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Ohio Association of School Nurses

The Ohio Association of School Nurses promotes optimal wellness among Ohio's school children and their communities by supporting their educational success & providing leadership, education & support for the practice of school nursing

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School Nursing - A Specialty Practice of Nursing

As a professional organization, the Ohio Association of School Nurses recognizes that school nursing is a unique and special practice of nursing. OASN encourages all registered nurses working in schools to pursue school nurse licensure through the Ohio Department of Education (ODE). ODE Licensure has been proven critical to the professional growth and assimilation of the registered nurse into the educational environment. School nurses are "key to student success".

How do I acquire my Temporary Licensure?

1. If you have a bachelors degree and are a Registered Nurse in the State of Ohio and you are currently working in a school, ask the central office staff in your Superintendents' office for an "application for temporary licensure".
Then........

2. Take your completed application and a copy of your RN License back to the superintendents' office for signature and they will send it to Columbus to the Ohio Department of Education. You should receive your ODE Temporary License soon after.
Then........

Keep it in a safe place with your RN license.

This license needs renewed each year. (use the same process). 6 credit hours from an ODE approved program are required annually to renew your temporary school nurse licensure.

Ohio Department of Education
Office of Certification/Licensure
25 South Front Street, 1st Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215-4183
614-466-3593

According to the 1998 Teacher Education and Licensure Standards in 3301-24-08(H), "The school audiologist, school social worker, school speech-language pathologist, SCHOOL NURSE, occupational therapy assistant, and physical therapy assistant licenses may be renewed upon evidence of a currently valid license issued by the respective Ohio licensure board."

This means that if a school nurse showed evidence of a current license to practice as a registered nurse issued by the Ohio Board of Nursing, that the license would be sufficient to apply for the renewal of the Ohio Department of Education School Nurse license without having to go through the LPDC process.

The following Ohio Colleges and Universities have programs of study approved by ODE

leading to school nurse licensure.

Ashland University

Holly H. Finks, RN, BSN, MSN
Director School Nurse Licensure Program
Ashland University
Dwight Schar College of Nursing
335 Glessner Ave.
Room 222
Mansfield, OH 44903
Office: 419-520-2668
FAX: 419-520-2626
email: hfinks@ashland.edu

Cleveland State University

Carolyn Ivan, M.A., L.P.C.
Recruiter/Advisor, School of Nursing
College of Education and Human Services
Cleveland State University

2121 Euclid Avenue, RT 915
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214
(216) 687-5517 voice
(216) 687-3556 facsimile
Email

Ohio State University

David Stein
School of Physical Activities and Ed. Services
1945 N. High St.
Columbus, OH
Phone: 614-292-0988

Ohio University

Dr. Kathleen Rose-Grippa

Athens, OH

Phone: 740-593-4494

E-mail

Wright State University

Jeanie Bochenek M.S., RN, NCSN
College of Nursing & Health
115 University Hall
Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, OH 45435
Email
937-775-3195

Youngstown StateUniversity

Dr. Nancy Mosca

Youngstown, OH

Phone: 330-742-2309

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