Coweta County School System’s School nurses began the school year with a meeting at the systems Werz Drive central offices, to discuss the upcoming year.

The system’s nursing staff discussed state of Georgia guidelines and state-wide school nursing issues, and planned for their activities during the new school year.

Each of Coweta County's 31 public schools have a school clinic staffed by a licensed nurse.  They serve Coweta County School System’s 22,600 students and 3,000 staff members in many ways throughout the school year.

In the 2016-17 school year, school nurses treated 106,925 student illnesses and injuries, supervised 79,058 medication administrations, and performed 34,393 special procedures for students including blood sugar checks, catheterizations, tube feedings and other procedures.  Other duties included conferencing with teachers and parents concerning students’ medical needs, immunization record surveillance, monitoring community health issues that may impact schools, and conducting routine health screenings like vision, hearing, and scoliosis screenings.  Nurses even reported 7,195 employee visits during the school year.

Nurses’ activities are all done with the aim of supporting student learning throughout the school day.  “The main question we ask ourselves is ‘can this student return to the classroom and learn at their best today?” said system head nurse Sally Millians.