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 * R. Draper, RN **

469-742-6914 Clinic Phone
After June 3rd the clinic number will be 469-302-6914, but no one will be answering this phone regularly until mid August 2012.

469-742-6901 FAX (Please use ATTN: NURSE to insure deliver to me.)
After June 3rd the fax number will be 469-302-6901.

rdraper@mckinneyisd.net

 * ====Nursing has come a long way since starched white uniforms and caps. Today, school nursing is recognized as a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success, and life-long achievement and health of students. You would be hard pressed to find a school nurse wearing all white these days, but each school nurse should still bring professional behavior and accountability to his/her campus everyday. The nurse is at school to promote health and safety; intervene with actual or potential health problems; provide case management for those with chronic or acute health problems that could impact the educational process; and collaborate with other members of the educational team to assist students and families to move towards lifelong success in the areas of adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy, and learning; and in so doing promotes nursing to the next generation as the worthwhile profession that it is.====




 * ====**Medications remaining in the clinic will be destroyed after school is dismissed on May 31st. This includes inhalers and diabetes supplies. Please make arrangements now for a parent or guardian to pick up any leftover medications because no medicines may be released to students.** You may reach me at the phone number and e-mail address listed at the top of this page.====




 * ====Click on the links below to see why it is important to get the meningococcal vaccine. ====


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 * ====The meningococcal vaccine (MCV) is just one of the vaccines required for entrance into seventh grade. Parents of sixth graders still needing immunizations before entrance into seventh grade received letters from the nurse in December. Parents of new sixth graders have also received letters by now if their students still need vaccines. Please provide proof of these immunizations as soon as possible to avoid any delays in processing your child’s 7th grade schedule for next year. You may fax the proof to 469-742-6901 attention: NURSE or scan the proof and e-mail it to rdraper@mckinneyisd.net . A hard copy of the proof is always welcomed, too! ====




 * ==== What's in a name? For the past 15 years a sign that read "FAUBION CLINIC--Where Lions Look for Comfort" has hung on the FMS Nurse's Office door. I put it up there 15 years ago simply because I thought it was a nice saying. I never thought about how, with that sign, I was sending the wrong message. The school clinic should not be thought of as a place where every minor ache or pain, bump or bruise, or illness needs treatment. Instead, it should be utilized more often as part of the educational system to teach students, parents, and faculty the important choices they can make to optimize their own wellness. Therefore, from now on the Faubion Middle School Clinic will be known as ... (drumroll please)... the FMS WELLNESS ZONE, and the new sign on the door will declare " Where Lions learn positive choices for their bodies, minds, and spirits! " ====




 * ==== It's heating up out there! Take steps to protect yourself when out in the sun. The American Cancer Society advises us to **SLIP, SLOP, SLAP, and WRAP**:====
 * 1) ====**Slip on a shirt!** 2. **Slop on the sunscreen!** 3. **Slap on a hat!** 4. **Wrap on sunglasses!**====
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 * ==== Give up soda! It's easier than you think! Try doing it for just one week. Substitute water, milk, or an occasional 100% fruit juice. You will be better hydrated. You won't be carrying around all those empty calories which lead to weight gain, and you will be cooler! Drinking caffeinated sodas truly raises your body temperature, and when you combine that with excessively hot weather, you can enter a danger zone without even realizing it. Hold each other accountable--yes, this means that you may admonish me, too, if you catch me with a soda! And if you make it through the first week, then extend that week one day at a time and see how long you can go without a //sugary, caffeinated, teeth-staining, highly-acidic, burp-producing soda.//====