Description of Service:

• Assist parents and caregivers with children who have special health care needs.
• Facilitate safe, consistent care and appropriate health supports.
• Training and ongoing monitoring of school staff to provide special aspects of a child’s care, such as gastrostomy tube meals, blood glucose monitoring, clean intermittent catheterization and oral suctioning.

Referral Procedure:

When NSS Coordinators receive referrals, they complete a nursing assessment. If the child is eligible for NSS, the Coordinator works with the child, family and other involved care providers to develop a plan to determine the most appropriate way to provide the nursing care.