Education, licensure, and certification of school nurses: position statement.
It is the position of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) that every school-age child deserves a school nurse who has a baccalaureate degree in nursing from an accredited college or university and is licensed as a registered nurse through the state board of nursing. These requirements constitute minimal preparation needed to practice at the entry level of school nursing (American Nurses Association [ANA] & NASN, 2011). Additionally, NASN supports state school nurse certification, where required, and promotes national certification of school nurses through the National Board for Certification of School Nurses.
D002568:Certification / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D012573:School Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D014481:United States