NUR 5540 School Nurse Practicum C

This is a one-semester, sixteen-week, 144-hour, two-semester (thirty-two-week, 288-hour) experience required for a standard educational services certificate with school nurse endorsement. Half of the hours to be completed in the nurse’s office with a cooperating certified school nurse, and half in the classroom with a cooperating certified health educator under the supervision of William Paterson faculty. This experience provides the student an opportunity to implement school health services and to teach in the classroom. Students meet in seminar sessions with faculty throughout the semester. (Only open to students employed as non-instructional school nurses with emergency non-instructional school nurse certification.) Prerequisite(s): Permission of program director
Credits: 3.0