Health Services

Goals

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 Health Services Office coordinates all student health-related services for the North Pocono School District, including:

• Collecting and managing student medical data as required by the Pennsylvania School Code.
• Verifying compliance with state-required physicals, screenings, and immunizations,
• Providing various physicals and screenings as appropriate,
• Administering prescribed medications that must be given during school hours according to physician's orders,
• Storing and managing inventory of prescribed medications,
• Administering care when needed and maintaining logs of such care,
• Providing medical referrals as needed,
• Filing state-required annual and incidental reports,
• Serving on Student Assistance Program teams,
• Serving on the Coordinated School Health committee, and
• Advising the district on policy related to student health.