District K Programs: Nursing Services

Yolanda Lasmarias, RN, BSN, MPA, MA
Nursing Administrator

Nursing Services - District K
1208 Magnolia Avenue
Gardena, CA 90247
(310) 354-3550 FAX (310) 523-3249

The mission of Nursing Services is to strengthen and facilitate the educational process.

This is achieved by:

  • improving and protecting the health status of children
  • assisting in the removal or modification of health related barriers to learning

The major focus is the:

  • prevention of illness and disability
  • early detection and correction of health problems - thus, Nursing Services contributes directly to LAUSD’s overall mission

HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS include:

  • conduct immunization program and audits to assure compliance
  • assess and evaluate our student's health and developmental status
  • interpret health, medical, and nursing assessments.
  • design and implement health maintenance plan to meet individual health needs
  • refer students to appropriate community resources.
  • Conduct in-service training to students, staff & parents such as (administration of medications in school, Bloodborne Pathogens, emergency drug injections like Glucagon and Epipen)
  • serve and consult as a health resource personnel to all
  • counsel regarding health related attendance problems
  • assist in resolving financial, transportation and other barriers to obtaining needed health services

For students who exhibit health barriers to learning, Nursing Services is responsible for the following activities:

  • provide technical assistance to facilitate the direct health services for all students from birth to 22 years of age, including typical/special education,
  • infants, toddlers of pre-school, pre-school students, pregnant teens and parenting teens, non-public school and homeless youngsters, neglected, and delinquent students and all other customers assiociated with the school community.
  • facilitate services to the medically fragile or technologically dependent students and witness of violence
  • address the serious issues of prevention and control of communicable diseases including Tuberculosis and vaccine preventable diseases
  • act as frontline of defense and health angels in disasters bioterrorism calamities
  • collaborate with LA County Department of Health Services, CDC & other health entities to launch new models of health care delivery.

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