DEVEOPMENT PLAN 2014-2016

DESCRIPTION OF ISSUE
A students health status is directly related to his or her ability to learn. Children with unmet
health needs have a difficult time engaging in the educational process. The school nurse
supports student success by providing health care through assessment, intervention, and followup for all children within the school setting. The school nurse addresses the physical, mental,
emotional, and social health needs of students and supports their achievement in the learning
process. The school nurse not only provides for the safety and care of students and staff but also
addresses the need for integrating health solutions into the education setting.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Goals:
A. To help students attain and maintain an optimum health status so that they may receive
maximum benefit from their educational experiences.
B. To promote the development of positive health attitudes and practices.
C. To promote a risk-free environment.
D. To integrate the school health program with other health service delivery, systems.
Objectives:
1A. To maintain a comprehensive health record system.
2A. To assess the health status of students.
3A. To identify health problems and develop and implement plans of action for their resolution
or management.

1B. To provide health counseling and instruction for students, parents, and faculty/staff.
2B. To assist with the development. of positive health attitudes and practices through formal and
informal instruction.
3B. To provide health education for school personnel and parents.

1C. To plan and implement a program of prevention and control of communicable disease in
accordance with regulations.
2C. To develop and implement an emergency care plan.
3C. To identify problem areas in the school environment and assist with corrective measures.

1D. To design a health referral and follow-up system.

2D. To increase parents knowledge of available health related resources.
3D. To assist students to become knowledgeable health consumers.

STRATEGIC PLAN

STRATEGIC INITIATIVE I: Facilitate normal development and positive student response to

interventions.
STRATEGIC INITIATIVE II: Promote health and safety including a healthy environment
STRATEGIC INITIATIVE III: Intervene with actual and potential health problems
STRATEGIC INITIATIVE IV: Provide case management services
STRATEGIC INITIATIVE V: Actively collaborate with others to build student and family
capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy,
and
learning

STRATEGY
ACTIVITIES
STRATEGIC
2014-2015
Serve as the health care expert in
INITIATIVE I: Facilitate
the school to meet student health
normal development and
needs with an understanding of
positive student response
normal growth and development in
to interventions
children and youth as well as
students with special needs.
Develops plans for student care
based on the nursing process,
which
includes
assessment,
interventions, and identification of
outcomes and evaluation of care.
STRATEGIC
2014-2016
Provide health-related education to
INITIATIVE II: Provide
students and staff in individual and
leadership in promoting
group settings
health and safety, including
Provides consultation to other
a healthy environment.
school professionals, including
food service personnel, physical
education teachers, coaches, and
counselors.
Monitoring of immunizations,
managing communicable diseases,
assessing the school environment
for safety to prevent injury and
spearheading infection control
measures.
Lead the development of school
safety plans to address bullying,
school violence, and the full range
of emergencies.

OUTCOMES
Activities for years established.

Activities 1 and 2 established.

Other activities still ongoing.

STRATEGIC
INITIATIVE III: Provide
quality health care and
intervene with actual and
potential health problems.

STRATEGIC
INITIATIVE IV: Use
clinical
judgment
in
providing
case
management services.

2014-2016
Health care for chronic and acute
illness, as well as injuries in the
school setting, is a major focus of
the role of the school nurse.
Medication administration, health
care
procedures,
and
the
development of health care plans.
Health screenings that include
vision, hearing, body mass index,
mental health index or other
screening procedures (often based
on local and state regulations) to
address those issues.

Medical mission implemented with

the help of DOH with the following
activities established: screening
(Hearing, vision, body mass index);
immunization

2014-2016
Activities for years established.
Receive medical orders to guide
the health care needed to assist
each student to be safe and
successful at school.
Develops
Individualized
Healthcare Plans (IHPs) in nursing
language to direct nursing care for
students as well as Emergency
Care Plans (ECPs) written in lay
language to guide the response of
unlicensed personnel in a healthrelated emergency.
Delegation of healthcare tasks as
directed by state laws and
professional practice guidance
Pursue professional development
to provide the best possible care
for the student population.

STRATEGIC
INITIATIVE V: Actively
collaborate with others to
build student and family
capacity for adaptation,
self-management,
selfadvocacy and learning.

2014-2016
Activity 1 established.
Coordinate the linkage between Others still ongoing.
the medical home, family and
school.
Implement health expertise that is
essential to school educational
teams, such as the Committee on
Special
Education,
the
Individualized Educational Plan
(IEP) team and the Section 504
Team so that health-related
barriers to learning can be reduced
for each student.
Provide families with referral
information along with available
community resources to improve
access to health care.
Assist families in obtaining health
insurance as needed and can
represent the school on community
coalitions to advocate for schoolbased health care.

Mindanao State University

College of Health Sciences
Graduate Studies
Master of Arts in Nursing
Marawi City

REQUIREMENT IN

N213:
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE

Submitted to:
Maam Salmah Manalocon Basher, RN, MAN, Ph.D

Submitted by:
Saliha Casan Jamil, RN

May 2016