School Health Program

The mission of the Zuni Public School District nurse is to identify, address, evaluate and refer students with health problems; and to support the teaching environment by attempting to keep students at an optimum level of health so they may fully participate in the educational process.

Please contact us at the designated school site if yo have questions concerning our services.

Announcements/News:

Zuni High School is an AED Equipped Facility

Zuni High School is now an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) equipped facility. An AED is a FDA approved medical device that may save a life in the event of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (heart attack). If necessary it will deliver a shock to the heart to get it started beating. When the device is turned on it will give verbal prompts telling the user what to do next. Thank you to Mr. Mark Archuleta, ZPSD Support Services Director, for obtaining NMAA funding for it and thank you to Mrs. EJ Charles, RN, former ZPSD School Nurse for setting up the program.

Information for Parent and Guardians:

Protect Your Children and Others from Flu During the School Years

Protect Your Children and Others from Flu

Protect Your Children and Others from Flupdf.pdf

What is Pertussis?

What is Pertussis.pdf

Why Most Sore Throats, Coughs & Runny Noses Don't Need Antibiotics

"...most of the time, children don't need antibiotics to treat a respirator illness. In fact, antibiotics can do more harm than good. Antibiotics fight bacteria, not viruses."

-Healthychildren.org

Individual Services

Patient Specific Nursing Care

Tube Feedings
Blood Glucose Check
Nebulizer Treatments
Peak Flow Screen
Dressing Change

Communicable Disease Surveillance

Flu immunization clinics
Routine immunization
Communicate with PHS re: outbreaks

Promote Staff Wellness

Announce Community Wellness events
Provide Individual Health Counseling
Blood Pressure checks

Medication Administration

At school

Health Education

Communicable Disease Prevention
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Developmental Delays
Attention & Concentration Problems
Puberty
Hand washing
Toothburshing

Training And Supervision of Health Assistants by Registered Nurse

Individual Health Counseling

General Wellness
Birth Control
Specific to student's chronic disease

Health Screenings

Vision
Hearing
Height
Weight
BMI
Dental
Immunization Records
Blood Pressure
SPED
SAT/504

Parent/Community Involvement

School Health Advisory Committee

Consent for Services

Consent is legal term for agreeing to health care services. Most of the time parents must consent to health care services for their children. In New Mexico, children under age 18 can consent for reproductive health treatments and procedures such as: pregnancy exams, birth control, HIV & AIDS tests, emergency contraception, sexually transmitted disease teats and prenatal care without parent permission. Students can be transported for health care services with parent consent.