Nurse
Our nurse's office provides a variety of health services to students:
- Develop individual health care plans
- Administer prescribed medication and treatments
- Provide first aid for minor injuries and illnesses
- Oversee vision and hearing screenings and student immunization documentation
- Distribute health information to students, families and staff
Too Sick for School
Parents can often sense when their child is "coming down with something." By watching for the subtle signs that mark the onset of an illness, you are practicing preventive care measures to protect the health of your child as well as others. Keep children home, and contact your school nurse, if they have:
- Fever: Keep a child home if they have a temperature of 100 degrees or higher. A student may return to school 24 hours after their fever is gone without the use of fever reducing medications AND if other symptoms have improved.
- Sore throat and swollen glands: If your child has strep throat, they can to return to school after 24 hours of appropriate treatment.
- Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea
- Skin rash or open sores
- Pain or swelling of any kind
- Cough, chills or runny nose: pay attention to if the child has been in close contact with someone who had COVID-19.
- Earaches or extreme headaches
- Eye Infections
- Other Symptoms: Unusually tired, pale, has a lack of appetite, is difficult to wake, confused or irritable. If symptoms persist, check with your doctor.
A child can return to school when symptoms have subsided AND his or her temperature remains normal for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications.
Student Health Services
Read more about Richland School District's health services, access medical forms and more by clicking the button below.
Rebecca Baldwin, RN, BSN
Nurse
Rebecca.Baldwin@rsd.edu