Irvine schools consistently rank among the best in California. One of the reasons our local schools receive top marks is because the City invests millions of dollars to ensure they have the resources needed to be successful.
Our professional school nurses are specially trained and credentialed through the State of California. Although most parents and school board members think that school nurses simply bandage a kid with a scrape or handle an occasional emergency, the truth is that their core functions are so much more. As the COVID-19 pandemic revealed, school nurses are front line workers providing care for the entire school community.
School nurses are responsible for administering screenings for vision and hearing, and they run flu shot clinics. They train others, such as showing staff how to perform CPR, first aid and emergency medication administration. They perform state-mandated immunization reviews. They also collaborate with social workers, mental health and guidance counselors for all students, including those who require home school because they are too ill to attend school or are hospitalized. School nurses are members of the team providing individual education and medical plans for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and chronic health conditions…