The goals of the Certified School Nurse are to maintain and/or improve the health status of students, thus enabling them to profit fully from their educational experiences, and to promote optimum health status and lifestyles for all students through the joint efforts of the home, school, and community.

To that end, the district Certified School Nurses coordinate all student health-related services of the Conrad Weiser Area School District including:

• Collecting and managing student medical data as required by the Pennsylvania School Code

•  Verifying compliance with state-required physicals and immunizations and performing annual health screenings 

• Administering prescribed medications and treatments that must be given during school hours according to physician’s orders 

• Storing and managing inventory of prescribed and stocked medications 

• Administering care when needed and documenting all visits to the nurse’s office 

• Providing emergency response

• Providing medical referrals as needed 

• Filing state-required annual and incidental reports 

• Serving on Student Assistance Program teams 

• Advising the district on policies related to student health 

• Helping to prevent and control the spread of communicable disease 

• Educating students on managing their own health and wellness

OTHER INFORMATION

• Dismissal from school related to illness and injury

• Reasons to keep your child home from school

• Elementary school cough drop policy

• Preventing the Spread of Flu and Colds

• Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Fact Sheet

• Preventing the Spread of Head Lice

  • Information for parents

  • Myths and truths about lice

  • Tips for treating head lice