Nurses - Pasco School District
Nurses - Pasco School District
Nurses - Pasco School District
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<strong>Pasco</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>District</strong><br />
Health<br />
Services<br />
February 2009
Providing Health Services<br />
• Nursing services provide<br />
building and district support to<br />
meet 25 WACs/RCWs<br />
• <strong>Nurses</strong> provide daily medical<br />
support & first aid on site to<br />
students and staff<br />
• <strong>Nurses</strong> are a direct liaison to<br />
community health services for<br />
students and their families<br />
• <strong>Nurses</strong> provide education to<br />
students and staff on a variety<br />
of medical issues<br />
• <strong>Nurses</strong> are key leaders on our<br />
<strong>District</strong> Flight Teams
Gloria Larson<br />
Who are we?<br />
Where can you find us?<br />
• Carolyn Chapman- Mark Twain<br />
• Ivonne Salinas- Livingston & Markham<br />
• Susie Wells- Longfellow/NHHS<br />
• Leighsa Henderson- Emerson/NHHS<br />
• Deborah Feuerborn – Angelou<br />
• Suzie Loftus- McGee<br />
• Nora Lopez- Frost<br />
• Kim Lovelace- Whittier<br />
• Debbie Mayfield – Chess<br />
• Dru Squires – Livingston<br />
• Cathy Wesley- Robinson<br />
Vickie Wright<br />
Debbie Mayfield
And…<br />
• Amber Bowers – Ochoa<br />
• Billie Wensveen- Stevens<br />
• Vickie Wright- McLoughlin<br />
• Marty Anderson & Erin Hultgrenn- PHS<br />
• Gloria Larsen & Kathy Schroeder – Migrant<br />
• Alores Villanueva – Special Education<br />
Susie Wells<br />
A great and caring team…
What do we do ? (to name a few …)<br />
• Develop & distribute Individual Care Plans<br />
• Maintain a Health Alert List of student conditions<br />
• Conduct annual vision and hearing screenings<br />
• Participate in 504/ IEP meetings<br />
• Provide annual HIV/AIDS teacher training<br />
• Instruct Growth & Development lessons for grades 4 & 5<br />
• Hold annual parent previews for materials<br />
• Provide training for Nutrition Services & Transportation<br />
• Collaborate with Benton-Franklin County Health Department for<br />
school immunization clinics for 5 th graders<br />
• Assist in on-site dental services<br />
• Provide referrals for “Free Dental Day”
Who do we see?<br />
Total 2007 - 2008 January 2009<br />
Health Room Visits 59,748 26,169<br />
Vision Screenings 9,168 8,748<br />
Dental Screenings 3,152 1,851+<br />
Life Threatening Conditions 176 213<br />
(Diabetes) 19 25
What is a Life Threatening Condition ?<br />
(LTC)<br />
Dru Squires<br />
Examples of conditions<br />
considered to be life threatening:<br />
• Diabetes<br />
• Asthma<br />
• Bee Sting Allergy<br />
• Food Allergy<br />
• Cystic Fibrosis<br />
• Seizure Disorder<br />
• Cardiac Conditions<br />
It’s not how much you do, but how much<br />
love you put in the doing. Mother Theresa
Diabetes<br />
Kim Lovelace (bottom right)<br />
• Diabetes is one of the<br />
fastest growing LTC in<br />
our district (25 cases)<br />
• Pictured are three<br />
employees and one<br />
student from Whittier (all<br />
diagnosed with Type II<br />
diabetes) and Whittier<br />
Nurse, Kim Lovelace<br />
• March 25 th – Whittier is<br />
holding a “Family Fitness<br />
to Fight Diabetes” night
Free Dental Day<br />
• Saturday, February 7th<br />
• 4 clinics participated<br />
• 1 provided appointments for<br />
PSD students only<br />
• 1 provided appointments for all<br />
participating districts<br />
• 2 were “walk in” with first-come,<br />
first-serve approach<br />
• No medical coupons needed
Leighsa Henderson<br />
“When you’re a nurse, you<br />
know that every day you<br />
will touch a life or a life will<br />
touch yours.” Anonymous
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