From
the Nurses' Office
Borrowed Clothing / Calling the Nurses' Office / Emergency Cards / Illness Policy / Injuries/ Needed Items / Peanut Allergy / Recess Information / Wesites to Checkout
When your child comes home from school in clothing provided by the Nurses' office, please WASH and RETURN the items to school as soon as possible. Underwear provided by the Nurse should NOT be returned. The school had a very large inventory of clothing at the beginning of the school year which is now exhausted. The clothing is used when children have accidents or spills at school but should always be returned. If you have any gently used sweat pants/shirts that you would like to donate, we would be glad to accept them. Thanks very much for your cooperation.
CLOTHING
ITEMS APPRECIATED
PLE Nurses’ Office is in need of items to help us meet the needs of
children who have accidents or food spills during school hours.Any items you
are able to donate will be greatly appreciated!!Also, please remember to launder
and return any nurses’ office clothes that come home on your child as
quickly as possible.
Donations needed are:
- and Boys socks (this item must be new)
- Boys underwear (this item must be new)
- Girls and Boys elastic waist sweatpants(this item may be new or used)
- Girls and Boys sneakers(this item may be new or used)
It is extremely important that parents update your emergency information when home/cell/work phone numbers change. This is important when we have to contact you because your child is ill, etc. Also, anyone who has not returned an emergency card should do so asap.
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In order to curb the spreading of illness, when your child is absent because of illness, please do not send the child back to school until he/she has been fever free and/or has not had a vomiting/diarrhea episode for 24 hours. If your child awakens in the night with fever or vomiting, but feels well the next morning, please keep your child home until the 24 hour time period has passed.
INJURIES
In school if a child receives a bump to the head, the child is checked by
the nurse and treated as needed. If the injury is serious we will call the
parents. If a child receives a mild bump a head injury letter is completed
and sent home with the child. In addition, we are starting a system of placing
a head bump sticker on the child shirt. The sticker will say, “keep
an eye on me I bumped my head”. The reason for the sticker is to alert
the teacher, and to serve as a reminder to the child to give the letter to
their parent. So, if you should spot, “I have bumped my head today”,
on a sticker on your child’s clothing, please ask for the letter.
PEANUT ALLERGY POLICY AT PENN LONDON
1. Meet with parents regarding child’s
allergies.
2. Request allergy action plan from doctor.
3. Inform classroom teacher and special area teachers and bus drivers.
4. Develop plan for classroom, bus and lunch.
5. Inform lunch aides of children with allergies.
6. Have child sit at area in cafeteria that is peanut free.
7. Provide aides with bed roll paper to use on tables. (The paper is placed
on table as barrier between table and child. Have another student throw paper
in trash).
8. Keep epi-pen in nurse’s office in marked accessible location.
9. With parent consent meet with the class and speak to the students about
peanut allergy. Read the book titled “The Peanut Butter Jam”.
10. Present the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network program titled “PAL”
Protect A Life from food allergies to the students.
11. Provide teachers and aides with information outlining signs of anaphylaxis.
Instruct teachers and aides to notify nurse if child exhibits any symptoms.
12. Offer parent the option of keeping snacks for the child in the nurse’s
office to eat when treats are brought into the classroom for special occasions.
13. Adapt plan as needed.