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Health services personnel for students include certified school nurses, staff nurses, nursing assistants, consulting physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and dentists. In the Â鶹´«Ã½ Bucks School District, every health office is staffed by either a registered nurse (RN), a licensed practical nurse (LPN), and/or a certified school nurse (CSN), all of whom are trained in first aid and emergency procedures.
School nurses provide a variety of services, including maintaining student health records, conducting state-mandated health screenings, administering physician-prescribed medications, performing nursing assessments, interventions and procedures, responding to student illnesses and accidents, assisting physicians and dentists during school examinations, offering health counseling and referrals, delivering health-related classroom instruction, and acting as consultants for parents and staff on health-related issues.
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