Amy Garrett

• Provided direct health care services to students involving triage, evaluation, and first aid care for illness and injury.
• Answered patient calls, identified issues and determined how best to provide assistance within parameters established by facility and supervisor.
• Facilitated communication between families, teachers, administrators, and healthcare providers regarding student health concerns.
• Collect information about the health and developmental status of the student in a systemic manner.
• Use data collected about the health and developmental status of the student to determine a nursing diagnosis.
• Develop a nursing care plan (IHP) with specific goals and intervention delineating school nursing actions unique to a student's needs.
• Intervene as guided by the nursing plan to implement nursing actions that promote, maintain, or restore health, prevent illness, and effect rehabilitation.
• Assess student responses to nursing actions in order to revise the database, nursing diagnosis, and nursing care plan and to determine progress made toward goal achievement.
• Oversee screening and assesses health status which includes follow-up in regard to: a. Hearing b. Vision c. Head lice
• Serve as a resource person to school personnel, students, and families, through interpretation of health data and assists them to achieve optimal levels of wellness through health education.
• Provide emergency and first aid when on site.
• Act as the system first-responder in emergency situations at the school site and at bus accidents before an ambulance arrives.
• Assist in control of communicable diseases.
• Monitor schools' compliance with State Health Regulations: a. Immunization records b. Entrance physicals
• Perform medical skills: a. Gastrostomy tube feedings b. Tracheotomy Suctioning c. Catheterization d. Others, as needed
• Monitor and helps to maintain school records. a. Medication records b. Procedure records
• Prioritize and schedule work in appropriate manner and follows through to completion.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Schools/designee.

• bags, taking blood, giving massages and range of motion exercises, care for the dead/dying, etc., as required.
• Monitor seriously ill residents, as necessary.
• Review care plans daily to confirm that appropriate care is being rendered.
• Confirm that CNAs are aware of the resident care plans. Verify that the CNAs refer to the resident’s care plan prior to administering daily care to the resident.

Other Duties

• Attend in-service education programs in order to meet facility educational requirements.
• Be familiar with Standard Precautions, Exposure Control Plan, Fire Drill & Evacuation Procedures and know how to use the information.
• Protect residents from neglect, mistreatment, and abuse.
• Protect the personal property of the residents of the facility.
• Others as directed by the supervisor or administrator.

• As supervised and delegated by a registered nurse, provides direct patient care in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice
• Under the direction of an RN or Med-Surge Charge Nurse, contributes to the assessment of patients by collecting data for analysis by an RN
• Performs plan of care interventions, including specimen collection and wound care
• May administer medication
• Documents patient care given
• Assists RN with development of plan of care
• Assists patients with performing activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation
• Monitors, documents, and communicates patient's status and reactions to interventions with RN, physician, patient, and families
• Works as an advocate for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Attends and participates in staff meetings, in-service, projects and committees as assigned
• Adheres to and supports policies and procedures of the STRHS
• Works scheduled shifts including overtime, when necessary
• Accepts all call schedule as directed
• Maintains a neat and professional appearance in compliance to the existing dress code
• Compliance to the STRHS Standard of Behavior is required
• Compliance to Dress Code Standards
• Should this job description be filled by a PRN employee, they will be subject to the requirements of that position

• Assessed patient needs through interviews and physical examinations while adhering to safety standards.
• Managed inventory levels of medical supplies within the unit ensuring adequate stock is always available.
• Prevented drug interactions and contributed to correct diagnosis by recording patient health information, monitoring vitals and updating patient files.
• Instructed patients and their families about disease prevention, proper nutrition, medication management and other health related topics.
• Educated clients, patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
• Took temperatures or blood pressures, dressed wounds and provided other basic patient care or treatments.