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Nursing-led outcomes or student-led goals are created during the communication step with parents and the student to identity “what matters most” along with the planning step for implementing nursing practice or health service intervention, either through direct care, education provided by the nurse, or in-direct care through delegation of health services to qualified or licensed school personnel by the school nurse.
The school nurse’s primary commitment is to the student and families in nursing practice and health service delivery. The school nurse delivers care to promote and preserve student autonomy, dignity, and rights. To foster an environment conducive to individualized health services and culturally congruent care, the school nurse develops a supportive and trusting partnership with the student and their family. The foundation of this partnership begins with effective communication to discover :what matters most” through family and student engagement.
Student-led goals developed in collaboration with the student or family promote engagement and empowerment with students acquiring the skills necessary for independence in managing their health or maintaining a safe learning environment.
Nursing-led outcomes or student-led goals encourage communication, collaboration, and, most importantly, student or family engagement. Nursing-led outcome measurement provides objective evaluation data related to the healthcare delivery process and meets the evaluation requirement in a specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time sensitive way to meet licensure requirements.
Student-led goal setting is done through communication with students or families to define and agree on expected levels of achievement and skill attainment.
All nursing-led outcomes and student-led goals are written in a specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time sensitive (SMART) way to address health service delivery and possibly post-secondary health expectations (if applicable).
School nurse utilizes the communicative partnership to discover “what matters most” with families and students in terms of goal and outcome development when:
- developing the IHP,
- adding or changing interventions and
- evaluating or changing student-led goals or nursing-led outcomes.