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School Health

Preventive and emergency school-based health services are provided to public school children in grades kindergarten (K) through twelve (12).

Services are provided in accordance with a local School Health Services Plan jointly developed by the Orange County Health Department, Orange County School District and Orange County School Health Advisory Committee.

School-based health services are an important component of the public health system and help to assure that Florida's students are healthy, in the classroom, and ready to learn.

School nurses enhance health within the school and community by providing health appraisals, nursing assessments, nutrition assessments, preventive dental services, periodic health screenings, health counseling, referral and follow-up of suspected or confirmed health problems, emergency health services, and promoting activities to reduce risk-taking behaviors . 

School nurses also collaborate with parents, teachers, social workers, and other health care providers to develop care plans, identify available health resources, and identify the need for health referrals to address specific health problems discovered through mandated health screenings and assessments.