Upon acceptance and throughout their duration at Nido de Aguilas, all students receive Cost-free insurance at the Clinica Alemana which covers them for accidents of a traumatic nature, 24 hours-a-day, throughout the calendar year. It takes a while for the Clinic to issue each student an individual I.D. card. However, in the interim, should your child require emergency attention, you need only go to the Clinic’s "URGENCIA ESCOLAR" (Student Emergency Service) and state the school and your child’s name, in order to receive prompt medical attention.

The nurse may administer medication for minor, routine health problems and injuries to students as needed but not antibiotics or tranquilizers. If a student is required to take regular oral medication during school hours, the nurse may administer the medication following a written signed request from the parents. Parents must also inform the school of any change in the student's health or medication.

Included also in the nurse's scope of responsibilities is the identification of health problems. The nurse will work with teachers, principals, guidance personnel and parents in helping students obtain appropriate attention for specific health problems. Nurse’s routine duties include:

1. Screening yearly for grades 1st, 3rd, 5th for:
• Sight
• Hearing
• Weight
• Height.

2. Implementation of Chilean Vaccination Program Organization in accordance with the new policy of the Health Ministery in Chile.
• 1st and 2nd grade MMR Tresvirica (mumps,measles, rubella) as well as Toxoide DT (diphtheria, tetanus).

3. Monthly checking for pediculosis (head lice) of all Pre-Kinder, Kinder I, Kinder II and 1st grade students.

4. Maintain a Health List for ALL school students with medical information, Prescribed medications, allergies and parents’ emergency phones.

5. Prepare Memos to parents on any communicable diseases whether, detected in school or reported by a parent.

6. Regularly restock First Aid Kits located throughout campus.

7. Provide monthly health article for Gazette.

8. Attend and provide imput at Weekly Elementary Student Study Team.

9. Attend monthly Student Support Services Meeting.

10. Attend monthly Asociacion Chilena de Seguridad Meeting
(safety committee).

11. Prepare Classroom health presentations for students:
• Kinder = Healthy Eating Habits
• 4th grade = Hygiene
• 5th grade = Introduction to Body Changes
• Middle School = Sex Education, Reproduction, Diseases.






1. Student is assessed in the Health Unit.

2. If it is necessary to go home, a parent (mother or father) is contacted by phone and informed of student's condition by the nurse.

3. The student waits in the Health Unit for a parent or authorized person to pick him/her up and take them home.

4. The Principal, principal's secretary and transport office are informed that student has gone home sick and the time that he/she left the Health Unit.

5. All students must give Permission to Leave School Slip to guards on departure from school grounds.

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All medical certificates should be handed into the Health Unit as soon as possible. If the certificate excuses student from physical education, this information will be routed to the principal, secretary, counselor and P.E. teacher.

Nurses working in Nido Health Unit:
•Claudia de Petris (EU, Chile)
• Claudia Quirland (EU, Chile)
• Patricia Cramer (EU, Chile)