Sam Placentino Elementary School
Health Office Notes

The Placentino School Health Service is committed to providing basic health services, prevention, health promotion and health maintenance in a safe and caring environment for all students. Our goal is to promote an optimum level of wellness and the removal of health related barriers to enhance the education process. We believe that health and education are interrelated and that a healthy student is the best learner.

The Health office is located next to the main office and is staffed by a professional RN during school hours. The nurse provides assessment, first aid, management of emergencies, referral to primary care provider or appropriate community agency, health teaching and health counseling, administration of medications and treatments, assistance in management of chronic illness. We offer yearly screening for growth (height and weight), vision and hearing.

All incoming Pre Kindergarten and Kindergarten students are required to have their completed series of immunizations upon entrance to school. They are also required to have the documentation of a physical exam on file in the Health office. These exams must be completed six months prior to the entrance to school or during the year of Pre K and K.

We would like to inform you of the policies that have been put into place to insure the health and safety of children needing medicine during the school day.

In order to have a child receive prescription medication or over the counter medication at school, we require:

1. Signed consent by the parent or guardian
2. Signed medication order from your child’s physician or nurse practitioner

Click here to get to the Medication Order/Parental Consent Form

Special medication situations:

1. Short-term prescription medication, those requiring administration for ten (10) days or less, the pharmacy labeled container may be used in lieu of a licensed prescriber’s order.
2. Nonprescription medication such as acetaminophen or ibuprophen requires written parental consent only.
3. All over the counter medications, (cough medicine, antihistamines, etc) require a signed medication order from your child’s licensed prescriber.

Medicines should be delivered to the school in a pharmacy or manufacturer – labeled container by you or a responsible adult whom you designate. Please ask your pharmacy to provide separate bottles for school and home. No more than a thirty, (30) day supply of the medicine should be delivered to the school.

When your child needs a medicine to be given during the school day please act quickly to follow these policies so we may begin to give the medicine as soon as possible.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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