Nurse's Notes

 

REMINDERS DURING FLU AND COLD SEASON:

To avoid and prevent the spread of infections and germs, remember the following:

1. Practice good hand washing.

2. Use a Kleenex to cover both your mouth and nose when you sneeze or cough.

3. If you have dry cracked skin, treat them with cream or lotion.

4. No sharing of personal item, i.e. cups or utensils.

Keep your child home for:

1. A temperature over 100 degrees.

2. Nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea.

3. Severe cold; running nose, frequent sneezing and/or coughing, etc.


REMEMBER: YOUR CHILD NEEDS TO BE FEVER-FREE FOR 24 HRS WITHOUT THE USE OF FEVER-REDUCING MEDICINE(i.e. TYLENOL OR MOTRIN), BEFORE RETURNING TO SCHOOL.

Lice

Although lice can be found anytime during the year, they are seen most frequently during the winter months. Encourage your child not to share coats, brushes, combs, hats, helmets or scarves with classmates. Since lice do not jump or fly, they must travel from person to person on clothing and hair accessories. Children in the school may be spot checked by the nurses at different times during the school year. Please check your child periodically at home also. A red rash around the hairline, itching and small white “nits” attached to the hair could indicate a head lice problem. If so, begin treatment immediately and contact the nurses office.

 

Thank you,

Liz Worden, RN                                             Patricia Ochenduszko, RN


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Action Steps for Parents to Protect Your Child and Family from the Flu this School Year

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends 4 main ways you and your family may keep from getting sick with the flu at school and at home:

  • Practice good hand hygiene by washing your hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
  • Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.  If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your elbow or shoulder; not into your hands.
  • Stay home if you or your child is sick for at least 24 hours after there is no longer a fever or signs of a fever (without the use of fever-reducing medicine). Keeping sick students at home means that they keep their viruses to themselves rather than sharing them with others.
  • Get your family vaccinated for seasonal flu and 2009 H1N1 flu when vaccines are available.

 

If flu conditions become MORE severe, parents should consider the following steps:

  • Extend the time sick children stay home for at least 7 days, even if they feel better sooner. People who are still sick after 7 days should continue to stay home until at least 24 hours after symptoms have completely gone away.
  • If a household member is sick, keep any school-aged brothers or sisters home for 5 days from the time the household member became sick. Parents should monitor their health and the health of other school-aged children for fever and other symptoms of the flu.

 

Follow these steps to prepare for the flu during the 2009-2010 school year:

  • Plan for child care at home if your child gets sick or their school is dismissed.
  • Plan to monitor the health of the sick child and any other children in the household by checking for fever and other symptoms of flu.
  • Identify if you have children who are at higher risk of serious disease from the flu and talk to your healthcare provider about a plan to protect them during the flu season.  Children at high risk of serious disease from the flu include: children under 5 years of age and those children with chronic medical conditions, such as asthma and diabetes.
  • Identify a separate room in the house for the care of sick family members.
  • Update emergency contact lists.
  • Collect games, books, DVDs and other items to keep your family entertained if schools are dismissed or your child is sick and must stay home.

Talk to your school administrators about their pandemic or emergency plan.

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MEDICATIONS

1.    Please remember that all medications, prescription and over the  counter, including cough drops, must be brought to the nurses office at the beginning of the school day.  They must be in the original container with a note from the physician if a prescription, or from a parent if the medication is over the counter, stating how the medication is to be given, i.e. for what reason or at a certain time of the day.

2. Please let the nurses know if your child is on any prescription medication at home and when the medication is discontinued, if at all during the school year.  This will help us in caring for your child.  Many medications have side effects which we can monitor, but only if we know they are on the medication.

3.  It would be helpful to the nurses if you can send a note in with your child if you gave him/her any medication, not routine meds, such as Tylenol (Acetaminophen), Motrin or Advil (Ibuprofen) or cold medications which contain acetaminophen or ibuprofen.  This is especially true with children in the lower grades.  This can be very helpful, for example, if your child came to the nurse’s office complaining of a headache before noon and we knew that they had received medication for this before school as we would not want to medicate again before the recommended time. 

    

**Please continue to encourage your child to eat a nutritious breakfast to help enhance their learning and minimize the possibility of weakness and faintness.  This is especially important on the days we attend Mass and go on field trips.

 

 

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