Student Health Services
"School Nurses optimize student health and enhance learning."
(California School Nurses Organization)
Credentialed School Nurses from left to right:
Teresa Dinescu, RN; Shelby Edgren, MSN, RN;
and Grace Van Doren, MSN, RN, PHN, Lead Nurse
Licensed Vocational Nurses:
April Reiswig, Edith Cordova, Lisa Valencia, and Tiffany Sumrall
Credentialed School Nurses provide district-wide health services. The major focus of school nursing services is the prevention and detection of illness and disability:
- Create school health care plans to support students with health conditions
- Conduct state-mandated screenings: hearing, vision, and color deficiency
- Provide first aid, and communicable disease control
- Provide health counseling to pupils, parents, and school staff
- Refer pupils and parents to appropriate community resources for suspected medical diagnosis and treatment
- Collaborate with community programs to screen and link students and families to health resources (Lion's Club, Central Coast Dental Society, County of San Luis Obispo Public Health Department)
Staff in the County of San Luis Obispo Public Health Immunization Department prepare to give flu shots to students, families, and staff at Pacific Beach High School (October 2017).
Dr. Brad Milde volunteers his time to provide dental screenings at Monarch Grove Elementary School with April Reiswig, LVN, scribing the results (February 2018).