Physical Health

• Plans and coordinates your child’s medical care at school)

• Screens your child's vision and hearing and connects you with resources

• Reviews your child's immunization record and connects you with resources

• Works with our local health department to reduce the spread of communicable diseases

• Trains our school staff to respond to health emergencies

• Provides health education in the classrooms

• Attends to your child's illness or injury during the school day

• Assists you in completing forms if your child needs medication at school

• Provides daily support of your child's medical plan/needs

It is important that students are not sent to school if they are experiencing symptoms of illness. This includes a fever (100.4°F or above), vomiting, diarrhea and/or a persistent cough within the last 24 hours. It is advisable to keep a child home until the child is symptom-free from an illness for 24 hours without benefit of any medication. The clinic staff will contact you if your child is ill at school and needs to go home. Please keep your child’s emergency contact information current.

Whenever possible students are encouraged to receive medications at home. If medications are required during the school day the Olentangy school nurses comply with the State of Ohio law and school policy.

Prescription Medications

Prescription medications may be administered by personnel designated by the school principal in grades k-12. Prior to administration of any prescription medication a physician’s medication request form must be completed by the physician who prescribed the medication.

This form must include:

1. The name and address of the student;
2. The name of the medication and diagnosis of the student;
3. The dosage, route and time of the medication;
4. The date the medication should begin and the date the medication will end;
5. Any severe reaction or side effects of the medication;
6. The name, address, and phone of the prescribing physician;
7. The signature of the physician
8. Special instructions for dispensing or storage of the medication; and
9. The reverse side of the form must be signed by the parent

All prescription medication must be brought to the school by the parent in the original bottle in which it was dispensed either by the physician or the pharmacist, with the label correctly corresponding to the physician's order.

Non-prescription Medications

 For grades K-12

Non-prescription or over the counter (OTC) medications may be administered at school by designated personnel.  Prior to administration of any OTC medication, the Parent’s Non-Prescription Medication Administration Request Form (hyperlink) must be completed by a parent and the medication is to be provided by the parent in the original container.

 Students in grades 6-12 may carry and self administer non-prescription medications if the Self Carry Non-Prescription Medication Form is filed in the school clinic.

Medications left in the clinic after July 1 will be discarded.

Note:

• Medications will not be administered until paperwork and medication are brought in to the school and checked for accuracy by the clinic staff.
• It is the responsibility of the parent to provide the appropriate paperwork and medication.
• All prescription medication will be locked in the clinic. Exceptions include:
  • Inhalers, which a student may carry if the physician approves.
  • Epi-Pens, which a student may carry, with a back up pen in the clinic, if the physician approves.
  • All physician prescribed emergency medications.

Special Health Needs:

Please contact your school nurse if your child has a special medical need or condition, or is taking daily medication.  If your child has a severe allergy, seizures, asthma, diabetes, etc., or requires special treatment at school, the school nurse should be notified as soon as possible.  Please inform the teacher and the cafeteria manager of food allergies or special dietary restrictions.