Every Glynn County public school has a registered nurse to ensure that your child's health needs are met while he or she attends school. As an integral part of the Glynn County educational team, our school nurses have a multi-faceted role within the school setting, one that supports the physical, mental, emotional, and social health of students and their success in the learning process. Our nurses provide a variety of school health services, functions and programs. These services are based upon current evidence, best practices, and professional school nursing standards.

Be sure to thank your child's school nurse for all they do to promote the health and well-being of our students and staff.

According to Glynn County Board of Education policy, specific procedures must be followed for medications to be administered in school.

Before any prescription medication may be administered in school, the parent must provide the school with 1) a completed Physician Authorization for Medication Administration form, and 2) a completed Parental Authorization for Medication Administration form.

Any time there is a change in the prescribed medication, the parent must notify the school, update the forms listed above and provide a prescription bottle labeled to correspond to the new medication order.

All medications must be brought to school in the original labeled bottle from the pharmacy.

The label must clearly state the name of the student and the current health provider's order, including the name of the medication, dosage, administration time, name of physician, and expiration date.

Parents must provide over the counter medications in the original labeled bottle and complete a Parental Authorization for Medication Administration form.

Please help control exposure to illness in school, prevent the spread of disease and reduce the number of absences due to illness.

DO NOT send your child to school if he or she:

• Has a fever (100 degrees or higher) during the night or in the morning;
• Has experienced vomiting or diarrhea during the night or in the morning;
• Has a persistent cough and/or large amounts of nasal discharge;
• Has an unidentified rash or open, draining skin sores;
• Has eye irritation with drainage, or;
• Has tiny live insects (lice) in his or her hair.

To keep children in schools healthy, Georgia requires children to get vaccines against certain diseases before going to school.

Students entering a Georgia school for the first time – no matter what the grade level – must have a completed Certificate of Vision, Hearing, Dental, and Nutrition screening form. “First time” means never enrolled in a Georgia school before at any time in their lives. For other requirements, visit Georgia Department of Public Health

• 7th GRADE IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS:  All students born on or after January 1, 2002 and entering or transferring into 7th grade need proof of an adolescent pertussis (whooping cough) booster immunization (called “Tdap”) and an adolescent meningococcal (meningitis) vaccination. Proof of Tdap immunization and meningitis vaccination must be documented on the Georgia immunization certificate (Form 3231).

• 11th GRADE IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS: Effective July 1, 2021, children 16 years of age and older, who are entering the 11th grade (including new entrants), must have received one booster dose of the meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4), unless their initial dose was administered on or after their 16th birthday.

*The HPV vaccine is also recommended for both girls and boys at ages 11–12 to protect against cancers and other diseases caused by human papillomavirus.

Scoliosis screenings are conducted at the middle school level for sixth and eighth grade students. Any parents not wishing for their child to be checked must notify the child's school.
 
All medication should be taken to the nurse's office in the original prescription container with the most recent date and latest instructions.
 
If parents do not pick up student medication within one week after school is out, the school system will dispose of the medication.
 
In case of illness or accident during the school day, the nurse will use professional judgment to determine whether or not the student should be transported to the local hospital emergency room for care. If a student is transported, the student's parents will be called from the emergency room. If the student does not require transport, the parents will be called from the school to pick up the student for medical care.