Facilitate students’ understanding of historical aspects of school health, the evolution of the role of the school nurse into the 21st Century, potential of policy change, and culturally congruent strategies in the approach to care in the school setting.

Instructions:
Topics to cover: Please cover all topics in the paper.
1. Connect the inception of school nursing with today’s school nursing practice.
Discuss relevance of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model and the NASN Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice.
2. Explain in detail the role of the school nurse within the context of the NASN’s Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice in population health. Include appropriate suggestions for policy change, and culturally congruent strategies in the approach to care in the school setting.
3. Apply the 5 pillars of the NASN Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice while discussing the Certified School Nurse’s role as a provider of health care in the school setting. Give examples of each role with references from current scholarly peer reviewed literature. The 5 pillars are listed below. Each pillar should be discussed in the paper.