School Nursing

Waterbury School Nursing

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School Nursing

Taris Velez, RN
Hope Fenn, RN
Meghan Griffin, RN

“Waterbury School Nurses and Public Health Aides ensure that our City’s 23,000 school children are healthy, safe and ready to learn.”

The City of Waterbury was an early adopter in 1904 of the School Nursing Innovation. The Waterbury Department of Public Health has been providing school nursing services ever since 1904, to ensure that Waterbury school children are healthy, safe and ready to learn. Our Registered Nurses provide comprehensive school health services to 23,000 students, preschool through high school, at 38 Waterbury Public, parochial and private schools. Services are provided within the laws of the State of Connecticut Department of Education.

School Nursing in the City of Waterbury is an exciting and rewarding specialty nursing practice focused on supporting the health, safety and education of youth aged 3-21. To explore this career pathway, apply here:

School Nurse I

School Nurse II

School Nurse III

Waterbury School Nursing staff are focused on providing nursing excellence in compliance with American Nursing Association's Code Of Ethics for Nurses, available at:

https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/nursing-excellence/ethics/code-of-ethics-for-nurses/

Melissa Amicone, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

School Medical Advisor - Waterbury Health Department

School Based Health Centers

Waterbury Health Department and the Waterbury Public Schools collaborate to ensure that high-quality medical care, behavioral health and oral health services are available to students by means of School-Based Health Centers (SBHC). Currently, SBHC services are available to students at the following Waterbury Public Schools:

Wilby High School/North End Middle School
(Medical, Behavioral Health and Dental Services)
Crosby High School/Wallace Middle School
(Medical, Behavioral Health and Dental Services)
Driggs Elementary School
(Dental Services)

The medical care, behavioral health and oral health services are provided at the SBHCs by Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC)

The CHC staff are licensed health care providers who work with school nurses to provide expanded medical, behavioral health, and dental services to students during the school day. They work in conjunction with the student's primary care provider, to support their health care needs.

To enroll your child in a SBHC located in Waterbury, visit: https://www.sbhc1.com/

Be sure to complete the enrollment for each student at: https://www.sbhc1.com/enroll/
Enrollment and consent forms are also available to print at: https://www.sbhc1.com/forms/

For more information about CHC, visit: https://www.chc1.com/what-we-do/our-services/school-based-health/

Specialty Services for Students with Asthma

1. Standard Form: Asthma Medication Authorization & Asthma Action Plan

The Waterbury School Nurses have standardized around the use of a Connecticut Department Public Health form specifically designed to help provide quality care for students with asthma. The new form combines authorization by the student’s health care provider for up to 3 asthma medications in school with an Asthma Action Plan.

If your child has asthma, please be sure that your healthcare provider uses this form when prescribing asthma medications for use by your child in Waterbury schools. This form will provide the Waterbury School Nurses with the information needed to provide your child with quality care while at school.

ASTHMA FORMS: Your healthcare provider should use this combination Asthma Medication Authorization & Asthma Action Plan.