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Elementary School Nurse

MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION RECORD

Please complete the Medication Administration Record when a student's medication is required to be administered during the school day. This includes Asthma Inhaler and Epinephrine Autoinjector Use.

BREAKFAST

Please be sure your child eats breakfast at home or take advantage of the breakfast the school provides. There are several children who come to the office first thing in the morning with complaints of headaches or stomach aches and report they have not eaten breakfast. Please help us by ensuring your child has been provided the opportunity for breakfast to start their day off right.

CHANGE OF CLOTHING

Please provide a change of clothing including undergarments in your child's book bag. We have had numerous issues this year and we anticipate more as the weather changes and kids get wet outside. This will save a lot of time for everyone. We do have some extra clothes that we keep in the office but would appreciate it if you could help us to ensure your child has what  they need.

HANDWASHING
All students in the district have been educated on the importance of handwashing, covering their coughs and sneezes, staying home if they are sick, and flu vaccinations. There will be hand sanitizer located in all the classrooms and students are encouraged to use it  frequently. We are also particpating in some surveillence for the health department in regards to student illnesses. When a parent calls a student in absent, the secretaries will be asking for specific symptoms. For example fever, muscle aches, common cold symptoms, headache, Gatsrointestinal symptoms(vomiting, diarrhea) or other illness. This information will help us in determing potential clusters of illness.

GUIDELINES TO DETERMINE IF YOUR CHILD SHOULD STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL

Illness prevents your child from participating comfortably in activities. The illness results in greater need for care than the staff can provide.

If the child has any of the following conditions, unless a health care professional determines otherwise, we recommend your child stay home from school:

• Appears to be severly ill
• Fever: temperature of 100F or above and/or other signs and symptoms (sore throat, rash, earache, vomitting, diarrhea)
• Marked Drowsiness/Malaise (a vague feeling of physical discomfort or uneasiness) as seen early in an illness
• Diarrhea: defined as an unusual number of stools or unusually liquid stools compared to child's normal pattern.
• Blood in Stools: not explained by dietary changes, medication, or constipation
• Vomitting/Nausea
• Severe Abdominal Pain (or less severe abdominal pain that continues for more than 2 hours)
• Mouth Sores
• Rash with fever
• Sore throat, cold and persistent cough: a child with a "heavy" cold and hacking cough should be in bed even if there is no fever. A child complaining of just sore throat with no other symptoms may go to school. If white spots noted in back of throat or fever present, they should stay home and a doctor should be called.
• Any break in skin in the weeping/oozing stage: unless protected (covered) well and diagnosed as noninfectious.
• Infected Eyes: with discharge until 24 hours after treatment started by a doctor. A clear watery discharge (viral) may not require exclusion
• Impetigo: until 24 hours after treatment started.
• Streptococcal Infection:(strep throat) until 24 hours after treatment started.
• Head Lice: until after the first treatment
• Scabies: until after treatment has been given.
• Chicken Pox: until all lesions have dried or crusted (about 1 week after onset of rash)
• Pertussis (Whooping Cough): until 5 days of appropriate antibiotic treatment
• Hepatitis A: until 1 week after onset of illness or jaundice or as directed by a physician.
• Any condition determined by the local health dept to be contributing to the transmission of illness during an outbreak