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JERICHO

Union Free School District

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Jericho Health Department

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 Forms

Mandated NYS Physical

Medical Accommodations & Medications In School

Dental

Immunization

Medical Home Instruction

Interscholastic Sports Clearance