Nurse Clinic Walkthrough

Name:Evaluator:

School:Date:

Readily Identifies Need for Clinic Visit(s):

Engages in Effective Communication:

AlwaysUsually SometimesNever

Strategies to Ensure Engagement:

  • Noticing and Reacting when student/parent/staff are not engaged
  • Applies Principals of Growth and Development to Guide Interaction with Students
  • Adapts Communication to Persons Comprehension Level
  • Sets Clinic Expectations
  • Triages Appropriately
  • Maintains Eye Contact
  • Asks Open Ended Questions
  • Offers Help and/or Encouragement
  • Uses Therapeutic Touch
  • Uses Empathy
  • Uses Distraction Techniques to Assist with Discomfort
  • Using Praise/Recognition
  • Use of Humor
  • Using Physical Movement/Activity
  • Respects Personal Space
  • Cultural/Identity Awareness
  • Effectively Addresses Problem Behaviors
  • Building/Supporting Student-Adult relationships
  • Health Education Structured to Support Student Learning
  • Nurse is Able to “Read” Nonverbal Behavior and Social Cues of Individual

Health Education/Counseling:

  • Demonstrates Sound Knowledge and Understanding of Subject Matter
  • Maintains/Respects Confidentiality
  • Anticipates Confusion and Misconceptions
  • Clarifies Health Concerns/Misconceptions
  • Differentiates instructions to individual’s learning level
  • Uses Explanatory Devices
  • Explicitness
  • Identifies Similarities and Differences
  • Provides Strategies for Self-Care
  • Uses Visual Cues/Manipulative
  • Requests Hypothesis/Predictions
  • Integrates Technology
  • Identifies Critical Information
  • Uses Higher Order Thinking and Questioning
  • Uses Questions, Prompts and Cues to Improve Understanding
  • Uses Inquiry, Role Playing and Experimental Learning Activities
  • Consistently Defines High Expectations for Clinic Behavior
  • Uses Rituals, Routines, and Appropriate Resources that Create and Maintain a Safe Physical and Intellectual Clinic Environment
  • Promotes Home-School Connection

Nurse Instruction:

  • Individualized Student Instruction
  • Facilitating/Providing Feedback
  • Whole Class Instruction
  • Small Group Instruction
  • Presentation
  • Leading Discussion
  • Video
  • Parent Instruction
  • Staff Instruction
  • Peer Consultation/Collaboration

Direct Care:

  • Elicits Chief Complaint
  • Triages Appropriately
  • Nurse is Able to Handle Multiple tasks
  • Nurse Reacts Calmly in Emergency Situations
  • Provides Comprehensive Assessment
  • Nurse Provides Reassurance and Comfort
  • Interventions are Congruent with Assessment
  • Evaluates Interventions
  • Appropriate Disposition

Mandated Screenings:

  • Follows State Guidelines
  • Provides Privacy and Protects Confidentiality
  • Maintains Respectful Environment
  • Rescreens Students
  • Makes Referrals for Students who do not Pass Rescreens
  • Follows-up for Completed Referrals

Disposition:

  • Communicates to the Student/Parent/Staff instructions Pertaining to the Clinic Visit
  • Works collaboratively with Parents, Staff and Colleagues to Best Meet the Needs of the Student
  • Provides Information/Parameters as to when to Return to the Clinic
  • Student/Parent/Staff is instructed on Need for Further Outside Evaluation
  • Communication with Parent/Guardian is Timely and Appropriate
  • Communication with Staff is Timely and Appropriate
  • Appropriate Follow-up as Needed

Comments on Observation: