HEALTH SERVICES

Putnam City’s Health Staff

"You can't educate a child who isn't healthy and you can't keep a child healthy who isn't educated.”

Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders, former U.S. Surgeon General  

Putnam City’s professional school nurses and trained health aides work to help our students be healthy and successful learners.

School nurses, and health aides working under the supervision of school nurses, will:

  • Provide direct health care to students and staff

  • Provide leadership for the provision of health services

  • Provide screening and referrals for health conditions

  • Promote a healthy school environment

  • Promote health and wellness

  • Serve as liaisons between students, school personnel, family, community, and health care providers.*

Health Services works to help the school nurses perform their duties in a manner consistent with professional standards, the Oklahoma Nurse Practice Act, other applicable state and local statutes, and Putnam City district policies and regulations.

Reference: National Association of School Nurses, Issue Brief, School Health Nursing Services Role in Health Care. November 2002.

District Wellness Policy: EK-R4, pg. 479