Medical Info

Medical Information

Fairview Elementary is committed to the health and safety of our students. While we ask that efforts be made to schedule medications during off-school hours, we realize there are times and situations that require your child to receive medication at school. We gladly cooperate with your child's physician, we have an appropriate form to be signed by you, the parents and your child's physician. Please just let us know by calling 472-4380 and we will get one to you. We can also accommodate any over-the-counter medications with the appropriate parent's signature. Feel free to call our nurse at any time with questions and information regarding your child.

Nurse Notes

A note from our nurse:

As the school nurse, my priority is to keep Fairview Elementary school children healthy and in school. My responsibilities include assisting students with medications, assessing signs and symptoms of illnesses and injuries, determining appropriate follow- up care and communicating with the parents. The school clinic is available for students who need assistance from the nurse. If a child has a fever, is vomiting, or has a contagious disease the parent will be called and the child will be sent home. If you think your child might have a fever, please check their temperature before sending them to school. Your child should not be sent to school until he/she has been fever free for 24hrs or longer. Please use the guidelines below to determine whether your child is should be in school. Please call me for any questions or concerns.

	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

Thank You
Jody Stewart (jodys@wcs.edu)

Fairview Elementary ▪ 2640 Fairview Blvd. ▪ Fairview, TN 37062 ▪ Phone 615-472-4380 ▪ Fax 615-472-4391

Last Updated: 09/14/2009

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