As the school nurse, my priority is to keep
all Fairview Elementary children healthy and in school.
One way that we can all work together to do this is to
prevent the spread of illnesses. If your child is
not feeling his/her best, please use the following
guidelines to determine whether or not he/she should be
in school.
| Child should not be at school or in contact with other children: | If child feels
well enough, 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 |
| Diarrhea or Vomiting |
More than one
occurrence; allow 24 hrs past last incident of
diarrhea or vomiting before sending child back to
school. |
Single incident of diarrhea and no other symptoms. |
| Strep throat or Scarlet Fever |
Sore throat that is
suspicious for Strep (i.e.,the child has frequent
bouts of |
After 24hrs of
antibiotics |
| “Pink Eye” |
Eye is red and swollen, itching, crusty, white or yellow drainage is occurring. | After 24hrs of
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 typecenter, 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. |
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 or she has been
fever free for 24 hrs or longer. Thanks for
your help in keeping Fairview’s Children healthy!!!!
_____________________________School Nurse (Call for concerns or questions)
