GCS School Nurses: Supporting Student Success
School Nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success and life-long achievement of students. Goshen Community Schools provides a school nurse in each building in the corporation ensuring that health services are provided to benefit the health and success of all students.
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The goal of the School Nurse is to promote a safe and healthy community in which students will be encouraged to become life-long learners, self-managers and self-advocates for their health and education.
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How does a School Nurse
Benefit a School
- Increase Student Attendance – Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Disease Management improve student attendance
- Increase Academic Performance – Improved attendance then increases student achievement and graduation rates.
- Increase Instructional Time – Teachers, Principals and Staff can focus on teaching and serving students.
- Major Cost Benefit –
- Increase Teacher/Staff productivity
- Decrease Parent loss of work days
- Decrease unnecessary medical care costs
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How to Have a Healthy School Year
- Get at least 8 hours of sleep at night
- Eat a healthy breakfast
- Take medicine if needed for colds and other aches and pains before school
- Wear clothes appropriate for the weather
- Carry a backpack on both shoulders; don’t carry more than 30% of your weight
- Wash hands frequently – before eating, after using the bathroom, after coughing or blowing your nose.
- Drink plenty of water every day and avoid soda and sugary drinks.
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