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I live in Ohio and am a nurse for Head start. I wanted the same thing..I would call the board of education... but from what I have learned the temp pupil services is used while you take classes in order to get the professional license. In ohio there are only a few places that actually give the school nurse license certificate. I would go to the Ohio school nurse website to find out more information. I was told that I would have to do more school and I have a Masters degree, the classes I took that i thought covered what was needed for school nursing did not. I decided it was not worth the money to spend. I just wanted it the easy way if i could have.. not that I was opposed to learning..
I live in Minnesota and also had to apply for an LSN license through our state's Department of Education. To be a LSN I have to have at least a BSN and be licensed as a public health nurse. I did not have to take extra classes. If I want to be a certified LSN I would need to take a certification exam similar to other specialties in which I could be certified.
AmySICURN
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Hello!
I have been an ICU nurse for 10 years and have recently accepted a job as a school nurse. I live in Ohio. I was told to go to the Ohio Dept of Education website and apply for a license under pupil services. I did that. So, will I be able to say I'm a "licensed school nurse" then? Or is that something you have to take a class to get?