Health center to prepare for student, staff flu shots

Beats

September 24, 2014

Katie Goulden, nurses’ assistant and senior, works on her homework in the health center during her nurses’ assistant period. Goulden said, “I normally just do my homework when we aren’t helping the nurses, which is the majority of the time, but I’ll sometimes deliver passes or maybe help walk a student to class.”

The nurses in the health center just recently finished gathering immunization records, and are now preparing for the annual students and staff flu shots, according to nurse coordinator Kandyce Hardie.

“For all of our seniors who are missing their meningitis shots, we’ve just finished contacting them and most of our seniors have them in at this point or are getting appointments,” Hardie said. “The next thing would be … when we’re going to get our students and staff flu shots, so that’s the next thing in the fall. And then it’s also the start of the flu season, so that’s the next thing we’re really looking ahead to.”

With their frequently busy schedules, especially recently with gathering immunization records, the nurses ask the nurses’ assistants to assist them with various tasks around the health center, including making ice packs, stocking supplies, running passes to students and helping other students to their classrooms.

However, Katie Goulden, nurses’ assistant and senior, said the majority of the time, the nurses don’t need much help, leaving an abundance of free time on her hands.

Goulden said, “(The nurses’ assistants) just hang out and do our homework or read a book, and then occasionally we have to run a pass down to get a student or help the nurses if there are too many students in (the health center).”

Amid Dance Moms revival, dancers, counselor weigh in on representation of dance culture in media News of “Dance Moms: A New Era” left many “Dance Moms” fans highly skeptical of its ability to live up to the original series. Despite the popularity of “Dance Moms” and its legacy in pop culture, viewers acknowledge the problematic…
Counselor, students examine social media habits, doomscrolling’s effects on mental health For senior Lala Xiong, social media can be an addictive and exciting experience that is hard to control effectively. “I enjoy social media because it’s entertaining and my friends are all on it. I guess I find it hard to…
Misinformation of U.S. history shapes inaccurate student opinions, harms minority students Senior Gideon Goldstein said he recalled inaccuracies in one of his very first history lessons in public school. “I remember in Kindergarten when we had this play that we did where all the Native Americans were wearing feathers and the…

HiLite

HiLite

HiLite

hilitenews

Health center to prepare for student, staff flu shots

Related Posts:

Comments (0)