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School Nurse's Office
Vickie Vaughn, R.N.

 

Purpose:
To advance student, staff and community health and welfare. To provide assistance with any barrier that may hinder a student's learning.

Duties Include:
1.      Health counseling
2.      Screening 
    a.       Vision
    b.      Hearing 
    c.       Spinal
3.      Prevention & control of communicable diseases 
    a.       Immunization 
    b.      Exclusion of students who have communicable disease
4.      Providing emergency care
5.      Referrals and follow-ups
6.      Maintaining health records

Special Announcement:
School nurses do not provide over-the-counter medicine for our students. Any medicine a student may require during the school day must be provided by the parent or guardian and kept in the nurse's office.