Nursing Services
Health Services
Nurse: Shirley Todd
General Information:
I am pleased to be the nurse at Hoover Middle School. I am generally on campus Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:15 am to 4:15 pm.
School Nurse Priorities: 1. Immunization compliance (including Tdap’s = adolescent whooping cough booster shot) 2. Mandated screening (vision & hearing) 3. Health assessments for students with IEP’s. 4. Attending IEP’s. 5. Giving First Aid, for injuries that occur same day on campus.
Guidelines to Keeping Student at Home:
California Education Code 48211 states: School districts may exclude children of filthy or vicious habits or children suffering from contagious or infectious diseases.
Students should stay home if they have:
- A fever over 100 degrees by mouth
- Sores that are open or appear infected
- Any suspicious rashes
- Vomiting in the morning or since going to bed the night before
- Diarrhea in the morning or since going to bed the night before
- Persistent headache, stomachache, or earache
- Red eyes with discharge
- Head lice
- Persistent cough, wheezing or breathing problems
- Not feeling well enough to participate in school activities
Please call the Attendance Office when your child is absent from school.
Physical Education Excuses:
If a student needs to be excused from PE for more than 3 days, a written request from the doctor must be presented to the school nurse. Excuses for 3 days or less must be in writing from a parent. Any appliance (crutches, slings, casts, etc.) requires a note from a physician.
Medication:
Any student who needs to take medication during the school day must have a ‘Medication at School’ request form signed by their doctor on file. Students can carry inhalers with them if they have a ‘Medication at School – Permit to Carry’ form signed by their doctor & on file in the Health Office.
