Welcome to Navigate Care Consulting - Where we manage change and promote health
Navigate Care Consulting is a licensed healthcare firm that provides general and special education health consultation to PreK-12 schools across the State of Minnesota.
We apply our expertise to help schools of all sizes and scopes find success in healthy students, staff, and communities. Navigate Care Consulting involves itself in planning and implementing strategies to protect, promote, and manage the health and safety of our schools.
Our experienced consulting team creates customized solutions that meet school requirements. We deliver all services with a commitment to quality, ethical standards, and professionalism.
FLEXIBILITY ● INGENUITY ● ASSURANCE
Does Your School Need a School Nurse?
YES!
The school nurse serves in a pivotal role that bridges health care and education. Grounded by standards of practice, services provided by the school nurse include leadership, community/public health, care coordination, and quality improvement (NASN, 2016a). Check out the MN State law.
HISTORY OF SCHOOL NURSING
The practice of school nursing began in the United States on October 1, 1902, when Lina Rogers, the first school nurse, was hired to reduce absenteeism by intervening with students and families regarding healthcare needs related to communicable diseases. After one month of successful nursing interventions in the New York City schools, she led the implementation of evidence-based nursing care across the city (Struthers, 1917). Since that time, school nurses continue to provide communicable disease management, but their role has expanded and is increasingly diverse.
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