Health & Nursing Services
Vision Statement
Keeping Students Healthy, Safe, and Ready to Learn
Mission Statement
Arlington Public Schools Health Services Department continually provides nursing services that promote optimal wellness for students, families and staff to ensure educational success. We strive to empower students and staff in the promotion of health and wellness through professional practice and education.
About Us
Each school has an assigned, qualified nurse who is trained and certified in the specialized practice of School Nursing that advances the wellbeing, academic success, and lifelong achievement of students. To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety, intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services, and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self management, self-advocacy and learning.
Arlington School Nurses provide:
Arlington School Nurses provide:
- Illness care
- Injury prevention and treatment of injuries that occur in school
- Medication administration and monitoring
- Individualized health care planning and case management for students with special healthcare needs
- Health counseling and health promotion
- Management of student health records
- Health screenings (vision, postural, hearing, height, weight, SBIRT)
- Communication with students, parents, the school community and health care providers
- Communicable disease prevention and control
- Access to health care services and insurance
- Emergency preparedness and response
Definition of School Nursing
"School nursing, a specialized practice of nursing, protects and promotes student health, facilitates optimal development, and advances academic success. School nurses, grounded in ethical and evidence-based practice, are the leaders who bridge health care and education, provide care coordination, advocate for quality student-centered care, and collaborate to design systems that allow individuals and communities to develop their full potential. Adopted by the NASN Board of Directors February 2017."
