Our Mission and Overview 


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Vision
Every child and adolescent in the Republic R-III School District will be healthy and safe while achieving academic success.

 

Mission
We will enrich, educate and enlighten Republic R-III School District students through providing accessible health care, promoting prevention and partnering with parents and staff to enable students to perform at their personal best.

 

Values

  1. Parents are primarily responsible for the health of their children; school nurses work in partnership with parents in providing health services to their children while in school.
  2. The appropriate roles of the school nurse in the school health program include manager of school health care by assessing needs, planning and implementing interventions and evaluating outcomes; advocate for the rights of children to promote a healthier student population; health counselor for children, parents and school personnel.
  3. Every school-aged child is entitled to educational opportunities that will allow him/her to reach full potential as an individual and prepare him/her for responsibility as a citizen.
  4. Every child is entitled to a level of health that permits optimum use of educational opportunities.
  5. The school health program, through the components of health services and health education, provides understanding and knowledge for Republic R-III School District students to base decisions for the promotion and protection of individual, family, and community health.

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What is a school nurse?  The National Association of School Nurses defines school nursing as:  A specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, 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.