Pedi Nurse Practitioner as School Nurse?

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by MommyandRN
Dec 4, '07   Views: 1,287   Comments: 4

  1. Hi! I am wondering if there are any Pediatric NPs who are school nurses as well? Is there a specific school-pedi NP role? Thanks!
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  3. by zenman
    Dec 4, '07
    Occupation: PMHNP From: US ; Joined: Dec '03; Posts: 2,918; Likes: 1,552
    I remember seeing a program or two that trained school nurse practitioners.
  4. by EricJRN
    Dec 5, '07
    Occupation: Nurse Educator Specialty: 13 year(s) of experience in NICU ; From: TX, US ; Joined: Nov '05; Posts: 8,750; Likes: 1,692
    Here is a link that may interest you:

    http://nursing.cua.edu/graduate/msn/np/pediatric.cfm
  5. by MommyandRN
    Dec 5, '07
    Joined: Mar '06; Posts: 345; Likes: 162
    Thanks! Unfortunately that program is not close to me and I don't think there are any local ones near me like that. But it's good to know that there are programs out there. Hopefully more schools create programs like it.
  6. by bergren
    Dec 5, '07
    Occupation: registered nurse Joined: Dec '98; Posts: 1,123; Likes: 330
    many PNPs work as school nurses, many others work in school based health clinics, not the same thing. Right now the federal government funding expects school based health clinics to treat entire family, not just students, so they are hiring FNPs.

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