Our Clinic
The school nursing service at Lagos Preparatory School is focused on the needs of the individual child or young person in the school community as a whole, as well as, parents and careers.


The key responsibilities of the school nurse

• Making an assessment of the health needs of the school and developing a health development plan.
• Working in partnership with children, parents, and school community to address identified needs.
• Supporting, advising, counseling and referring children experiencing mental health problems or any other health problem.
• Helping and supporting parents to promote good parenting skills.
• Supporting vulnerable children and young people; working alongside teachers, social workers and other professionals.
• Providing nursing care, support and advice for children and young people with special needs.
• Providing training for school - based staff to support children with health care needs e.g. asthma etc.
• Providing support and advice for parents, careers and school staff on childhood illness and the management and control of infection and communicable diseases.
• Carrying out health assessment e.g. height, weight, vision and hearing.

The current emphasis on health promotion in schools and the community means that this is also a key part of the school nurse's role and this focuses on:

• Nutrition and physical activity.
• Mental health and wellbeing.
• Sexual health and relationships.
• Oral and dental health.
• Substance abuse, including smoking and alcohol.

The Nurse at Lagos Preparatory School also serves as a consultant to school personnel, parents, as well as to the community and social agencies.

Duties and responsibilities

• Conduct state mandated health screening programme.
• Refer parents of students needing medical care or social assistance to the appropriate private or community resource.
• Serve as a health education resource person to the school staff, students and parent community.
• Assist the school secretary in administration of first aid and the regulation of communicable disease control.
• Supervise volunteers assisting in health appraisal programmes.
• Assist in identification of safety and health hazards on the school sites.
• Maintain health records of all students as part of the student{s} cumulative records.
• Interpret the health and developmental assessment to parents, teachers, administrators and other professionals directly concerned with the student.
• Interpret medical and nursing findings appropriate to the student{s} individual educational plan {IEP} and make recommendations to professional personnel directly involved.
• Inform appropriate school personnel of health and physical liabilities of students.
• Counsel with parents, students, and school staff regarding health related attendance problems.
• Participate in the evaluation and planning process of students in special education.
• Serve on site based student study teams, as appropriate.
• Assure that every student{s} immunization is in compliance with the law.
• Maintain professional competence through participation in professional organizations related to the school.
• Perform other nursing duties as assigned by the head of the school.

ACTIVITIES IN THE CLINIC
Quarterly deworming Exercise{March, June, September and December}
Yearly Eye Test{By an Ophthalmologist}
Yearly Dental Check{By a Dentist}
Yearly Hearing Assessment{By an Audiologist}
Growth monitoring.
Regular Health Talks to pupils.