Health Room
Falcon School District 49 Nursing Services
We welcome your child and you to our school. Please take a moment to read the following information regarding our district policies for health services.
Public Health Updates
Registered Nurses
Nurses in our district cover a couple schools and are in each school at least twice a week. When in the school, nurses provide direct care, coordinate vision and hearing screenings, provide assessments for Special Education and are available to teachers, parents and students for specific health concerns. Nurses also strive to provide health education programs in the classroom as often as possible. The nurse at your school has daily communication with the health assistant and is available if any health care need or emergency arises.
Health Assistants
Your child's school has a health assistant in the health room every day. Health assistants are not nurses. They have received training in basic first aid, CPR, and medication administration only.
Health Room
Any student entering the health room will be allowed to remain there for 10 minutes. If there is a need to contact parents, we will use the phone numbers provided at the beginning of the school year. Please provide the school with current emergency phone numbers and update this information as it changes throughout the year.
Medication Policy
Please be aware that Colorado State law governs our medication policy. If your child must take medication during school hours, you must provide the following before we administer it:
- A written doctor's order (including drug name, dose, time, duration of treatment, doctor's and parent's signature). At the elementary level this includes all over-the-counter medications, including Tylenol, decongestants, and antihistamines. The order may be faxed to the school by the physician. PLEASE NOTE: The pharmacy label applied to the medication bottle will not suffice for a doctor's order.
- Medication must be in the original bottle, complete with label. Medication cannot be given if it comes in a baggie, envelope, plain bottle, etc.
- All medications must be kept in a locked cabinet in the health room. If a student must carry a medication on them such as an inhaler or Epi-Pen, the physician order must state this and the student must sign a self-carry contract.
- The medications provided to the health room will not be available outside of school hours.
Illness Guidelines
Here are a few guidelines to help you determine whether or not to send your child to school. Do not send your child to school if they have:
- A temperature that is over 100 degrees F
- Experienced vomiting or diarrhea in the previous 12 hours
- Cold symptoms, such as constant runny nose, congestion, coughing or sneezing (unless allergy related)
- A sore throat lasting longer than 3 days (a child diagnosed with strep throat must stay home for at least 24 hours after antibiotic treatment has been started)
- Red, inflamed, swollen or discharging eyes (not related to allergies)
- Weeping cold sores or other lesions (such as impetigo) until under treatment
- Rashes that are not yet diagnosed
- Untreated head lice
Immunizations
All students must have current and up-to-date immunizations in order to participate in school. The only exception to this is if the parent signs an exemption for medical, religious, or personal reasons.
If you have any questions regarding theses policies or immunization requirements for Colorado students, please call the health room at your child's school.
Immunizations Required for School Attendance in the State of Colorado
The following shots are required before your child will be allowed to attend school in District 49:
DTaP (Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis) – usually a series of 5 shots with the 5th shot in the series administered on or after the child's 4th birthday. If the 4th dose was administered on or after the 4th birthday only 4 doses are required.
Tdap (booster)- 1 booster required at 6th or 10th grade
OPV/IPV (Polio) – usually a series of 4 shots or 4 oral vaccines with the 4th dose in the series administered on or after the child's 4th birthday. If the 3rd dose was given on or after the 4th birthday, only 3 doses are required.
MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) – a series of 2 shots required before entry to Kindergarten.
Hepatitis B – a series of 3 shots usually given within a 6 month time frame required before entry to Kindergarten.
Varicella – (Chicken Pox) – a series of 2 shots. 1 shot administered before age 2. The second shot before entry to Kindergarten, or doctor’s written history of the disease with date.
***An official Immunization Record from your child’s physician or clinic is required at the time of registration. If any of these shots are missing at that time, you will be required to bring updated records to the health office before the first day of school or your child will not be allowed to begin attending school until the records are received by the school.***
Health Forms
The following health forms are available to download.
- Asthma Inhaler Self-Administration Consent Form
- Epi-Pen Self-Administration Consent Form
- Food Allergy Action Plan
- Health Care Action Plan
- Health Information Form
- Individualized School Health Care Plan: Diabetes
- Medication Log (Front)
- Medication Log (Back)
- Seizure Information: Parent Questionnaire and Action Plan
- Severe Allergy Action Plan
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