• What do you need to know about the health of my student? Yearly, parents/guardians will be requested to review/update their student’s health issues (if any) including allergies, current and previous health conditions and current medications (including those taken at home). Please keep the clinic updated of health issues, medication changes, extended illness and hospitalizations during the year. This is important information for us to keep current in our records. Often the school nurse is the last to know!

    What health information is shared with the faculty? Critical alerts such as insulin dependent diabetes, life-threatening allergies, and seizures are shared with the student’s teachers each semester. Other health concerns are shared if this knowledge or lack of knowledge may affect your student’s health, safety, or educational needs. We respect your wishes in this area.

    How does my student contact me about illnesses or injuries at school? Your student needs to come to the clinic. If you get a text from your student that he/she is ill, please tell him/her to go to the clinic. Your student can call you from the clinic. It is very awkward for you to show up to pick up your student before your student has come to the clinic.

    Who can pick up my student? A parent or guardian should pick up a student. If you choose to send a friend or family member, please speak to us first so we do not keep this person standing in the clinic while we try to contact you. If your student cannot reach you and has exhausted every contact number for you and left verbal messages for you, we will attempt to contact your designated alternates.

    Is my student excused if he goes home from the clinic? Yes, the clinic sign-out sheet serves as your note for that day only. If you are told that your student must remain home for the next day, you must provide a note for the attendance office. If your student does not come to the clinic and is not seen by the clinic you are required to provide a note.  It will not be an excused absence from the clinic.

    What if my student is injured, temporarily disabled or recovering from an illness or surgery? We are your student’s advocate. We can write a pass for additional time between classes, we can contact teachers and coaches about activity restrictions and other needed classroom interventions. Please keep us informed!

    What about email communication?

    The clinic uses SNAP for electronic health record management.   This software can aid in parent communication via email.  For confidentiality purposes the emails are encrypted—a password is required to access the email.  Parents can request the nurse re-send the password.  Please keep this password in a secure location as it will remain the clinic password throughout the remainder of your child’s education in FBISD.

     

    Please call, email or come by the clinic anytime. You are always welcome!

     

     
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