According to the National Association of School Nurses, the percentage of children and adolescents in the United States with chronic health conditions (CHC) increased from 1.8% in the 1960s to more than 25% in 2007 (Halfon & Newacheck, 2010). CHC include both long-term physical and mental disorders. Over the past few decades the number of students with CHC in schools has increased for a variety of reasons. Many students who had been confined to therapeutic settings are now being educated in the local school district in the least restrictive environment. Their right of participation is protected by federal law, including the Rehabilitation Act, Section 504 and the Individuals with Disabilities Educational Act [IDEA] of 2004.
If your child has been diagnosed with a chronic health condition, please share this information with the health office. At the start of each year, completion of the health registration form is an easy way to communicate this information. For complex concerns, please contact the nurse so you can work together to develop a plan of care for your student at school. It is also helpful to complete a HIPAA Form so that your child's doctor and school nurse can communicate to coordinate care.
If your child has been diagnosed with a chronic health condition, please share this information with the health office. At the start of each year, completion of the health registration form is an easy way to communicate this information. For complex concerns, please contact the nurse so you can work together to develop a plan of care for your student at school. It is also helpful to complete a HIPAA Form so that your child's doctor and school nurse can communicate to coordinate care.
MEDICINE AT SCHOOL
School is an institution just like a hospital. The School requires a doctor’s order for all prescription medications, including some over-the-counter medications which may need to be given at some point during the school year. If it is necessary for your child to receive medication at school, please note these key points. We will be glad to work with you and your child to make certain the medication is given in a safe manner.
The medication must be ordered for your child by a primary care provider licensed to prescribe in Arizona.
All medications (including inhaler) need to be provided in the original prescription bottle/box with a pharmacy label including:
Student’s name
Name of medication
Amount to be given
Time to be given
Name of the prescriber
Please ask the pharmacist to prepare an extra prescription container for school use. We will need it if medicine must go with your student on a field trip. If medication is sent to school in other types of containers (baggies, other bottles), the health office staff are not allowed to administer the medication and the parent will be called.
A medication permit must be completed and signed by the parent or guardian before the medication can be given at school.
Students may be allowed to carry and/or administer certain medications outside the Health Office in compliance with A.R.S. 15-344.01 and A.R.S. 15-341 (Inhalers, anaphylaxis medications and Insulin/Glucagon). If your student requires the use of any of these medications, notify the Health Office so that appropriate medication consents can be completed, along with necessary training.
Please help us keep our students safe at school by following these guidelines. Students of any age are not to carry their own medications with the exception of several emergency medicines discussed above after speaking to the Health Office..
School is an institution just like a hospital. The School requires a doctor’s order for all prescription medications, including some over-the-counter medications which may need to be given at some point during the school year. If it is necessary for your child to receive medication at school, please note these key points. We will be glad to work with you and your child to make certain the medication is given in a safe manner.
The medication must be ordered for your child by a primary care provider licensed to prescribe in Arizona.
All medications (including inhaler) need to be provided in the original prescription bottle/box with a pharmacy label including:
Student’s name
Name of medication
Amount to be given
Time to be given
Name of the prescriber
Please ask the pharmacist to prepare an extra prescription container for school use. We will need it if medicine must go with your student on a field trip. If medication is sent to school in other types of containers (baggies, other bottles), the health office staff are not allowed to administer the medication and the parent will be called.
A medication permit must be completed and signed by the parent or guardian before the medication can be given at school.
Students may be allowed to carry and/or administer certain medications outside the Health Office in compliance with A.R.S. 15-344.01 and A.R.S. 15-341 (Inhalers, anaphylaxis medications and Insulin/Glucagon). If your student requires the use of any of these medications, notify the Health Office so that appropriate medication consents can be completed, along with necessary training.
Please help us keep our students safe at school by following these guidelines. Students of any age are not to carry their own medications with the exception of several emergency medicines discussed above after speaking to the Health Office..