Experience:

¨     13 years Humana Hospital McFarland

¨     3 years Physician Home Health Care

¨     12 years in Wilson County Schools System - first 6 years at Mt. Juliet area

Education:

¨     LPN Degree from McFarland Hospital

¨     ADN from TSU

E-Mail: arnoldj@wcschools.com

1. Students who are sick or injured should go to see the Nurse.

2. The Nurse will assess the student's health and make a determination about whether the student should go home or stay at school.

3. If the student actually needs to go home, the Nurse will contact their Parent/Guardian using the numbers from their School Heath Form / Computer Contact.

4. If the Nurse calls and there is no answer, the Nurse will leave a message and then try another contact number.

5. If the student needs to go home, then a parent/guardian must come and sign the student out. IDENTIFICATION WILL BE REQUIRED to sign an student out.

6. If a student brings a note or a note is faxed to the school from the student's parent/guardian, then the student may sign out.

If transferring from a Tennessee school this form should already be on file and will be transferred when official records are requested by us.

If transferring from private, out-of-state or homeschool, a Tennessee Certificate of Immunization (green form) will be required. This can be obtained through the Wilson County Health Department (located in Lebanon, TN), a local clinic, or doctor's office.

First time students in this state must have proof of physical examination not more than one year old.

School Health Information Record (Spanish Version)

Parental Consent Form for Over-the-Counter Medications

Physician Form for Medication and Procedures

HIPAA - Release of Information Form

All students should be kept home and by symptom free for at least 24 hours before returning to school if they have the following symptoms:

1. Temperature of 100 degrees or more.

2. Yellow drainage from eyes and/or matting of eyes, which could indicate pink eye.

3. Vomiting and/or diarrhea.

4. Sore throat, stomachache and headache accompanied by swollen glands around the jaws, ears and neck.

Chicken Pox - all eruptions must be scabbed over before returning to school.

Skin conditions such as scabies and impetigo must have verification from a physician that they are no longer contagious before returning to school.

Students diagnosed with head lice must have been properly treated and must be brought to school by a parent/guardian to be checked by school personnel before returning to school. Our policy is that the student must be lice and nit free.