School Nurse
Welcome to Nursing Services!
Our Nursing Services team is made up of LPN and RN nurses who
school nurses:
- Dispense approved medication
- Assist with illness and injury experienced at school
- Screen students (see Health Screening below)
revised covid protocol sheet - victoria shared in google docs
Health Screenings
School Nurse
Health Form
Students are required to submit a confidential health form upon enrollment in the district.
An updated form should be completed yearly in elementary and middle school, and then in9th and 11th grade, plus whenever changes occur: new medications, allergies, etc.
Guidelines for Keeping Your Child Home from School
Parents often wonder whether or not they should send their child to school when they have a mild illness. Below you will find guidelines for keeping your child home due to illness. Please call your child’s school daily to report their absences.
- Fever of 100°F or greater
- They should stay home until 24 hours after their temperature has returned to normal (without the use of fever-reducing medications).
- Vomiting or Diarrhea
- They should stay home until 24 hours after the last episode.
- Rash that might be disease related or unknown cause
- Check with your primary care provider before sending student to school.
- On antibiotics for any reason
- Keep them at home until they’ve had a full 24 hours of medication.
- Purulent (pus-like) eye drainage.
- Symptoms of severe illness such as: unusual fatigue, uncontrolled cough, difficulty breathing.
- Any illness in which your child is unable to participate and function properly in school.
If your child is ill, please call the school DAILY to report the illness.
If you have any questions about these guidelines, feel welcome to contact your family physician or your school nurse.
Return to School
See below for table of common childhood illnesses, their symptoms, incubation period and quick glance at when they can return to school.
|
Disease |
Symptoms |
Incubation Period |
Student Should Stay Home |
|
Pink Eye |
Red, itchy eyes, pus-like drainage from eyes |
1 to 3 days |
no exclusion unless child has a fever or is unable to participate in routine activities |
|
Influenza (Flu) |
Fever, muscle aches, sore throat, cough, congestion, fatigue |
1 to 3 days |
Until 24 hours without fever and well enough to return to usual activities |
|
Mono |
Fever, sore throat, swollen glands, headache, fatigue |
4 to 6 weeks |
Until well enough to return to usual activities; Physician authorization for sports participation |
|
Chicken Pox |
Fever, itchy rash with red bumps, blisters, pustules and scabs |
10 to 21 days |
until all blisters have dried into scabs, usually 6 days after the rash began |
|
Head Lice |
Live crawling lice, nits (lice eggs)attached to hair shaft, itchy head and neck |
7 to 10 days |
treatment recommended before returning to school |
|
Ringworm |
Body: Flat, round lesions that clear in the center and may have a raised border; Scalp: Round scaly patch with broken off hair shaft |
Body: 4 to 10 days; Scalp: 10 to 14 days |
Until 24 hours after treatment began |
|
Impetigo |
Skin lesions with yellow discharge that dries, crusts and sticks to the skin |
1 to 10 days |
Until 24 hours after treatment began |
|
Strep Throat |
Fever, sore throat, headache, nausea, vomiting, sometimes a fine, red rash (scarlatina) |
2 to 5 days |
until 12 hours after starting antibiotic treatment and without fever for 24 hours |