Pinnacle Middle School

School nursing involves so much more than Band-Aids!

School Nurses are a vital link in the school team to coordinate and provide care for all students. School Nurses provide an endless list of services to our students, staff, and Jericho families on a daily basis including and not limited to managing diabetes, asthma, life threatening allergies, safety issues and administration of medications.

Our Nurses

• Triage student health concerns
• Provide on-going health counseling to students, parents and school personnel
• Refer health issues to parents for further care and treatment as needed
• Act as a liaison between families and healthcare providers
• Formulate individual student healthcare plans
• Teach students to manage their own healthcare concerns
• Serve as a resource person to classroom teachers in health instruction
• Educate staff on individual healthcare plans and on implementing universal health precautions
• Administer medication on a daily and as needed basis
• Maintain immunization records and report annually to the Department of Health
• Review NYS mandated physical exams for grades K, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and physicals for all new entrants
• Provide health screenings for vision, hearing and scoliosis per New York State Regulations
• Prepare and maintain accurate, cumulative health records
• Member of the school crisis intervention team

Health Office Forms

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