The Registered Nurse who works in the school setting is required to work with a high level of autonomy, as they are the only medical professional on campus. School nurses (RN) provide health education to staff and students, performs complex health procedures (PEG tube care, Emergency Trach Care, etc.) and delegates non-complex procedures to Medical Assistants (MA), Trained Unlicensed Personnel, Paraprofessionals (TUP), Unlicensed Diabetic Care Assistants (UDCA), and School Health Assistants (SHA). The school nurse (RN) is responsible for administering, counting, and storing medications for students. The school nurse (RN) makes supervisory rounds for the School Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPNs), MAs and SHAs, and completes the environmental survey at assigned campuses. Additionally, the school nurse (RN) performs all other health related tasks as necessary. The school nurse (RN) is responsible for training staff on how to use emergency medications such as EpiPens, ensures that the emergency equipment (i.e., AEDs) are in working condition.

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Major Roles
1. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care to students with acute illness and injuries within Health Centers in Schools nursing guidelines.
2. Refer to school resource or hospital emergency room when student's health problems exceed the realm of the RNs expertise.
3. Orient new team members (as required), precepts student nurses.
4. Communicate with parent/guardian, support staff and school faculty as necessary concerning the student's health status while maintaining confidentiality.
1. Evaluate & update immunization records of each enrolled student.
2. Provide preventive health education and counsel students, families and school staff on issues related to the child's health.
3. Administer medications according to Nursing Protocol and physicians' orders.
4. Perform hearing and vision screens.
Collaboration and Partnership
1. Initiate and update student's plan of care as requested by Pupil Appraisal Services or Exceptional Student Services within established guidelines.
Other duties
1. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Experience, Education, Training, Special Skills, and Licensure:

Experience/Education: Graduate from Accredited RN Program
Skills: Able to work with a wide range of professional & non-professional staff while maintaining flexibility & a positive attitude.
Licensure: Current, unrestricted Louisiana State license as RN CPR Certified

FMOL Health is a leading health care innovator in Louisiana and Mississippi. We bring together outstanding clinicians, the most advanced technology and leading research to ensure that our patients receive the highest quality and safest care possible.

This commitment is grounded in a history that is more than 100 years old, but reflected today by our strategic vision of transforming healthcare through superior performance and excellent patient care.
In the last fiscal year, FMOL Health had:

1,747 Licensed Beds
65,322 Discharges
44,592 OR Procedures
10,827 Full Time Employees
331,360 Inpatient Days
1,915 Active Medical Staff
229,296 Emergency Visits

As a nonprofit, mission-focused Catholic healthcare ministry, we give special attention to our citizens who are most in need. During the most recent fiscal year, we provided more than $39 million in unreimbursed care and community support to the underprivileged.

Our health system is one of the largest in Louisiana, with hospitals, clinics and physicians located throughout Louisiana and in Mississippi. In fact, we provide care to almost half of Louisiana’s citizens, and serve in Mississippi's largest metropolitan area. Because of our size and the partnerships we have with other local organizations, we are able to pool our resources and share cost and service efficiencies and learn from each other, thereby accelerating our ability to improve care and solve challenges.

Since our founding in Monroe, Louisiana in 1911, we have been blessed by the guidance of the Franciscan Sisters. Through their guidance and steadfast example, we have committed to assure that we perpetuate their healing ministry for another hundred years. It is a noble purpose we strive to fulfill every day.

Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, we serve patients across Louisiana and Mississippi through a network of hospitals, clinics, physicians, elderly housing and integrated information system. Our health system has partnered with the State of Louisiana as it transforms its healthcare delivery system. The partnership includes inpatient acute care and primary care delivery in Baton Rouge and Bogalusa.

Following in the footsteps of our founders, the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, our team members and physicians are called to provide high quality care and compassion to all people, especially those most in need.

As we look to the future of our healthcare ministry, we chart our course by “going where we are called.”

Registered Nurse - School PRN

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