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CUHSD Health Services
Role of a School Nurse
A Registered Nurse (RN) is assigned to this school and is the first point of contact for your health questions and concerns. School nurses are the primary health care providers within the educational environment promoting optimum health status, physical, mental and emotional health, so all students may achieve their fullest potential as a learner and a person.
School District Nurse Provides
- Assess health needs
- Teach and promote health practices
- Provide health education, primary health care, emergency care, crisis management, and referrals
- Provide communicable disease control
- Perform mandated health screenings
- Follow up for vision and hearing referrals (obtain glasses for students in need)
- Train unlicensed staff to provide health care
- Manage students with chronic conditions
- Oversees distribution of medications
- Works with students and their families to promote good health and school attendance
Meet the Health Services Team
Administration of Medication
The California Education Code states that any student who is required to take medication prescribed by a physician during the regular school day may be assisted by the school nurse or other designated school personnel if the district receives: (1.) a written statement from the physician detailing the method, amount and time schedules that the medication is to be taken and (2.) a written statement from the student's parent/guardian authorizing the school district to administer the medication (E.C. 49422, 49423).
Prescription medications must be in the original pharmacy container with the original prescription label adhered to the container. Students may carry and self-administer prescription auto-injectable epinephrine and asthma inhalers if specific requirements are met.
Medication at home: The parent/guardian of a student on a continuing medication regimen at home must inform the school nurse or other designated school employee of the medication being taken, the current dosage, and the supervising physician's name. The information is gathered annually on the Health Information Form distributed at the beginning of each year. Notification is required for your child's school when new medications are started at any time during the school year.
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Please return the form and the medication to the front office or the School Nurse. Forms can also be obtained in the front office of any of our school sites
Sick Student Guidelines
Please make sure the school site Attendance Office has updated phone numbers (cell, home and work) for you and emergency contacts. The school site Attendance Office cannot release children to anyone who is NOT the parent/guardian or is NOT one of the emergency contacts.
Please contact our Health Services Coordinator if you have any questions,
Christina Wilkinson, RN
Central Union High School District
760-336-4272
Resources
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Nicotine addiction
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Lung disease
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Heart disease
Nicotine can raise your blood pressure and increase your heart rate, which can increase your risk of heart attack and stroke.
Other health risks
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PROPER HANDWASHING
BENEFITS OF GOOD SLEEP
ASKING FOR MENTAL HELP
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Guidance for K-12 Schools and Child Care Settings to Mitigate the Spread of Communicable Diseases, 2023-2024 School Year was updated May 22, 2024, by the California Department of Public Health Public (CDPH), in consultation with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) and the California Department of Education (CDE).
The guidance is intended to support safe, in-person learning and care in K-12 schools and child care by building on the lessons learned and multi-layer strategies used to manage COVID-19. The document provides a general prevention framework to reduce the spread of multiple types of infections, including COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and norovirus.
This guidance provides general recommendations and does not replace or revise existing laws or requirements for schools and child care. The approach is guided by the principle that safe, in-person learning and child care are critical to the well-being and development of children in California.
The Imperial County Public Health Department regularly updates its website to reflect state guidance on schools and provides county-level guidelines to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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