The Rice School/La Escuela Rice

Clinic Information for Teachers

Nurse Referral Forms and First Aid Kits  

Nurse referral forms will be placed in each teacher box before the start of school.  Every student should have this pass when coming to the clinic.  It provides the nurse with necessary information and accounts for the location of the students.  The student will return with the bottom portion completed by the nurse so that the teacher will know of the disposition.

Each teacher will receive a first aid “baggies” containing Band-Aids and rubber gloves.  These supplies may be used for minor scrapes and abrasions and will be replenished upon request.

Who Should I send to the clinic?

Emergencies including, but not limited to, fractures, head injuries, allergic reactions, seizures and eye injuries should be assessed by the school nurse.

Children with fever, undiagnosed rash, vomiting or diarrhea and persistent cough should be referred to the nurse.

Minor injuries, such as superficial scrapes and abrasions, may be handled in the classroom.  Abrasions should be washed with soap and water in the nearest rest room.  Either the student or teacher may then apply Band-Aids.

All students with head injuries should be sent to the clinic for assessment by the school nurse.

Referrals for vision and hearing screening only if the students are in the second, fourth or eighth grades.  All others will be screened as scheduled.

The school nurse cannot pull loose teeth.  “Treasure Chests” are provided after the tooth is out.

Health Education

The school nurse is available, upon request, to deliver health education classes on the topic of your choice.  There is also a large selection of health materials in the clinic for you to have or borrow upon request.  Growth and Development classes are provided annually for the fifth grade students.  All classes related to sexual health are provided only with written parental consent.

Universal Precautions and Blood-borne Pathogens

Universal precautions stipulate that no one should come in direct contact with blood or bodily fluids at any time.  ALWAYS USE GLOVES WHEN HANDLING BLOOD OR BODILY FLUIDS.  If you accidentally come in contact with blood or bodily fluids, wash the source of contact immediately with soap and water. 

Every staff member NEW to HISD will receive a mandatory in-service on AIDS.  On our campus, the employee receives a self-study packet that culminates with a simple evaluation exam to be turned in to the school nurse upon completion.

If a student is "bleeding", please have the child cover the wound with a tissue and send the child to the clinic.

Child Abuse

By law, anyone knowing or suspecting physical, emotional or sexual child abuse must report the incident to Child Protective Services.  On our campus, the school nurse or counselor will assist in this reporting.  If physical abuse is suspected, the nurse will document areas of concern.  Every staff member NEW to HISD will receive a self-study packet to be turned in to the nurse upon completion as part of the mandatory in-service.