The goal of the school nurse is to help students stay in school and minimize absences whenever possible.
Health Office
Student health is a team effort between students, parents/guardians and the health office. The nurse looks forward to caring for all our students’ healthcare needs both big and small. The nurse is at TA Monday-Thursday. Please don’t hesitate to call or email.
Resiliency
Students and parents/guardians recently science has shown that improving resiliency helps decrease anxiety and increases success in school. One helpful way to learn about resiliency is a helpful Australian app which provides a resiliency program for families, https://www.
Student Illness
What to do when your student is ill:
- If your child is ill or injured and not able to attend school, please contact the School Nurse
- Let us know what symptoms they are having when you call in.
- If your child has: a fever over 100.0 degrees, vomiting, headache, sore throat, nausea, diarrhea, significant congestion (that’s not allergies), communicable rash (scarlet fever, impetigo) they must stay home.
- If there is a concern that a student might have Covid, please contact the School Nurse and follow the Covid exposure procedure outlined below. Take home Covid test kits and N95 masks are available in the Health Office and TA’s Main Office.
Medications and Health Conditions
Prescription medications:
- Must be kept in the Health Office.
- Parents/guardians must get a current medication order to the School Nurse before medication can be given at school.
- The student’s provider must send in permission (to the Health Office) to self-carry an inhaler or epi-pen.
Over-the-counter medications:
- A student needs written parent/guardian approval to take over-the-counter medications at school; students can bring a written note or have parents email permission to the School Nurse.
- Approved over-the-counter medications will be administered in the Health Office or in the Main Office (in the event that the School Nurse is unavailable).
Field Trips and Sports:
- Parents please remember that you are responsible for making sure your student has their medication (rescue inhaler/epi-pen etc.) when going on a school-sponsored field trip or athletic event.
- Students, please remember you are asked to get the medicine to your teacher or coach at the start of the field trip or game.
Respiratory Viruses:
- You can go back to your normal activities when, for at least 24 hours, both are true:
- Your symptoms are getting better overall, and
- You have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication).
- When you go back to your normal activities, take added precautions over the next 5 days, such as opening a window/running an air-purifier, practicing good hygiene, wearing a well-fitted mask, physical distancing or testing for times when you will be around other people. Taking precaution is especially important to protect people with factors that increase their risk of severe illness from respiratory viruses (for example the elderly or someone with asthma).
From the CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/
Ellen Gnaedinger
School Nurse802-785-4805 x226
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