Student Growth Objectives

NutmeggeRN, BSN · Oct 24, 2013

Kids are 100% complient in reporting to the office for scheduled meds

Diabetics are in control 100% of the time

Athletes are 100 complient when reporting concussion symptoms

Parent are 100% in informing you re health needs

is that what you are looking for?

Good luck!

Stitchy's mom · Oct 24, 2013

That's the general idea. I don't have diabetics (Yay!) and I don't have to worry about school sports (K - 4) but I get where you're going. I have to pull data to come up with these things. I'm wondering if I should look at it as a care plan for the school...

Flare, ASN, BSN · Oct 24, 2013

i was told that I dodged this bullet this year until the SGO was better defined for my role (actually, my state website with the rules about them says they are required of staff having an assigned class roster, all others are to do them at the descretion of local district leadership), but that was just my district; i can't speak for others. Next year, however I am sure I'll have to do one. Which brings up a lot of interesting points. First being, as you mentioned, what the meat and potatoes of it needs to be. Second it that these seem to be developed in a group, and I am a lonely cowboy over here. If it's a lot of work, they need to realize that something has to give.

Since these seem to be objectives that put ownership back on to the student to some degree - I think that nhnursie is on track with something like 100% compliance with coming for scheduled medications. Even in a young student you can arrange to have the student wear a wrist watch with an alarm to signal their medication time to assist this goal or take a cue like come right after lunch.

fetch, BSN, RN · Oct 24, 2013

Sounds a lot like what nurses in my district have to do, but we get pretty creative with our goals. Some nurses do education based goals - give a pre-test on a certain subject to a chosen grade, then provide teaching, bulletin boards, flyers, etc, throughout the year, then re-test and look for so much increase in knowledge that way. Others try to reduce accidents on playground - observe, recommend changing the grades out at the same time (no KG and 5th graders!), add more padding to certain areas, etc. A popular one is increasing the number of follow-ups after vision screenings.

I'm aiming for an increase in EpiPens at school, or an increase in letters from parents stating their child does not require an EpiPen (what they initially reported as an "allergy" is actually diarrhea, or adherence to religious practice, etc).

None of us aim for 100% that we can't make sure it will be 100%. So, you can't say "will take meds 100% of time," because they could be absent or refuse. But you can say "will report for meds on time 100% of days present at school" because you can call them to your office, etc.

allnurses Guide · Oct 24, 2013

Uh oh . . . I've seen this for teacher but not for nurses. No one has told me about anything. I hope I don't have to do them.

:blink:

Stitchy's mom · Oct 24, 2013

Here in NJ were doing them, well I have to. I just feel like I don't know what I'm doing with these things and there's no one that I can ask for help. :confused:

Flare, ASN, BSN · Oct 25, 2013

oh, hey - lookie at that... in my mail box this am was paper work telling me i will have to do an SGO next year (as expected) and 3 or 4 sheets that i suppose are examples from Denver. The problem that I have is that 2 of them are pretty much the same thing - immunization compliance, which i do anyway feeling it's part of my job, one seems unrealistic and would add more work than i am willing to take on (more advances vision screenings for a selected grade including close vision, convergence and cover/ uncover when all i do is distance cover/ uncover) and the last one has to do with attendance.

So the thought is this - do i do an SGO based on the things I do already in practice and call it a day? Then what happens the following year? I will need to create another one... do I just keep verbalizing the tasks that I do like vaccine compliance and diabetic care set up? At some point, the nurse's office is pretty much going to run it's gamut - it's not like teaching where curriculum changes and the needs of the students can be balanced against trends based on test scores.

And on top of this we still need to come up with our PDPs which is another thing that I struggle with a bit... I try to tie it in with getting the 30 ceu's to keep up my license, which for the most part flies, but it's still another plan that needs to be verbalized.

Stitchy's mom · Oct 25, 2013

I am soooo glad you got something, Flare. I was begining to feel so alone. I've done a lot of research and the only thing I've come up with is the Denver stuff. I've got a template to fill out, but not everything fits. Wow, who'da thunk that I'd be leading the way in anything. I'm doing the medication one because I think that's the one I can do the best. I only have 2 kids that come down regularly for meds (180 kids - charter school) and I think I can measure that one the easiest. I want easy to learn then branch out to harder. At least you get to do this next year. NJ hasn't set the perameters so I have no idea what's going to happen. Heaven help us! :down:

Flare, ASN, BSN · Sep 27, 2016

So i'm reviving this zombie of a thread to see what the scoop is on the SGO front...Who's doing them? Who lucked out? Who's silently growling about having to do them? If you have to do these oh so appropriate for a school nurse to do things - what are yours about?

BeckyESRN · Sep 27, 2016

Thankfully, I have never heard of such a thing!

Eleven011 · Sep 27, 2016

Thankfully, I have never heard of such a thing!

Me either! Our teachers do SLO's (student learning objectives), but no mention of SGO's to me. Let's keep it that way!