1- Provide health assessments.
- Obtains a health and developmental history.
- Screens and evaluates findings for deficits in vision, hearing, scoliosis, growth, etc.
- Observes the child for development and health patterns in making a nursing assessment and nursing diagnosis.
- Identifies health findings, which do not fall within the normal range.
- Assists with physical examinations when conducted in the school.
2. Develops and implements a health plan.
- Interprets the health status of pupils to school personnel.
- Initiates referrals to parents, school personnel and community health resources for intervention, remediation, and follow through.
- Provides ongoing health information to pupils, parents, school personnel and health agencies.
- Recommends and helps to implement modifications of school programs to meet students' health needs.
- Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of pupils.
- Maintains, evaluates, and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students.
4. Participates as the health specialist on the child education evaluation team to develop the health individualized educational plan (I.E.P.)
5. Plans and implements school health management protocols for the child with chronic health problems, including the administration of medication.
6. Participates in home visits to assess the family's needs as related to the child's health.
7. Develops procedures and provides for crises intervention for acute illness, injury and emotional disturbances.
8. Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases through preventive immunization programs, early detection, surveillance and reporting of contagious diseases.
9. Recommends provisions for a school environment conducive to learning.
10. Provides information on health.
- Provides health information to assist students and families in making health-related decisions.
- Participates in health education directly and indirectly for the improvement of health by teaching per sons to become more assertive health consumers and to assume greater responsibility for their own health.
- Provides information to adolescents concerning health problems in order to encourage responsible decision-making practices.
- Serves as a resource person to the classroom teacher and administrator in health instruction and as a member of the health curriculum development committees.
- Coordinates school and community health activities and serves as a liaison person between the home, school, and community.
- Acts as a resource person in promoting health careers.
- Engages in research and evaluation of school health services to act as a change agent for school health programs and school nursing practices.
- Assists in the formation of health policies, goals and objectives for the school unit.

A baccalaureate degree is required. If a candidate does not have a BS degree, he/she must be matriculating in a program to gain a bachelor’s degree when applying for certification. The degree can be in nursing or a related field.