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John Smith, director of Special Services, presented the Waynesville School Board the last three years of health reports from the schools in the district.
During that time, the number of nurses has declined from 13, from the 2009-10 school year, to the current level of 12. Ten of the 12 are full-time. Six are LPNs and six are RNs.
School nurses in the 10 schools throughout the district saw 49,979 students during the 2009-10 school year, 53,076 during the 2010-11 school year and so far have seen 14,936 this year.
Freedom Elementary has the most number of visits per year, while Williams Elementary has the fewest. Each time a student comes into the office, even if it is just to take medicine, it counts as a visit. So not every visit to the nurse's office was an emergency, Smith pointed out.
The school nurses gave out 16,701 medications during the 2009-10 school year, 16,127 during the 2010-11 school year and so far have handed out 4,373 this school year. Freedom Elementary has had the most requests for medication over the past three years, while Williams has had the least.
A spike in the number of accidents reported at Waynesville Middle School, East Elementary and Freedom Elementary occurred in the last two years, said Smith. Waynesville Middle School's rate quadrupled, going from 13 accidents during the 2009-10 school year to 61 last year, with 28 so far this year. Freedom Elementary almost doubled from 32 during the 2009-10 school year to 57 last year. This year, there have been 13 thus far.
East Elementary had an increase from 19 during the 2009-10 school year to 32 last year but has only four so far this year, Smith said.
The other schools in the district showed a slight decrease in the number of accidents reported, with Wood Middle School having the biggest drop, going from 29 during the 2009-10 school year to 17 during the 2010-11 school year to only four so far this year.
John Smith, director of Special Services, presented the Waynesville School Board the last three years of health reports from the schools in the district.
During that time, the number of nurses has declined from 13, from the 2009-10 school year, to the current level of 12. Ten of the 12 are full-time. Six are LPNs and six are RNs.
School nurses in the 10 schools throughout the district saw 49,979 students during the 2009-10 school year, 53,076 during the 2010-11 school year and so far have seen 14,936 this year.
Freedom Elementary has the most number of visits per year, while Williams Elementary has the fewest. Each time a student comes into the office, even if it is just to take medicine, it counts as a visit. So not every visit to the nurse's office was an emergency, Smith pointed out.
The school nurses gave out 16,701 medications during the 2009-10 school year, 16,127 during the 2010-11 school year and so far have handed out 4,373 this school year. Freedom Elementary has had the most requests for medication over the past three years, while Williams has had the least.
A spike in the number of accidents reported at Waynesville Middle School, East Elementary and Freedom Elementary occurred in the last two years, said Smith. Waynesville Middle School's rate quadrupled, going from 13 accidents during the 2009-10 school year to 61 last year, with 28 so far this year. Freedom Elementary almost doubled from 32 during the 2009-10 school year to 57 last year. This year, there have been 13 thus far.
East Elementary had an increase from 19 during the 2009-10 school year to 32 last year but has only four so far this year, Smith said.
The other schools in the district showed a slight decrease in the number of accidents reported, with Wood Middle School having the biggest drop, going from 29 during the 2009-10 school year to 17 during the 2010-11 school year to only four so far this year.
