Student Health Services / School Nurses

School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students. To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self management, self advocacy, and learning
— National Association of School Nurses

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Student well being is the responsibility of the staff. All staff members are familiar with emergency procedures such as fire and tornado drills and accident reporting procedures. Should a student be aware of any dangerous situation or accident, s/he must notify any staff person immediately.

The Board of Education has established a policy that every student must have an Emergency Medical Authorization Card completed and signed by his/her parent in order to participate in any activity off school grounds. This includes field trips, spectator trips, athletic and other extra-curricular activities and co-curricular activities.

The School has made the EMA Card available to every parent at the time of enrollment. Failure to return the completed form to the school will jeopardize a student’s educational program.

All prescribed and over the counter medications are to be delivered to the school clinic by an adult. The school nurse/clinic assistant is available to discuss the procedure for medications and treatments. The school nurse/clinic assistant will keep these orders on file in the clinic. No medications or medical treatments are to take place in school without the knowledge of the nurse/clinic assistant.