The School District of Palm Beach County, Florida - Other School Department Based Activities
School Nurse Program
Our school health collaboration with these partners places a school nurse in every regular school including nursing service support for the alternative, charter schools and our Exceptional Student Education (ESE) program. The primary goal of this program is to advance the well-being, academic success, and life-long achievement of all students.
- Student Return to Class Rates:
Returned to class 80%
Released from school 20%
- Health-room visits for medication and treatment within the school setting:
Medication Visits (28%) 189,400
Non Medication Visits (72%) 498,314
Total Visits 687,714
- Prevention health interventions:
Hearing screening 46,858
Vision screening 47,095
BMI screening 35,505
Scoliosis screening 10,556
Total Screenings 140,487
* 2016-2017 (HCD) - School Health Data
- (Picture of Health Care District School Nurses)