OSA Health Office

Welcome to the OSA Health Office Page

DEFINITION OF SCHOOL NURSING:
“School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success and lifelong achievement of students.  To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and/or potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy and learning.”
-National Association of School Nurses, 1999
Nurse Crew:
Kelly Beecher BSN, RN 
School Nurse Leader 
Kbeecher@osacharter.org
Phone Number (774)922-1841
Fax Number (774)214-9927
Building A Grades K-5

Susan Rabbitt, RN
School Nurse
Srabbitt@osacharter.org
Phone Number (774)200-8865
Building B & C Grades 6-8
Services provided:
  • First aid, triage, emergency care including specific care for allergies, asthma, diabetes, seizures, and others health conditions 
  • Medication administration
  • Screenings- vision, hearing, growth, postural, and SBIRT, completed depending on grade level 
  • Keeping health records and immunizations 

For all medication being given at school there are 4 major components: 
  • Medication must be in the original pharmacy container labeled
  • Medication is to be hand delivered from parent/guardian to the school nurse
  • A medication order signed by a physician/NP/PA must be obtained
  • Parent/guardian must sign a consent form prior to any medication being given at school (attached under forms) 

When to keep your child home:
  • Fever, vomiting, or diarrhea, can return when symptom free for 24 hours without medication
  • Strep throat, until 24 hours of antibiotic in use
  • Conjunctivitis, until 24 hours of antibiotic in use
  • Presence of live lice, can return with nits and treatment done ​
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