Communication with your School Nurse is part of a successful school experience.
Parents/guardians are encouraged to call the School Nurse any time they have questions or concerns and specifically for the following reasons:
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It is helpful for us to know if your child is diagnosed with a contagious illness such as seasonal influenza, gastrointestinal virus, strep throat and head lice. We will be watching closely for clusters of these illnesses and send notification if there are more than several cases in a classroom and report this data to the state at the end of the school year.
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There's a new medical diagnosis or change in your child's physical, behavioral, or emotional health status
- A new or change in allergies
- A newly prescribed medication or a change in dose of a current medication
- Any injury or illness requiring emergency treatment, hospitalization, or surgery
- A head injury, suspected or diagnosed concussion
- An injury requiring sutures, casting, splints, or mobility assistance of crutches or wheelchair
- Contagious conditions such as, chickenpox, flu, strep throat, whooping cough, pneumonia, conjunctivitis, or head lice
- Your child is absent for >3 days due to physical illness, injury, or mental health condition
- There's a transitional change in your family or traumatic event that may affect your child (the birth of sibling, death of a family member or friend, family medical or mental health issues, employment, housing, military deployment, marital or relationship status of parent, or situation of abuse or violence)
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We ask that you contact the school nurse for ANY illnesses or unexpected visits to the doctor’s office. This applies during school days, weekends, and vacation weeks.