Health Services Department
Healing & Helping Students at Southeast Polk Community School District
School Nursing is a healthcare specialty requiring specific expertise in nursing, public health, and education. Our school nurses are licensed, registered nurses educated to address the wide range of health topics that impact children at school:
- Identify health concerns through assessments and observations
- Provide health care counseling or guidance to students, families, and staff
- Conduct Care Coordination including case management, chronic disease management, care planning, and assistance in finding a medical home or other health care providers
- Provide medication management
- Provide health screenings, referrals, and follow-up
- Ensure immunization compliance and coordination of other health mandates according to state requirements
- Provide Health education, promotion, and disease prevention
Immunization General Guidelines
- Iowa HHS completed immunization record
- Iowa HHS religious exemption record or
- Iowa HHS medical exemption record signed by a prescribing doctor specifying that the immunizations required would be injurious to the student or to any household member.
- Please note: Exemptions do not apply when the Iowa Council of Health and Human Services has determined and the Director of Iowa Health and Human Services has declared an emergency or epidemic exists.
Immunization forms are available in the “Important Health Documents By Grade” found below on this page, your school health office, or through your child’s health care provider.
Please contact your school nurse or email Nicole Wilson, District Nurse, at nicole.wilson@southeastpolk.org with any questions.
Important Health Documents By Grade
**Any student grades 7th – 12th who participate in sports or extracurricular activities is required to upload an Iowa Athletic Pre-Participation Physical Examination when they register for the activity here.
Please follow these guidelines to help keep our students and staff healthy and safe.
Stay Home
Please keep your child home if they have any of these symptoms:
- Fever of 100.4º or higher
- Diarrhea
- Diagnosed with Strep Throat
- Vomited
Return to School
Only allow your child to return to school after the following guidelines have been met:
- Fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication
- No diarrhea episodes for 24 hours
- On antibiotics for at least 24 hours, and the symptoms are improving
- Not vomited in the last 24 hours
Contact the Southeast Polk Health Services Department
 | Name: Nicole Wilson First Name: Nicole Last Name: Wilson Title: District Nurse Phone: (515) 967-5533 Email: nicole.wilson@southeastpolk.org Building: Alternative Programs |