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SCHOOL NURSE
The role of School Nurse at the College focuses on health
promotion and primary prevention. An important goal is to promote a positive
healthy lifestyle across the College community. This may include health
education and training sessions for staff and parents and also the development
of policies and protocols in order to minimise risk taking behaviour. The school
nurse is well placed to:
- Play a key role in reducing negative health outcomes and
risk taking behaviours among young people, including drug and
alcohol abuse, tobacco smoking, eating disorders, obesity,
injuries.
- Focus on prevention of ill health and problem behaviours by
ensuring coordination between the school and community based
health and support services.
- Support the school community in addressing contemporary
health and social issues facing young people ad their families.
- when appropriate, provide primary health care through
professional clinical nursing, including assessment, care,
referral and support.
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