Nurse News
May 1st - Mother Goose Day
May 5th - Kentucky Derby
May 10th - Clean up Your Room Day
May 13th - Mother's Day
May 18th - Mt. St. Helen erupted in 1980
May 19th - Armed Forces Day
May 21st - American Red Cross
May 28th - Memorial Day
May 5th - Kentucky Derby
May 10th - Clean up Your Room Day
May 13th - Mother's Day
May 18th - Mt. St. Helen erupted in 1980
May 19th - Armed Forces Day
May 21st - American Red Cross
May 28th - Memorial Day
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Your child's medication needs to be picked up by the last day of school, BY AN ADULT !!
Medication cannot be sent home with the student. If you sent an Epi-pen, Inhaler or any OTC medicines to the clinic PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE sign them out with the nurse.
****Any and all medication that is not picked up by the last day of school will be discarded of properly****
Medication cannot be sent home with the student. If you sent an Epi-pen, Inhaler or any OTC medicines to the clinic PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE sign them out with the nurse.
****Any and all medication that is not picked up by the last day of school will be discarded of properly****
Lost and Found
Parents, please take time to check out the lost and found in the cafeteria. On the last day of school, all clothes will be taken to EAUS.
Parents, please take time to check out the lost and found in the cafeteria. On the last day of school, all clothes will be taken to EAUS.
When to keep your child home from school:
Ways to keep you and your family healthy during the cold weather
TWO reasons why we encourage you to be sure your child dresses warm when they come to school:
1 ) Different areas of the building are cooler than others and the students like to wear their coats/jackets.
2 ) You never know when we may have to be outside for a long period of time.
- Fever of 100 degrees or higher - a fever is a sign that your body is fighting an infection
- Sore Throat/Colds/Cough/Runny Nose - Constant cough & thick yellow/green nasal drainage is a definite to stay home
- Rash - with a fever should not attend school. Rash & no fever may attend school but please notify me
- Vomiting & Diarrhea - during the night or the morning of school, please keep your child at home Thank you!
Ways to keep you and your family healthy during the cold weather
- hot meals everyday
- plenty of fluids to stay hydrated due to the dry air
- keeping your lips moistened with Carmex
- getting to bed at a descent time (warm a blanket up in the dryer & wrap it around them - mmmm, sweet dreams)
- dressing warm with coats, hats (pulled down over the ears) mittens & warm socks when going outside
TWO reasons why we encourage you to be sure your child dresses warm when they come to school:
1 ) Different areas of the building are cooler than others and the students like to wear their coats/jackets.
2 ) You never know when we may have to be outside for a long period of time.
** I try to update my website each month so I hope you will find the information helpful.
Thanks for taking the time to check it out !! **
Notes from the Nurse:
Thank you for your help and support throughout the year! I look forward to caring for your child!
- ALERT … I cannot accept verbal permission to give medication to your child for headache, ear ache or sore throat. Written permission from a parent or guardian is required. Please be sure to fill out a medication authorization form on page 25 for your child during registration. ( or download the one I have at the bottom of the page) If authorization is not on file, a parent must fax, email, or send written permission before a student will be given any medication from the school clinic. A new medication form must be filled out each school year.
- If you anticipate that your child may need medication during the school day, please supply that medication. All medications must be in the original container (no baggies) and small bottles are preferred.
- All medications must be brought to school by a parent or guardian. Students cannot have medication on the bus, in their backpack or purse, etc…
- If your child has a chronic medical condition (such as asthma, diabetes, seizures, bee allergy, food allergy, etc…), please speak with me prior to the start of school. Your child’s health care plan needs to be updated yearly & Mrs. Herring, our cafeteria manager, needs documentation of food allergy from the doctor.
- If your child requires a rescue inhaler, glucagon, or an Epi-pen, it is to be kept in the clinic. If your child has a medical emergency and medication is not available, 911 will be called.
- If your child is diagnosed with a contagious illness during the school year, please inform the office staff or me. This includes illnesses such as: strep throat, mono, flu, chickenpox, ringworm, pink eye, etc…
- Students are encouraged to keep an extra change of clothing in their cubby or backpack. (lunch spills, bathroom accidents, vomiting, mud puddles etc. )
- If your child requires daily snacks due to a medical condition, you are responsible to provide those snacks.
- Donations to the clinic are greatly appreciated. The following items are needed throughout the year: ginger ale, snack crackers (nabs), granola bars, juice boxes, cough drops & saltines. Clothing items: sweat pants or shorts sizes 4 – 16. T-shirts also sizes 4 – 16.
- Sneakers are a must at school. Flip flops break too easily & toes get stubbed. Please know that you will be called if your child comes to me with a broken flip flop.
Thank you for your help and support throughout the year! I look forward to caring for your child!
Thank you for letting RBES have a part in your child's life.
Please feel free to contact me via the form below or call me. I'm always happy to take the time to talk to you or help to work things out if there is a problem. 540-298-5301 Stay Healthy, Nurse Wood |
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Before I can administer medication to any student for a chronic illness, pain, cough or stomach ache, I need the RCPS Medication Authorization form filled out and signed by the parent/guardian. Click on the file below to print the form then drop it off to me with the medicine you would like for your child to receive, in the original container. Thank you.
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