Child's nurse vs school nurse

Differences between child's nurse and school nurse duties and responsibilities

Child's nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage chronic care conditions like diabetes, hypertension, asthma and HIV.
• Manage surgical recovery patients including vascular, ENT, GI urological and neurological cases, coronary bypass surgery patients.
• Give TB shoot and read results as ordered.
• Give TB test and check test for positive or negative.
• Act as an infection control coordinator, maintaining tuberculosis and hepatitis standards.
• Assess psychiatric needs, formulate treatment plans, administered/monitore effects of psychotropic medications/ instruct patients and families.
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School nurse example responsibilities.

• Create and manage care plans for students with chronic health conditions (such as diabetes, food allergies and depression).
• Evaluate and manage post-exposure of blood-borne pathogens.
• Administer medications, evaluate prescription needs and facilitate prescription management, chemotherapy teaching, assess and manage chemotherapy side effects.
• Perform employee physical exams including hearing and spirometry as required.
• Provide patient care for PCI patients, mechanically-ventilate patients and an overall variety of critically ill patients.
• Perform drug testing, physicals, PFT and xrays.
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