FASN School Nurse Director
Laura Brazell
Director
Laura Brazell
Laura Brazell, R.N., Executive Community Health Nursing Director
Laura Brazell is a Registered Nurse who began her public health career in 1995 as a School Nurse. Other public health nursing roles have included School Health program coordinator, Staff Development and Sterling coordinator, Community Health Nursing supervisor, and Registered Nurse Consultant in the Office of Public Health Nursing.
Prior to employment as a Public Health Nurse, Laura worked as a medical/surgical hospital nurse and unit manager in various rural and military hospital settings. Actively serving in the U.S. Air Force Reserve Nurse Corp for almost two decades, Laura received military veteran status during Desert Storm mobilization.
Workforce and leadership development have long been top priority areas for Laura. She continues to pursue her own educational goals by seeking a degree in Health Services Administration. Favorite pastimes include family time, trapshooting, and counted cross stitch.
The School Health Services Program is a part of the Department of Health Family Health Services Division and Family and Community Health Bureau. Early in my tenure as Executive Community Health Nursing Director for the program we established the following program priorities to serve Florida's school health professionals and to achieve the mission of Florida's school health services program to appraise, protect and promote the health of students.
- Provide technical assistance and consultation to school health coordinators
- Distribute appropriated school health revenue and assure accountability of funds
- Develop and implement appropriate policies and guidelines to support provision of school health services
- upplement or provide school health workforce development activities
- Provide ongoing quality assurance monitoring and quality improvement activities
- Coordination of school health related activities with state and local level agencies and stakeholders
