School Health Services
Welcome to the School Health Services page
Certified School Nurse
Michele Higgins, MSN, RN, CSN
Email: mhiggins@nccsd.org
High School: (814)744-8544 Fax: (814)744-8762
Email: rshouey@nccsd.org
Elementary: (814)744-8541 Fax: (814)744-9229
Today’s school nurse is an integral partner in each student’s educational team. In addition to providing health services and nursing care for students in the office, school nurses are instrumental in identifying trends and issues that impact student health as well as promoting wellness in areas that affect academic success.
Please help the school nurse care for your child by informing the nurse if your child has:
- New diagnosis or change in health status
- New medications or a change in medication
- Serious illness, injury or hospitalization
- Fractures, sprains, casts or sutures
- Diagnosis of concussion
- Diagnosis of contagious disease- such as strep throat, pertussis, chicken pox, etc.
- A life-threatening or new allergy
- Changes within the family that may impact the student while in school
Please help the school nurse by:
- Updating the phone numbers on your child’s school record so that the nurse can always reach you
- Notifying the school if your child is going to be absent or tardy
Please keep your child home when the following symptoms are present:
- Temperature of 100 degrees or greater within the past 24 hours. Must be fever-free for 24 hours without the aid of fever-reducing medications prior to returning to school
- Vomiting or diarrhea occurring within the past 24 hours
- Any contagious infections. Ask your doctor when your child will no longer be contagious. Strep infections must be treated for 24 hours before returning to school
- Rash of unknown origin- this may indicate many different things and should be checked by your healthcare provider
- Untreated head lice
- Children with pain should be taken seriously. Earaches, toothaches, abdominal pain and frequent or severe headaches should be evaluated by a healthcare provider
Please feel free to contact your child's school health office if you have any questions or concerns.
