Healthy students can better focus in the classroom, enjoy activities with their classmates and be ready to take on new challenges each day.
The Richland School District, our school nurses and health room aides are committed to advancing the well-being, academic success and lifelong achievement and health of our students. Our main priority is to keep students healthy, safe, in school and ready to learn.
School nurses and aides provide numerous health related services for our schools, including:
- Supervision of health room activities
- Maintenance of district compliance with state-mandated vision and hearing screenings and immunization documentation
- Overseeing student health issues and development of individual health care plans
- Distribution of health information to students, families and staff
- Overseeing student medication administration