Aurora Hills Middle School: Nurse

Nurse

Your School Nurse Barbara Sweet, RN, BSN

Information regarding seasonal flu and H1N1 (both handled the same)

• A cough, headache and/or sore throat

• Temperature of 100 degrees or higher

The following information is from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) which we follow in Aurora Public Schools. If your child is sick with flu like illness the CDC recommends that they stay home for at least 24 hours after their fever is gone except to get medical care. Your child’s fever should be gone without the use of medication. Keep away from others as much as possible. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. Put your used tissue in the waste basket. Wash your hands after every time you cough or sneeze.

Please call the attendance line each day your student is absent.

6th and 7th Grade Students:

5 – Td/Dt/DTP

1 – Tdap (new vaccine with Pertussis booster)

4- Polio

2 – MMR

3 – HB (Hepatitis B)

1 – Varicella (or history of disease)

8th Grade Students

5 – Td/Dt/DTP/DtaP

4 - Polio

2 – MMR

3 – HB (Hepatitis B)

1 – Varicella (or history of disease)

You can obtain them at the following locations:

1. Your pediatrician

2. Tri-County Health Department

14th and Chambers

Walk-in Clinics: Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:30-3:30 pm

Appointments: 303-451-0123

3. Mobile Health Van

APPOINTMENTS ONLY: 303-360-8811

Tri-County and Mobile Health Can are low or no cost

General Guidelines for Keeping Children Home Due to Illness:

It is sometimes difficult to decide when to keep children home due to illness. We are sending you these guidelines in order to decrease the spread of illness and to assure that EVERY child is well enough to benefit from school. YOUR child should be kept at home if he/she has any of the following symptoms:

Temperature above 100 degrees (orally) or 99 degrees (under arm).

Sore throat diagnosed by a doctor as strep until treated with antibiotic for 24 hours.

Vomiting or diarrhea.
A respiratory infection that causes a child to cough constantly or to have brown or green discharge from the nose.
Any illness that causes a child to be too sleepy or makes him feel too bad to continue with his normal school activities.
Seizures occurring more frequently or more severely than is usual for your child.
Rash or skin lesions not diagnosed or being treated by a physician.
Lice or nits until appropriately treated.
Contagious diseases such as chicken pox.

Should your child become ill at school, parents will be called to take them home.

Thank you for continuing to communicate with school personnel regarding your child’s health. It is helpful to know if your child has a contagious disease, an ear infection, or other significant health problems. I also appreciate being informed of any medical or surgical procedures, changes in medication and the results of evaluations done by a doctor or agencies.

All students are required to have the following immunizations. Students who are not compliant with these immunizations will need to have a plan for completion in place or they will be denied attendance according to Colorado Revised Statutes 25-4-902. You will receive a letter if your child is missing any immunizations.

Information regarding seasonal flu and H1N1 (both handled the same)

Symptoms of the flu are:

Page last updated on November 30, 2009

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