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Welcome To District Health Services

District Health Services Believes:

"Children must be healthy to be educated, and educated to be healthy"

Dr. Jocelyn Elder, Former U.S. Surgeon General

 

District Health Services (DHS)

School House RN

This department believes that optimal learning requires good health. DHS works to ensure the health and well-being of students and staff by developing, implementing, and delivering school health services and programs. The office includes a Director, 2 Professional Assistants III, and 23  Registered Nurses (19 Cluster Nurses and 6 Special Education Nurses). All DHS Nurses bring years of pediatric and healthcare experience.

DHS delivers school health services through a team approach with registered nurses and clinic assistants who work in the school clinics. District Health Services serves as a resource for all school health related issues.

Programs and Services

  • Oversight of the school-based clinics
  • First Aid and CPR Training
  • Coordination of the district Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Program
  • Immunization audit compliance oversight and assistance
  • Oversight of State Mandated Screenings
  • Provide health education and inservice trainings
  • Promotion of wellness activities
  • Management and prevention of communicable diseases
  • Emergency care and crisis intervention
  • Provides direct care to medically fragile students

District Health Services and Academic Success

There is a clear connection between school nursing interventions and student's success in classrooms. School Nurses help:

  • Manage acute and chronic illnesses
  • Reduce the number of students sent home sick and reduce unnecessary absenteeism due to health related issues
  • Establishing policies and procedures for school health issues and procedures
  • Provide and coordinate school health screenings (vision and scoliosis)
  • Identify and address health related barriers to learning
  • Support nutritional, comfort and clothing needs

District Health Services
6201 Powers Ferry Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
Phone: 470-254-2177
Fax: 866-422-8167

Lynne Meadows, MSN, RN, FNASN
Director
meadowsl@fultonschools.org
Phone: 470-254-2177
Fax: 866-422-8167

Styland Scott
Professional Assistant III
scotts5@fultonschools.org 
Phone: 470-254-2177
Fax: 866-422-8167

Aliyah Lozada
Professional Assistant III
lozadaa1@fultonschools.org
Phone: 470-254-2177
Fax: 866-422-8167

                                                                                                                                                   

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School Closed (Winter Break) - EEACS

December 23rd-January 6th 

Enjoy The Break!

 

 

Is Medicine Safety on Your Holiday To-Do List?  

The fall and winter holidays are a time when viral infections are common. This often means families have more medicines in the home to relieve symptoms of runny noses, coughs, and aches that come with virus season. 

Each year, approximately 35,000 young children are rushed to the emergency room because they got into medicines that were left within their reach. Healthcare providers can help remind parents, grandparents, and other caregivers to keep all medicines up and away and out of reach and sight of young children. This includes putting vitamins and other supplements, including those in gummy form, up and away too. 

A grandmother sitting in a chair reading a book in the living room. A baby is crawling next to her, reaching into her purse containing medicines. Text in a blue box in the top of image reads “Keep Children Safe. If they can reach it, they can eat it.

 

 

Share these safe medicine storage tips during the holidays and always:

  • Store medicines in a safe location that is too high for young children to reach or see.
  • Never leave medicines or supplements out on a kitchen counter or at a sick child’s bedside, even if you must give the medicine again in a few hours.
  • Always relock the safety cap on a medicine bottle. If it has a locking cap that turns, twist it until you can’t twist anymore or until you hear the “click.”
  • Tell children what medicine is and why you or another trusted caregiver must be the one to give it to them.
  • Never tell children medicine is candy, even if they don’t like to take their medicine.
  • Remind houseguests, babysitters, and visitors to keep purses, bags, or coats that have medicines in them up and away and out of reach and sight when they’re in your home.
  • Call Poison Help at 800-222-1222 right away if you think your child might have gotten into a medicine, vitamin, or other supplement, even if you are not completely sure.

Find more helpful tips and up and away educational resources by visiting UpAndAway.org.

 

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