School Based Youth Health Nurse Program

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The School Based Youth Health Nurse Program (SBYHN) provides one-on-one health consultations with state high school students, providing them with advice and support on their health care needs. They also work with Education Queensland staff to assist students and their families with identified health concerns and refer them to the appropriate services.

The Youth Health Nurse can provide health and wellbeing information about:

Feeling unhappy or stressed
Relationships
Healthy skin
Healthy eating and physical activity
Personal and family problems
Growth and development
Sexual Health
Smoking, alcohol and other drugs.

What we do

The SBYHN works with young people, school staff and parents to:

Promote health and wellbeing
Create a supportive, healthy school environment
Connect people with other support services.

For parents

In most cases it is best for young people to talk to their parents about their health and wellbeing issues. The Youth Health Nurse can support young people to do this.

The Youth Health Nurse does not provide:

Treatment such as medications, injections and first aid
Physical examinations
Ongoing counselling for psychological problems.

Getting the best help for you:

At times other services can provide more appropriate or further help or support for young people. The Youth Health Nurse will discuss the options for working with other services or linking young people with the right services.