| Dear
Students,
As the
Director of the Health and Wellness Center,
I’d like to welcome you to Schreiner
University! The Health and Wellness Center
is located on the lower level of the Cailloux Activity Center. The Center is
staffed with an RN 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday and provides basic first aid
and assessment of minor illnesses and
injuries with medical referral as necessary.
Educational and wellness programs are
provided throughout the year, and numerous
resources are available to the student in
the Wellness Center Conference Room.
The following
forms and records are extremely
important to you and enable the nurse to
help you should you become sick or injured.
They must be on file in the Health and
Wellness Center prior to the student’s
residence hall check-in. *Please
return these forms and records in the
enclosed envelope or to the above address or
faxed to 830.792.7304.
*HEALTH
FORM: All residential and
international students are required to have
a Health Form on file in the Health Center.
Complete this form in its entirety
including emergency contact information,
immunization information, health information
and signatures. In your admission packet is
information on Bacterial Meningitis. It is
required that you sign the area on the
health form indicating that you received
this information. Return this form as
described above.
*IMMUNIZATION RECORD: All
residential and international students are
required to have an immunization record on
file in the Health Center. All international
students are required to have a TB test
completed within the last year with
documentation of results. We request your
adherence to our recommendations, supported
by the Texas Department of Health, that
students present immunization proof for MMR
(Measles, Mumps, Rubella), Polio (not
recommended for persons over 18) and T/D
(Tetanus/Diphtheria) or T-dap
(Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis). Other
recommended vaccines include Hepatitis A,
Hepatitis B and the Meningococcal vaccine.
Complete the Health Form section on
Immunizations or attach a copy (not
original) or your immunizations and return
as described above. (Exceptions or waivers
due to religious or other circumstances may
be made through the Health and Wellness
Center.)
HEALTH
INSURANCE: (Required of all
residential and international students and
recommended for all students.) All
residential and international
students are automatically billed for
student accident and sickness insurance on
their student account unless there is proof
of comparable existing insurance coverage.
If you have proof of comparable existing
coverage and wish to waive out of this
insurance plan, you may waive coverage at
http://students.schreiner.edu/health/health_ins.htm
during the open enrollment period listed
below:
New student open enrollment: July 1,
2008 through August 29, 2008
Returning student open enrollment:
June 15, 2008 through August 29, 2008
(if enrolling for Spring Semester, December
1, 2008 through January 16, 2009)
Health Insurance is mandatory for
residential and international students as it
insures students can access health care off
campus, consult a specialist and have
coverage for emergency and hospitalization.
Costly medical bills can impose tremendous
hardships and even necessitate withdrawal
from school. All students are encouraged to
carry a copy of their insurance card to
avoid delay in healthcare in an emergency
and to provide updated information via the
online web waiver at any time when it
changes.
Information regarding this insurance plan
will be provided via direct mailings, during
Mountaineer Days and
Monty Days or by
visiting the Schreiner University website
at:
http://students.schreiner.edu/health.
Thank you for returning your forms in the
enclosed envelope promptly and I look
forward to getting to know each of you.
If you have any questions about the on-line
waiver process or benefits, you may call
830.792.7279.
Respectfully,
Gloria Algeo, R.N.
Health and Wellness Director |
