What does it take to be or become a school nurse?
Visit the Vermont Department of Health: School Nursing and School Health Services web page for information about school nursing and school health services in Vermont.
Refer to the Vermont Department of Health: Standards of Practices: School Health Services Manual or guidance with developing, implementing and evaluation school health services.
Visit the Vermont Agency of Education: Educator Licensure web page for information regarding the requirements for school nursing licensure in Vermont.
Resources from NASN
School Nursing Practice FrameworkTM
The National Association of School Nurse's (NASN) School Nursing Practice Framework™ (Framework) creates an overarching structure that includes concepts integral to the complex clinical specialty practice of school nursing. The Framework provides a graphic illustration of the key principles of professional school nursing practice, reflecting the organization's stance for evidence-based best practice and providing focus to priority school nursing activities. The Framework is an invaluable tool for advancing the practice of school nursing and emphasizing the student-centered activities school nurses perform to support student health, safety, and readiness to learn. NASN believes it has a responsibility to its members and to the public it serves to develop, and routinely evaluate a framework for professional school nursing practice.
NOTE: NASN debuted the Framework in 2016. The original Framework was evaluated and updated to ensure its continued alignment with the education and healthcare landscape and rereleased in 2024. Learn more.
The above visual is used with permission from NASN.