Health Aide/Nurse Aide help

[childcare1]

I am a fairly new nurse only been out of nursing school for about two years, I have worked on a unit at a hospital since finishing school also I am 25 year old. I have just started school nursing and I like it so much more then the hospital.

But I have this health aide who has been at this school for about 3 years he is great, but he tells everyone he is the other nurse that works at the school. I have told him that he can't do this because it's against the law but he continues to introduced himself as the other nurse. He also does assessment on my kids with asthma and never tells me about it and also does thing I don't delegate to him.

He is here to help me right? can he do assessments? can he do things I don't delegate to him? how can I fix this? do I talk to the principal or the lead nurse?

like I said I am new, and i don't know if school nursing is different then hospital nursing if health aide can do more then the aide at the hospital.

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

My area the bigger schools use them for check in of students, filing, calling for students needing follow up, entering attendance excuses after RN approval, calling parents for pick up as directed by RN, answering phone, sometimes temp checks, band aids, and ice packs as directed by the RN.

[Farawyn]

So much for herbal tea with Nurse Joe.

[childcare1]

In my district at my school i have a full time aide working with me i work at a kindergarten thru 8th, its a big office we have 6 exam rooms and a waiting room (like a MD office)

The aide role is:

1) With training from school nurse, administers student medication per policy/ administer OTC med after consult with nurse/parent.

2) Maintains health records/immunization records/computer records

3) Mass vision and hearing screenings of students as directed by nurse

4) Maintains inventory of health supplies

5) Maintains health office

6) can provide care of students ill/injured as directed by nurse