Long County School System
P.O. BOX 428 | 468 S. MCDONALD STREET | LUDOWICI, GA 31316
TEL: (912) 545-2367 | FAX: (912) 545-2380
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Long County Schools | 468 S. McDonald Street | P.O. Box 428 | Ludowici GA | PH (912) 545-2367 | FAX (912) 545-2380
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HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT
HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT
School health services strengthen and facilitate the learning process by improving and protecting the health status of children and by identifying and assisting in the removal or modification of health-related barriers to the learning process. A school nurse works collaboratively with students, parents, teachers, and other school and community professionals to help remove these barriers to learning. All students have access to the school clinic and its services.
Health Services include:
- Evaluating student illness. The school nurse will determine which students are able to return to class, which should go home, and which require medical referral.
- Administering emergency care and first aid to students and staff. All school clinic personnel are skilled in emergency care and first aid techniques and are certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Teaching first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation to school staff designated by the principal to assume responsibilities for health services in the absence of the nurse.
- Administering physician-prescribed medications and special procedures in school when required by the prescribed schedule.
- Identifying health problems that may interfere with learning. Students are screened for hearing and vision annually per state guidelines.
- Assessing the unique health needs of handicapped students and providing special medical procedures where needed.
Health Counseling:
Students are counseled regarding potential or identified health problems. Teacher/nurse and parent/nurse conferences are helpful to interpret medical information and to define health needs, educational implications and needed adjustments in the school environment.
Health Education:
The school nurse utilizes each student contact as an opportunity for health education. Students are encouraged to develop responsibility for their personal health. The school nurse also serves as a resource person to classroom teachers in conducting health education sessions.
School Nurses
Renee Carter, LPN
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January 2012
IMMUNIZATION UPDATE
According to the Georgia Law OCGA 20-2-771 requires that your child must be properly immunized according to the rules of the Georgia Department of Human Resources, Chapter 290-5-4 to enter 6th grade. Your child must have 2 doses of Varicella (chickenpox) immunization or documented history of chicken pox disease. You must submit an updated Form 3231 to the school office on the first day of school to be in compliance with Georgia state law for school attendance.
Please consult your private medical provider or the local health department to obtain the required immunizations & forms prior to the start of 6th grade.
