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Careers&Trainingnurses typically earnlower salaries than theyTeaching skills areimportant because
would in an acute-caresetting.school nurses mus teducate students,
“School nurses continue to be on t he lowparents, teachers and other professionals. For
end of the salaryrange because there’stheexample,theyteachchildren howtowash
perceptionthat theytheir hands, control the spread of infection Aschool nurse
don’tdoanything,and manage chronic conditions.
when in fact they’reBecause school nurses has to beeggreatreat
doing alot,” saidperformsomanyroles, they at assessment,sment,
PatSchmutte,RN,requireasolid educational
MSN, school health because thebackground —atleast
coordinator for S t.abachelor’s degree,said clinic is almost
Vincent Hospital.MaryConway,RN, MSN, likeaminini
Despite the lowerpresident of IASN.Conway
wages, school nursesConway also recommends emergencycy
havethe benefitastrongbackground in pediatrics and room.
of an unbeatablepublic health.
schedule: no nights,“This is not agood first job for a
no weekends, no h olidays andnurse,” she said. “You’refunctioning in an
usually no summers.independent environment, and thereare
But that doesn’t mean theno other nurses to confer with most of
job is easy.the time.”
“Mybest advice is to go
Nuts and bolts | shadowaday with aschoolSchool nurses in Indiana
nurse,” Bracale said. “People havedon’tneed to havespecial certification
misconceptions that it’s an easy job,thatbeyondtheir nursing credentials, but the
it’s not that busy,that it doesn’t take thatNational Boardfor CertificationofSchool
manytechnical skills —and that’s justNurses offers an optional certification.
not the case.”●Likewise,the Indiana Department of
Educationissues an optional student-
services license. For more information about this specialty,visit the
Regardless of their certification s, school Indiana Association of School Nurses online at inasn.org.
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