IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Health Related Communication:
- When communicating health related information to your child's teacher or other staff members, please notify me as well or copy me on any email communication.
Injuries and Physical Restrictions:
- If your child is injured (at school or outside of school) and is coming to school with physical restrictions or is having surgery please email or call me to discuss.
- This allows me to:
- Get necessary documentation and assess the needs of your child in order for him/her to be safe at school.
- Notify your child's teachers and necessary staff members of restrictions and monitor that they are being followed.
- Monitor your child more frequently as needed.
STUDENTS LEAVING SCHOOL EARLY DUE TO ILLNESS
If your child contacts you during the school day requesting to be picked up because he/she doesn't feel well, please ask him/her to visit Nurse O'Guin. I will assess your child to determine what interventions might be helpful to get through the school day or if he/she should be sent home. If it is determined that your child needs to go home, I will call you let you know and to arrange for pick up.
- If a student goes home due to illness, the absence for the remainder of the day may only be excused if the student has been assessed by the nurse and the parent has received a phone call or email from the nurse or a staff member requesting that the student be picked up due to illness.
- If a student is picked up or goes home due to illness without seeing the nurse or against the advisement of the nurse the absence will be considered unexcused for the remainder of the day.
HEALTHCARE RESOURCES
- Health Partnership Clinic:
- Offers primary care for children and adults, physicals, immunizations, medications, labs, acute/chronic care and behavioral and dental health services. Also offers immunizations, flu and COVID vaccines.
- Partners with SMSD and has a clinic at Shawnee Mission West High School as well as other locations.
- Provides services on a sliding scale if qualify. Accepts all patients, including underinsured and uninsured and will help families apply for medicaid if appropriate.
- You can get more information on their website here .
- Mercy and Truth:
- Offers primary care to children and adults, physicals, immunizations, medications, labs and acute/chronic care. Also offers flu and COVID vaccines.
- Provides services on a sliding scale if qualify. Accepts all patients, including underinsured and uninsured and will help families apply for medicaid if appropriate.
- Clinic located in Shawnee (75th and Quivira) and Kansas City, Kansas.
- You can get more information on their website here.
- Vibrant Health KC: (formerly Turner House)
- Offers primary care for children and adults, physicals, immunizations, medications, labs, HIV care, acute/chronic care and behavioral, and dental health services. Also offers immunizations, flu and COVID vaccines.
- Has clinic in Kansas City, Kansas
- You can get more information on their website here
- Johnson County Health Department:
- Offers immunizations, flu and COVID vaccines.
- Has a clinic in Mission and Olathe.
- Accepts most insurances and Medicaid. Will provide free immunizations for children under the age of 18 and are underinsured or uninsured.
- Vaccine information here.
- J Doc clinic:
- Student run free health clinic offering non-emergent and preventive care to uninsured and underinsured populations in populations of Greater Kansas City area. Does not provide immunizations.
- Accepts patients form Kansas and Missouri.
- On Mondays and Wednesdays evenings starting at 4:45 PM provides the following services to walk in patients:
- Prescription medications
- Lab tests
- Medical home
- Disease specific care and dietary information
- Sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment
- Behavioral health
- On Tuesday evenings starting at 4:45 PM by referral and appointment only provides the following services to patients:
- Dental
- Audiology
- Diabetic
- Dermatology
- Radiology
- Ophthalmology
- Nutrition
- Women's health
- Physical therapy
- Cardiology
- Gender affirming care
- You can get more information on their website here.