Common Infirmary Illnesses

on campus require a physician signature. Parents who do not wish for the school nurse to administer any medications can select “not applicable;” the nurse will contact parents in the event your child needs or requests medication. Parents whose children will need an OTC medication that the health office does not stock can add that medication to the bottom of the OTC medication form and bring the medication to the health office, where it will be labeled with the student’s name.

Common Infirmary Illnesses

The following conditions are commonly managed in our health and wellness office, and we have provided ESA’s policy for those. While a comprehensive list of illnesses is not provided, ESA requests the partnership of our parents and guardians in doing their part to keep our community free of contagious illness by recognizing when their child is ill and keeping the student away from campus to receive sound medical treatment and to fully recover before returning. -Headaches without other symptoms such as fever and cold, will be treated with OTC medication pre-authorized by parent/guardian.

-Students diagnosed with migraines and who have prescription medication at school, will be treated according to their prewritten physician’s instructions.

-If a student vomits on campus, they will be sent to the infirmary to be assessed by the nurse. In most cases, parents will be contacted by the school nurse to check the student out of school for the remainder of the day.

- If a student vomits on campus and also has an elevated temperature, it is mandatory that the student check out for the day. In this case the student should not come back to school until he/she is fever-free and has not vomited for 24 hours.

- If a student records an elevated temperature, the school nurse will assess the student and consult with his/her parent or guardian. The student may be asked to check out for the remainder of the school day.

- A student who is diagnosed with a contagious illness or condition must be cleared by an official doctor’s note to return to school.

- If a student is suspected to have lice, he/she will be checked thoroughly by the nurse. If lice are confirmed, it is MANDATORY that the student be checked out from school to be treated. *Upon a positive confirmation, siblings attending ESA will also be checked. At her discretion, the nurse may check other students in the classroom as well. It is mandatory that the nurse examine the student with a parent present before returning to class. An informative letter will be sent out by the class dean to all parents in that specific grade informing them of a case of lice.