Title and Board Action Requested
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Approve Job Description for Registered Nurse (RN) to help oversee clinics in Hernando County.
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Executive Summary
The Director of Student Services on behalf of the Superintendent of Schools, hereby requests the Board approve One (1) Registered Nurse Position under Student Services. This item received tentative approval at the May 14th School Board Workshop under Agenda Item No. 24-2165. Currently, Student Services has one (1) Licensed Practical Nurse LPN through the ESSER Grant which ends this school year. The Exceptional Student Services Department houses two Registered Nurses for Medically Fragile students. Both these RN's are primarily assigned to support the Medically Fragile units but do provide supervision for all school clinics in our district with the assistance of 2 RN's from the Department of Health.
Attached is a map that shows the Current ratio of RN to students statewide and for Hernando County Schools. The RN to students' ratio in Hernando County Schools far exceeds the recommended ratio of 1:750. Hiring a RN to help supervise clinics would bring our district closer to lowering the ratio to provide services to our students.
"School nurses are leaders who provide care coordination, health education and promotion, quality improvement, and critical thinking skills that benefit schools, families, the healthcare system, and most importantly children with chronic health conditions."
Finally, The School Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) meets and updates community members on the needs of our school clinics. Hiring more RN's is one of the top recommendations from the SHAC committee to meet the health care needs of our students.
This position will be funded by the millage.
My Contact
Jill Kolasa, Director
Student Services
(352) 797-7008
2023-28 Strategic Focus Area
Priority 3: Safe and Healthy Learning Environment
Financial Impact
The cost for this agenda item is $ 53,705.31, see attached budget sh...
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