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•Health Services: Assesses health and development, provides nursing interventions and evaluates student’s responses to care.
•Health Education: Provides health education to students, staff and parents.
•Healthy Environment: Identifies health and safety concerns in the school environment.
•Nutritional Services: Supports healthy food services programs.
•Physical Education/Activity: Promotes health and physical education which promotes
healthy behaviors.
FAMIS
For parents who qualify, Virginia offers an insurance program called FAMIS. If you are interested, you may pick up an application here at school, call toll free 1-866-87FAMIS (1-866-873-2647), or apply on-line at www.FAMIS.org.
Supplies used in the clinic
Isopropyl/Alcohol First Aid Cream Antibiotic Ointment Caladryl Peroxide Throat Spray
Isotonic Eye Wash Vinyl gloves
Should you know of a reason why these items should not be used on your son/daughter, please contact me.
Cough drops will not be provided by the clinic—students are permitted to bring their own and they should only bring enough for their personal use & not give any to other students.
Clinic Announcements Health Clinic Facts1. If your student requires any treatment or medication during school hours, it is required that a Doctor’s order and your signature granting me permission to dispense the medication or treatment be on file in the clinic.
2. A new request for Treatment or Medication (doctor’s order) must be submitted each school year.
3. This includes any over-the-counter medications such as Tylenol, Advil, Ibuprofen, any prescription medication, and ASTHMA INHALERS.
4. All medications must be in the original container whether it is an over-the-counter product or prescription medication. The pharmacy will provide a labeled prescription bottle for the school if you ask for it when filling your prescription.
5. ALL MEDICATIONS should be delivered to the clinic by the parent or guardian. Please contact the school nurse if there are problems with this.
6. NO MEDICATION will be sent home from school with a student.
Short term medications such as antibiotics may be administered by the school nurse as long as they are in the original container and a parent has signed the consent at the bottom of the Request for Treatment and/or Medication form. Short term medications are those that are given for 10 days or less and cannot be worked around school hours. Students are allowed to carry their Asthma inhalers at the High School level as long as it has been determined that they are
able to use the inhaler appropriately. An Asthma contract signed by the parent and the student, a signed doctor’s order, and a back-up inhaler must be in the clinic before the student can bring their inhaler to school. The forms necessary for Treatments and/or Medications during school hours are available on the Stafford County PublicSchools web site or in the clinic.
During the school year I am state mandated to screen all 9th grade students for scoliosis and all 10th grade students for vision and hearing problems. Screenings for 10th graders will be scheduled during September and October. Students using glasses or contacts should have them for the screening. Scoliosis screening is usually done in March.
Please see the link below for the SCPS Health Services Forms to access web site for the medication forms/information you may need. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me or my assistant Mrs. Harper in the clinic at 371-7200 x1216. Discussion Topics Clinic Files No "Clinic Files" exist(s) |
Links  Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and AdolescentsThe Virginia Department of Health, in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics and James Madison University, is pleased to announce a new web site about child health and development. The site is an electronic version of Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents – commonly referred to as Bright Futures. The web site is the first widespread effort to make Bright Futures accessible to parents and caregivers. Centers for Disease ControlNational Center for Disease Control web page for reliable information on health concerns National Institute Of Health (NIH)National Institute of Health web site, a reliable source of health information SCPS Health Services FormsCommonly used forms for medication permission, medical conditions and information |
