practices to unusual or complex established school policies; Proffers advice on resolving Interprets and applies nursing situations. maternal and child health issues policies and clinical management secondary school nursing where recourse to a physical practices and provides high-level Resolves local administrative, program and professional examination of the mother and advice to others on emerging management or organisational problems standards; and child is unavailable. issues. in the school environment by application secondary school nursing of accepted practices and standards. Works actively to reduce Accountable for work organisation, program guidelines. negative health outcomes for the allocation of resources within Guidance available from peers or nurse families with children up to six and the outputs required of the Uses initiative and judgement to select manager or is not required by the nature years of age. work area. and apply established procedures and of the nursing issues generally arising. practices to unusual or complex Requires considerable Uses the School Nursing Information situations. interpretation and understanding System (SNIS) as an effective tool for of maternal and child health Works actively to reduce negative client record management and activity policies, contemporary issues health outcomes and risk taking recording, undertakes assessment and and community services to behaviours such as drug and alcohol care planning and documents the which families may be referred. misuse, tobacco smoking, eating process in SNIS. disorders, obesity, depression, suicide Undertakes processes and injuries. ‘lan-docking’ within the recommended timeframe. Requires considerable interpretation and understanding of health policies and community services to address contemporary health and social issues facing people and their families. Uses the School Nursing Information System (SNIS) as an effective tool for client record management and activity recording, undertakes assessment and care planning and documents the process in SNIS. Undertakes processes ‘lan-docking’ within the recommended timeframe.
practices to unusual or complex situations. Resolves local administrative, management or organisational problems in the school environment by application of accepted practices and standards. Guidance available from peers or nurse manager or is not required by the nature of the nursing issues generally arising. Uses the School Nursing Information System (SNIS) as an effective tool for client record management and activity recording, undertakes assessment and care planning and documents the process in SNIS. Undertakes ‘lan-docking’ processes within the recommended timeframe. established school policies; secondary school nursing program and professional standards; and secondary school nursing program guidelines. Uses initiative and judgement to select and apply established procedures and practices to unusual or complex situations. Works actively to reduce negative health outcomes and risk taking behaviours such as drug and alcohol misuse, tobacco smoking, eating disorders, obesity, depression, suicide and injuries. Requires considerable interpretation and understanding of health policies and community services to address contemporary health and social issues facing people and their families. Uses the School Nursing Information System (SNIS) as an effective tool for client record management and activity recording, undertakes assessment and care planning and documents the process in SNIS. Undertakes ‘lan-docking’ processes within the recommended timeframe. Proffers advice on resolving maternal and child health issues where recourse to a physical examination of the mother and child is unavailable. Works actively to reduce negative health outcomes for families with children up to six years of age. Requires considerable interpretation and understanding of maternal and child health policies, contemporary issues and community services to which families may be referred. Interprets and applies nursing policies and clinical management practices and provides high-level advice to others on emerging issues. Accountable for work organisation, the allocation of resources within and the outputs required of the work area.
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