Health Room News You Can Use

Here's a link to some useful information when you are trying to decide whether or not to keep your student home from school. Quakertown School District policy is that students can return after being fever free (without fever reducing medications) for 24 hours. For vomiting/diarrhea, students should be 24 hours without vomiting or diarrhea, be able to tolerate liquids and feeling better. Stomach virus season is fast approaching-the best practice to avoid these bugs is to wash your hands frequently! Be sure to call the attendance line to report your student absent.

Hand, Foot and Mouth likes to make itself known in the fall months also. Here is some information on this pesky childhood illness.

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. This disease affects over 200,000 children under the age of 20. Please take a moment to look over the informational link below that can help you discuss this with your children. They may have a friend that has diabetes and wonder what it's all about.

As the weather finally progresses from extended summer to the cooler fall and winter months, PLEASE make sure your child has a sweatshirt or jacket for recess time. We also ask that you clearly label your students outerwear with their name so lost items can be reunited with their owners. We had an enormous amount of unclaimed articles of clothing that were donated last year after spending much time trying to find their owners. Unfortunately, space constraints dictate that we cannot keep coats and sweatshirts in the health room for student use when they do not have a jacket. The Lost and Found rack is currently overflowing and we haven't even hit those cold winter temps yet! Also, please remind your student that they should keep their jackets/sweatshirts on at all times while outside on these cooler days. Thank you for your help with this matter!

If there is something you would like to see in the Health Room News You Can Use newsletter, please drop me an email! I am here to not only keep your students healthy and safe, but also to help educate!

Patti Seiger BSN, RN, CSN

215.529.2369

pseiger@qcsd.org

Cindy Nyce RN (Wednesdays)

cnyce@qcsd.org