDs and FLASH curriculum
  • Staff training tools – asthma, anaphylaxis, BBP, etc…
  • Books covering assessment, writing health plans, legal issues, Standards of Practice, ethical issues and many more.
  • Local health department meetings
  • SNC program interaction with OSPI
  • Health Care Authority-North Sound Oral Health Local Impact Network
  • Mentorship for Western Washington University RN to BSN students
  • Attendance and presentations at school nursing industry conferences
  • Member of National board Certified School Nurses
  • SNC Administrator serves on Executive Board of National Assoc. of School Nurses (NASN), and
  • Past Board member of School Nurse Organization of WA (SNOW)

The NWESD provides part-time migrant nursing services to partner districts in Whatcom County through financial supports from OSPI. These services provide assistance to students and families with school and health care services both during the school year and in summer. The nurse visits the summer migrant programs throughout Whatcom County and the summer school programs to reach as many of the students and families as possible providing these necessary services.

Current partners include:

  • Ferndale School District
  • Lynden School District
  • Mount Baker School District
  • Nooksack Valley School District

Resources

Upcoming Professional Learning & Events