A health room is located in the front office. When a student is ill and would like to leave school early, they must report to the health room to be assessed prior to calling their parent/guardian to pick them up. When it is determined a student is too ill to remain in school, the health room will call the parent/guardian or emergency contact, and plans are made for transportation home. If the health room aide is not available, staff members in the front office will assist. Staff members may administer first aid for minor injury or illness. If additional care is needed and/or the injury is a cause of concern, the parent, guardian or emergency contact individual will be contacted by the health room personnel.
Students are not allowed to carry any over-the-counter or prescription medications at Lake Country School. All medication is dispensed from the health room except for inhalers for asthma, EPI-Pens for allergic reactions and insulin for diabetics. Students may carry these only after an individual health plan has been completed by their parents and physician. Parents are responsible to provide a limited supply of all medications to be kept in the health room in the original medication bottle after completing the Prescription Medication Consent form or the Over the Counter Medication Consent form.
Health room personnel duties are as follows:
- Giving first aide (according to the Lake Country School Guidelines)
- Comforting sick children
- Administering prescribed medications
- Maintaining school health records including vaccinations
- Arranging for transportation home of a sick student at the direction of school authorities
- Assisting children as necessary including calling 911 in an emergency health situation
It is understood and agreed that health room personnel will not:
- Make a diagnosis or prescribe treatment or medication
- Give any medication that is not authorized by a parent/physician in writing
- Give treatment to eyes or ears (except flushing the eyes with clear water)
- Apply antibiotics or monitor blood pressure
- Perform any invasive treatment
- Divulge confidential information
COMMON ILLNESS & SCHOOL ATTENDANCE GUIDELINES
Fever: Any temperature greater than 100 degrees F is considered a fever. Children must be fever-free for 24 hours without using fever reducing medications (such as Tylenol, Motrin, Advil, etc.) in order to return to school. This applies even if the underlying cause of the fever is non-infectious, such as middle ear infections, bronchitis, urinary tract infections, etc. Children with a fever do not usually feel well enough to participate and attend school activities. It is recommended that they be given 24 hours to recover from the fever before returning to school. Please note that a child who exhibits symptoms of illness without a fever may be sent home if the nurse feels this is in the best interest of the child or the child’s classmates (with compromised immune systems).
Colds: Children with an upper respiratory infection without a fever may attend school if they feel well enough to do so. It is helpful in preventing the spread of illness if children learn to cough or sneeze into their sleeve or use tissues to cover sneezes and coughs, and wash hands after contact with the secretions.
Infections: Any child who has been on antibiotic therapy for 24 hours is no longer considered infectious and may return to school. This includes infections of the eye, nose, skin and strep infections. Exception is pink eye. Your doctor’s office will decide if exclusion is necessary to protect others from being contaminated.
Diarrhea: Children with diarrhea should remain home until they are symptom free for 24 hours. The only exception is if the diarrhea is the result of a chronic condition, then a note from the doctor is needed indicating the diarrhea is not infectious.
Vomiting: A child who has vomited the evening before or in the morning before school, should remain home until they are symptom free for 24 hours.
Common Childhood Diseases: If a child has chicken pox, measles or any other known untreatable contagious disease, they must be kept home until they are no longer contagious. For most common childhood diseases, the period of contagion is known. Contact your doctor or nurse for additional information.
Medications: If your child is on medications at home, but not at school, please let your school nurse know. Many medications cause unusual or undesirable side effects that can be mistaken for other problems.
SCHOOL MEDICATION POLICY
Guidelines for the safety and protection of the student, their classmates and school personnel are as follows:
- Written orders and instructions from the student’s physician must be presented, detailing the name of the drug, dosage, times to be given and when medication is to be discontinued.
- Written permission from the parent or guardian authorizing school district personnel to carry out the physician’s orders and instructions MUST be received.
- Only limited quantities of medicine should be brought to school and ONLY in containers properly labeled by the physician or pharmacist.
- All medicine will be stored in a locked cabinet or drawer.
- The administration of injections to students will ONLY be carried out by fully qualified health care providers.
- Nonprescription medication, such as aspirin or other cold medicines, will ONLY be given when accompanied by a completed Medication Form. These bottles MUST be marked with the student’s name and are to be kept in the Health Room.
- A parent/guardian or their delegate must transport the medication to school. No medicine (including aspirin, Tylenol, Motrin or any commercial health product) may be kept with a student, in a student’s locker or backpack. (See item 8 regarding asthma inhalers and Epi-Pens.)
- Students will not be allowed to take medication on their own. Students may carry an inhaler or Epi-Pen if the medication form is completed and signed by a parent and physician. If the student uses the inhaler inappropriately or irresponsibly, this privilege will be taken away.
- All medications and medical devices must be picked up by a parent/guardian before the end of the week, following the last day of school or they will be discarded, at no cost to the school.
IMMUNIZATIONS
Immunizations (also called vaccines or shots) are one of the most important ways to protect children from diseases. Immunizations are especially important for school-aged children because children in school are regularly in close contact with others who may be able to spread these diseases.
For the upcoming school year, all students will need the following immunizations or an appropriate waiver.
Kindergarten-6th grades
- 4 doses of polio
- 3 doses of hepatitis B
- 2 doses of varicella (chickenpox) or history of disease documented by a qualified heath care professional
- 4 doses of DtaP/DT/Td
7th-11th grades
- All the previously required vaccines, plus:
- 1 dose of Tdap
For more information, please talk with your child’s doctor or visit the DHS website.
What should I do?
Make sure your child is up to date on their vaccinations by checking your child’s immunization record. To get your child up to date on their vaccinations:
- Make a vaccine appointment with your doctor or Waukesha County Public Health.
- Ask the health care provider to complete the Student Immunization Record form. Return the form to [insert the contact information where they should send the form].
- You can also visit the Wisconsin Immunization Registry to see if your child is missing or coming due for any immunizations.
Immunizations are covered by most health insurance plans. If you do not have health insurance, or your health insurance does not cover immunizations, the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program may be able to help with the cost of immunizations. For more information on the VFC program visit: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/immunization/vfc-parent.htm.
Please visit the DHS website for more information on school vaccine requirements.
Immunization Record
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