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 student is sick, please let the Main Office or School Nurse 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.
- If your child is ill or injured and not able to attend school, please contact the School Nurse.
- 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.
Covid Information for Families
When a student has Covid:
You can go back to your normal activities after at least one day (24 hours) if:
- Your symptoms are getting better overall and
- You have not had a fever for at least 24 hours (and are not using fever-reducing medicines).
After returning to normal activities, take extra prevention steps for the next 5 days.
Any of these prevention steps can help limit the spread of respiratory viruses. The more steps you take, the lower your risk of getting others sick.
- Practice good hygiene. Wash your hands often with soap and water or use hand sanitizer, cover your coughs and sneezes, and clean and disinfect surfaces as much as possible.
- Keep physical distance with other people as much as possible.
- Improve air quality. Take additional steps for cleaner air such as bringing in fresh outside air, using an air filter, or gathering outdoors.
- Wear a mask. Look for a well-fitting, high-quality mask, or a disposable mask under a cloth mask.
When a student is exposed to Covid:
- If they have fever, chills, fatigue, cough, runny nose, sore throat or headache consider testing for Covid.
Covid Testing:
- In-school Covid testing and at-home Covid tests are available from the Health Office.
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Ellen Gnaedinger
School Nurse802-785-4805 x226