Mission Statement
The mission of the Pennsylvania Association of School Nurses and Practitioners is to provide the structure and leadership necessary to promote unity among all certified school nurses, to advance the professional practice of school health through continuing education, improving political awareness, and promotion of school nursing to assure quality school health services.
What is School Nursing
School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success and life-long achievement and health of students. To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety including a healthy environment; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self advocacy, and learning. (NASN 2010)
