Notes and Info from the Cardinal Clinic
What Services Does the School Nurse Provide?
- Health Services: Assesses health and development, provides nursing interventions and evaluates students 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.
- Counseling/Mental Health: Assesses needs, provides interventions and refers students to appropriate staff or community agencies.
- Parent/Community Involvement: Promotes community involvement.
Medication
It is the intent of the Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) to assist parents/guardians when they are unable to come to school to administer medication by giving the needed medication to the student so that the student may maintain school attendance.
Every effort should be made by the parent/guardian for the student to receive needed medication outside of the school day. Prescription or over-the-counter drugs, pain relievers, cough medicine, inhalants, etc., shall be administered to students by parent/guardians outside of school hours except in unusual circumstances. The first or adjusted dose of medication shall be administered at home by the parent/guardian. The first or adjusted dose will not be given at school.
All students and parents are reminded of the following:
All students and parents are reminded of the following:
- School personnel cannot administer ANY medication until a form, signed by the parent is on file in the clinic. All prescription medication must also have a physician's signature on the PWC medication form before a prescription medication can be administered. All medication, prescription and over-the-counter (i.e., Tylenol, Advil, etc.) brought to school MUST be in the original sealed container and kept in the clinic. It should be in small amounts as storage space is limited.
- Students may keep in their possession certain medications, such as prescription inhalers and Epi-pens as warranted with a Health Treatment Plan on file signed by the physician.
- Under no other circumstances will students be permitted to carry medication without the direct written physicians order and agreement of the school nurse or an administrator.
PWCS health forms and additional information can be found: PWCS Student Health Forms and Info