Health Services

School nursing today is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students. To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy and learning.
~National Association of School Nurses~

Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice

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

If your student is not feeling well, please refer to our Illness Guidelines before sending your child to school.

COVID Protocols are continuously updated. They can be found here: COVID Protocols.

**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.