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Fall is in full swing. The leaves are beautiful and there's a chill in the air. This is the perfect time to get a flu shot. Flu shots last about 6 months. Peak months for flu are usually February and March. I encourage everyone to get a flu shot. However, always check with your doctor to make sure it's safe for you and your children.

We are in the process of hearing and vision screening for our 1st and 4th Graders. If you have a child in either grade, we only send home letters to children that fail our screenings. If you do receive a letter please feel free to call me with any questions or concerns.

Just a reminder since the cooler weather is upon us and flu season is approaching, please monitor your children for any signs of illness. Please do not send your child to school if he or she has a fever, or has vomited or had diarrhea in the last 24 hours. This is for 2 reasons. The first being that we do not want illnesses to spread to other children, but also the second reason being that if your child is sick there is a greater chance that he or she could dvelop another infection or sickness, and need to miss more days of school.

I am in need of quart size ziplock bags and cheese crackers in the clinic. Thanks for your help with this!!

Thanks so much for all you do!!
Ms Caroline

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Welcome Back!! Hope you all had a great summer. Parents, just a few quick reminders for this new school year:

1. Please do not let your children bring medication to school. Parents need to transport all medications to the clinic.
2. Please make sure that you have the appropriate paperwork filled out and signed. If you don't know what forms are needed, contact me at school at 678-594-8720 ext. 229 or e-mail me at caroline.brodeur@cobbk12.org
3. Please do not send your child to school when they are not feeling well.

I will update my blog in the next few weeks with any new news!!

Have a great start to the new school year!!!

March 28, 2011

Spring Break is almost here and before you know it we will be off for Summer.

A few reminders:

1. Please do not send your child to school with medicine. A parent or guardian needs to bring any medication for child to clinic and fill out "An Authorization To Give Medication Form". I do have one on my blog that you can click on and download from home. Please do not send child with cough drops unless the clinic has a permission slip on file signed by parent or guardian. You may stop by the clinic and get one.

2. Two weeks prior to school ending this year, I will be sending home letters to parents reminding you that if you have medicine for your child, you will have to pick it up prior to, or the last day of school. If medication is not picked up it will be discarded. No medication can remain in the clinic over summer break.

3. I will be also sending home forms to any parent whose child has medications for Asthma, Allergies, and Diabetes. Please have your doctor fill out doctor's forms and parent fill out parent forms and return at the beginning of the next school year. If your child is in 5th grade please return forms to the nurse at the school in which your child will be attending next school year.

Hope everybody has a fun, safe Spring Break and rest of school year. Please feel free to contact me at any time in reguards to your child's health here at school.

Caroline Brodeur (Ms Caroline)
678-594-8720 ext. 229

December 8, 2010

Just a reminder that we are seeing an increase in illnesses at school. Please remember to follow the Cobb County Protocol regarding sickness. Please do not send your child to school unless it has been 24 hours since the child's last vomiting episode, diarrhea, or fever.

Following this protocol will significantly reduce the possibility of other children getting sick and also your child becoming more sick. When a child is sick their immune system is not as strong and if they return to school too early they could get a more serious illness.

On a lighter side, I hope you all have a very happy, healthy Holiday Break.

Sincerely,

Ms Caroline

October 1, 2010

I hope everyone is enjoying the cool weather. As we head into the fall season, I have a couple of reminders for parents:

1. Please do not send any medication with your child. Medication needs to be brought in by a parent or guardian. We don't want to take the chance that another child could accidentally get a hold of the medicine.

2. Also, a Cobb County form is attached to my blog so that you may download the form and fill it out at home. This way you can bring the form in when you bring the medicine to the clinic.

3. Prescription meds such as an inhaler or epi-pen may be carried by a child at school. However, there needs to be a special form signed by the doctor giving permission for this. I am planning to have this form on my blog in the near future. For now you can come in the clinic for one or call me and I will be glad to send it home with your child. If I don't have this form on file, the medicine will need to be kept in the clinic.

4. With cooler weather unfortunately we do get ill children. Please remember that Cobb County Protocol states:

     A student needs to stay home if there is a fever or vomiting. Your child may return to school if it has been 24 hrs since the last vomiting episode or fever. With a fever, they also must be fever free without taking fever reducers such as tylenol or motrin.

     A child that is not well can cause two things to occur. One is that they can spread the illness to other children and two they can come back and pick up another illness because their immune system hasn't had the time to recover. So please make sure your child is completely over their illness before letting them return to school.

Thanks so much for your cooperation,

Ms Caroline

 

 

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Dear Bullard Parents,

Welcome Back!!! Hope everyone had a fun and relaxing summer. To all the new families, I am Caroline Brodeur and I am the school nurse here at Bullard. This is my fifth school year here and am very happy that you are with us this year.

I am in the School Clinic each day from 7:30-2:30. Children who become ill, injured or need to have medications during the day come to me. If the illness or injury is of a more serious nature, the parent or emergency contact is called.

I have a clinic card for each child in the school. The card lists emergency contact numbers and health conditions. Please make sure your child has one on file and that all emergency numbers are up to date.

If you are contacted to pick your child up, please remember to come within an hour of the call.

Please note: A sick child should not  be at school. Please do not send your child to school if they have a fever or have vomited in the last 24 hours. Cobb County Policy states that a child may not return to school unless they are fever free without taking fever reducing meds, or have not vomited within the last 24 hours.

I look forward to answering any questions or listening to any concerns you might have. Feel free to call me at 678-594-8720 ext. 229 or e-mailing me at caroline.brodeur@cobbk12.org

Hope everybody has a great year!!

Caroline Brodeur RN