Mrs. Connie Pearson
School Nurse
Conniep1@wcs.edu 

As the school nurse, my priority is to keep all Edmondson children healthy and in school.  My responsibilities include assisting students with medications, assessing signs and symptoms of illnesses and injuries, determining appropriate follow-up and communicating with parents.  In addition, I may need to apprise parents of safety or other health issues.  A clinic, located in the school office, is available for students who need to seek assistance from the nurse.  If a child has a fever, is vomiting or has a known/suspected contagious disease, parents will be called and the child will be sent home.  If you think that your child might have a fever, please check his/her temperature before sending him/her to school. 

Your child should not be sent to school until he/she has been fever free for 24 hours or longer without fever medication. 

Please use the guidelines below to determine whether or not your child should be in school.

  Child should not be at school or in contact with other children: If child feels well enough, he/she may attend school:
Runny nose Cloudy or yellow/green discharge with congestion, fever Clear drainage as with allergies
Cough Frequent or uncontrollable, producing mucous, fever Infrequent, no mucous is being coughed up and/or child has been on antibiotics for at least 24 hours before returning to school, no fever
Diarrhea or vomiting More than one occurrence; allow 24 hours past last incident of diarrhea or vomiting before sending child back to school Single incident of diarrhea and no other symptoms (i.e., fever, vomiting)
Strep throat or Scarlet Fever Sore throat that is suspicious for Strep (i.e., the child has frequent bouts of Strep or a friend or sibling has recently had Strep), fever (children do not always have fever with Strep) The only way to rule out Strep is with a throat culture.  After 24 hours on antibiotics
“Pink eye”

(Conjunctivitis)

 Eye is red, swollen, itching, crusty, white or yellow drainage is occurring After 24 hours on antibiotics
Rash Best to know the cause before sending a child to school Rash free or with written permission from physician
Chicken Pox Itching pink/red spots with blister-type center, fever Lesions crusted over and dry, no fever
Head lice Nits or lice present Nit-free, nurse has checked and permits student to go to class

Thanks for your help in keeping Edmondson's children healthy!

 

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