Welcome Delaware School Nurses and visiting school nurses from other states!
Here, you’ll find a guide and many resources for the beginner and novice school nurse.
New School Nurse
Registered Nurses who wish to pursue a career as a Delaware School Nurse are welcome to review the following state requirements and certification process.
For questions, please contact:
Delaware Department of Education
Linda Wolfe RN, MEd,NCSN
Delaware Department of Education
401 Federal Street, Suite 2
Dover, DE 19901
lwolfe@doe.k12.de.us
Important information
So...You Want to be a Delaware School Nurse (PDF download)
Delaware School Nurse of the Year
Nominate a colleague as Delaware's School Nurse of the Year. (PDF download)
National Certification in School Nursing
There are 107 nationally certified school nurses that live in Delaware, although there are several more that work in Delaware and live in other states. These nurses earned this mark of distinction by passing the certification exam offered by the National Board for Certification of School Nurses. (NBCSN).
The exam is offered twice a year. The 2010 test dates are:
2/20/2010-3/6/2010 and
7/24/2010-8/7/2010.
Application deadlines are:
12/31/2009 for the first test dates, and
5/31/2010 for the summer test dates.
Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree and be employed in school nursing or an area related to school health. NBCSN recommends three years of experience in school nursing.
The exam is taken at a testing center. The application fee is $325. DSNA sponsors a drawing at the fall dinner meeting for reimbursement of the testing fee ($325) for all newly certified school nurses. In 2009, Kertrina Green-Hite won the drawing. The 6% stipend for national certification is currently available to school nurses who were certified before December 2008, but we are hopeful that this incentive will be offered again when the state budget crisis is resolved.
For more information, please contact Nancy Nadel, NBCSN liaison at Forest Oak Elementary School, Red Clay, nancy.nadel@redclay.k12.de.us or look at the website www.nbcsn.org.
A list of the Delaware nationally certified school nurses is found at: http://www.nbcsn.org/ncsn/default.aspx