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WCS Illness Policy
Williamson County has 35
full time nurses. We also have 5
nurses who job share full time positions.
Every school in the district has a nurse
assigned and the nurse is on campus almost
all of the time. The school nurses
have to prioritize their day with each
school depending on the types of medical
issues within the school. Students
requiring licensed nurse procedures and
students with emergency and/or
individualized health care plans are the
nurses’ top priorities. Our nurses
will coordinate and oversee the school
clinics, and
when not performing licensed nurse
procedures and/or assessments,
will
staff these clinics. Ensuring that our
students are adequately immunized and are
receiving needed medical and/or dental care
are also duties that the school nurse will
perform, as well as performing annual health
screenings including vision, hearing, B/P,
height, and weight measurements.
New students entering WCS
will be assessed for vision, hearing, and
basic medical and/or dental needs by the
nurse at each school. If students are unable
financially to receive services that are
determined to be needed, assistance will be
provided to help them find providers to meet
these needs.
If students have medical
needs requiring accommodations for them to
be able to participate in their education in
a school setting, or needs for
individualized health care plans or
potential emergency medical needs requiring
a plan to be in place, the school nurse will
work with the student’s parent/guardian and
health care provider as needed to develop
the plans and/or accommodations needed to
ensure that the student’s safety and
well-being will be maintained in the school
setting.
Annual vision, hearing,
B/P, height, and weight screenings take
place in the fall for students in grades K,
2, 4, 6, 8, and 9 under the supervision of
our coordinated school health director and
health services coordinator.
Nurses will oversee and
supervise emergency first aid and illness
assessments/treatments as needed and as they
are available in each of our school’s
clinics.
Nurses are available to
consult with parents/guardians regarding
health issues of their children that impact
their performance and attendance at school.
PARENTS- If your child
suffers an illness or injury that will lead
or has led to an absence of more than 5 days
consecutively, or if you are aware that your
child will miss more than 5 consecutive days
due to an impending surgery/medical
treatment, it is recommended that you
discuss this as soon as possible with the
nurse at your school to work out a plan
together with the child’s teacher(s) and
other support staff to keep your child from
falling behind in their school work.
For
more information contact: Jill Casada
RN Nursing Coordinator jillc@wcs.edu
472-4929.
Preventative measures to prevent the spread
of infection and/or contagious illness:Medi
What You Can Do:
(1) Hand Washing.
You can prevent the spread of the flu by
washing your hands before and after eating
meals; after using the rest room; after
sneezing, coughing, or blowing your nose;
and after playing outside. Use warm, running
water and soap. If you use liquid soap, use
about one teaspoon. Be sure to rub your
hands together vigorously for 20 seconds. Do
not forget to rub between fingers and clean
underneath the fingernails. Rinse thoroughly
and dry hands with paper towels or a hot-air
dryer. Washing hands is easy and can prevent
the spread of other infectious diseases.
(2) Rest. Make sure
that you and your children are obtaining
adequate amounts of sleep.
(3) Keep your children
at home if they have a fever or are
showing any of the above flu symptoms.
(4) Consult your family
doctor with any questions or problems.
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