1. Protecting and maintaining student’s health by providing professional nursing services in accordance with
Nursing Standards and NYS licensing.
2. Providing NYS mandated and annual screening programs including vision, hearing, height, weight and 
scoliosis.
3. Facilitating NYS mandated immunization and communicable disease control requirements, as well as 
providing influenza immunization education.
4. Identifying and assessing students’ health needs, implementing services and evaluating plans of care which
impact student learning and achievement or safety.
5. Participating as members of the school’s multi-disciplinary team, interpreting medical data and writing 
objectives for the health component of the IEP and/or 504 plans.
6. Acting as liaison between home and school, and community providers for medical issues.
7. Identifying and reporting school building safety or environmental issues which impact student or staff health 
to the building administrator.
8. Participating as members of the school’s Core Safety Teams.