The School Nurse provides the following services:
- Individualized health care planning and case management for students with special health care needs
- Health and wellness promotion
- Illness and injury prevention, assessment, and intervention
- Medication administration and nursing procedures
- Communicable disease prevention and control
- Mandated health screenings:
Vision (grades K-5, 7 and 10)
Hearing (grades K-3, 7, and 10)
Postural (grades 5-9)
Height, Weight and BMI (grades 1,4,7,10)
Screening Brief Intervention Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) (grades 7,9)
- Environmental health and safety
- Access to health care services and insurance
- Management of confidential student health records
- Emergency preparedness and medical response
- Communication and collaboration with students, parents/guardians, school faculty/staff, and community providers of health care and support services
New illness exclusion and return to school protocols have been developed for the 2020-2021 school year in accordance with Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the Needham Public Health Department Guidelines. The Needham Public Schools protocols can be found here:
**Please note that all grade 12 students will receive their health records at the last graduation rehearsal. Students will receive the only copy of their health record held at Needham Public Schools, and this is the district's method of health record disposal.