Fairgrounds Elementary School
School Nurse
Carol Dillon RN
To prevent the spread of illness due to close contact, sick children should not attend school. Healthy students perform better in school. Children benefit from extra rest and will ultimately be sick less if kept at home when ill.
Reasons to Keep Your Child Home:
*Fever
* Any vomiting or diarrhea during the night or morning.
* Cough or cold symptoms that have kept the child up at night or are persistent.
* Thick discolored drainage from nose
* Crusty, itchy, draining, red eyes
* Head Lice. Student must be lice/nit free upon returning to school.
* An undiagnosed rash. Contact your physician if your child has a rash, skin lesion or skin irritation.
* Pain. If your child requires prescription medicine for pain control due to injury or illness he/she should not come to school.
* Please notify the School Nurse if your child is diagnosed with a contagious illness, such as; strep throat, conjunctivitis (pink eye), skin infection, hepatitis, chicken pox.
* Students who are being treated with an antibiotic must complete 24 hours of antibiotic treatment and be fever-free before returning to school.
A Note from the Doctor
In the case of prolonged illness (more than 3 days), serious injury such as sprain, fracture, eye injury, burn, laceration, surgery… Upon returning to school, a physicians note is required, stating what restrictions are necessary.
* Students will not be excused from gym or recess without a note from a physician.
The Flu
Signs and symptoms include
high fever, headache, dry cough, sore throat, nausea, diarrhea, weakness and muscle aches. The flu can easily spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes near others.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends vaccination as the best way to protect children against the flu. To learn more about the flu virus see: www.cdc.gov/flu. Contact your physician to schedule a flu shot.
Medication
If your child requires a prescription medication while at school, parents must bring the medication to the nurse in original container with a written order/prescription from the Doctor. (Do not send medication to school in your child’s back pack). Parents will be required to sign a hold harmless agreement allowing the school nurse to give the medication.
Children with asthma, should have an inhaler available with the nurse.
Over the counter medication such as Benadryl or cough medicine should not be carried with the child.
Head Lice
Please check your child’s head weekly for head lice. Discourage close contact and the sharing of brushes, combs or hats.
If your child is found to have head lice, please inform the school nurse, and follow the treatment exactly as directed. Remove all nits. Parent should accompany the child to school the next day for a re-check by the nurse. Any nits that are not removed, may hatch within 7-10 days even after using anti lice shampoo such as NIX or RID. Getting rid of head lice requires hard work and patience. Please see the link below regarding treatment of head lice. http://www.cdc.gov/lice/head/treatment.html#general
Peanut/Nut Allergies
For the safety of our students with peanut/nut allergies please do not send in foods for parties or class celebrations that contain peanuts/nuts. Exposure to peanuts/nuts can be life threatening. Please let the nurse know if your child has any food allergies.
Other Important Links:
West NileVirus: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/resources/WNV_factsheet.pdf
EEE (Eastern Equine Encephalitis): http://www.cdc.gov/print.do?url=http3A//www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/arbor/eeefact.htm
Lyme Disease: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/index.htm