CLINIC INFORMATION

• A Registered Nurse and LVN are assigned to each high school campus in Fort Bend Independent School District. The school clinic is available to assist with the medical health needs of each student. Please read the procedures and guidelines which follow:

CLINIC PROCEDURES

When a student feels ill or is injured at school and needs to see the nurse, he or she must get a pass from the teacher who is sending the student to the clinic. If the student goes to the clinic between classes or during a lunch period, he/she must get a pass from a teacher on duty or his/her next period teacher. Exceptions are for sudden illness and serious injury.

The student will be signed in upon arrival at the clinic. When leaving, the student must get the signed pass back from the nurse showing the time he/she left the clinic.

First aid will be administered when needed. A parent/guardian will be notified if a student is unable to remain at school or if an emergency arises requiring that he/she be taken to a medical facility. If a student must be transferred to an emergency facility before you arrive, a representative from the school will remain with the student until your designated person arrives.

It is required that illness/injury occurring at home be taken care of at home and that students do not go directly to the clinic upon arrival at school.

A student will not be allowed to remain in school if he/she complains of any of the following:

• Temperature of 100.0 or greater
• Vomiting: two or more episodes in a 24hour period
• Diarrhea: three or more loose stools in a 24-hour period
• Undetermined rash
• Feeling too ill to remain at school or at the nurse's discretion

To prevent exposing other students unnecessarily to illness, a student should not come to school if he/she has the following symptoms:

• Vomiting and/or diarrhea the morning of school
  • Vomiting: two or more episodes in a 24-hour period
  • Diarrhea: three or more loose stools in a 24-hour period
• Undetermined rash
• Temperature of 100.0 or greater within the past 24 hours

A student may return to school when:

• Fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications
• Diarrhea-free for 24 hours without the use of diarrhea-suppressing medications
• Rash has been identified as non-communicable by a physician licensed to practice in the State of Texas

If a student must leave school due to illness, the parent/guardian is responsible for transportation. If you are not available, the person you designated on your student's emergency information card will be notified to pick them up. Facilities for keeping your child are limited; therefore, it is important that your child be picked up promptly.

MEDICATIONS

All medications (prescription and non-prescription) must be furnished by the parent/guardian and appropriate administration forms must be completed by the parent/guardian. Medication must be delivered to the clinic by the parent/guardian in the original and properly labeled container and picked up by the parent/guardian. Another responsible adult, who has been designated by the parent/guardian in writing, is also authorized to pick up medication. The nurse and/or clinic assistant will administer all medications in the clinic with the exception of students who are required by their physician to carry emergency medications with thema at all times, including asthma inhalers or auto-injectable epinephrine. In those situations, the doctor must provide written orders to the school. 

For prescription medications that are left at school, a second labeled container can be obtained from your pharmacy. When medication is discontinued, it must be picked up by the parent/guardian.