NURSE NUGGETS

Happy Holidays to all of our families! Please take the time coming up for rest and relaxation!

As always, I want to stress the importance of vaccinating yourselves and your children 5 year and older. Granted, the variant is breaking through some vaccinated individuals; however, they are not getting as sick or hospitalized as are the unvaccinated. Getting vaccinated is a way to stay safe with family gatherings!

If your child comes down to the nurse with symptoms related to COVID, I will need to call you to pick up student and get him COVID tested. I can collect the specimen if you just fill out the registration form, then I will call you for consent. If the student is home absent, I will call and request a test. One of the fastest test sites is at Abbott Loop Elementary, a white van in back parking lot. You will get the results later that night, or before school starts. If negative, students are welcome back to school. As always, email the results to me.

Test registration:

https://beechtree.rymedi.com/#/registration-form?irbuuid=hdfc 13af-f77b-4778-b666-feaa965a1360

Have a safe Holiday Season!

Any questions, please don’t hesitate to call!

Kathy Seybert MSN,RN NCSN

seybert_kathy@asdk12.org

907-742-9913

If your family is needing assistance this holiday for Christmas gifts, please register. Salvation Army wants to support you in this unprecedented time. We provide gifts for children 0 -14 years old. GIFT is available to residents in the Anchorage bowl area (Anchorage, Eagle River and Chugiak).

https://westernusa.salvationarmy.org/alaska/neighborhood-gift?_ga=2.227443485.1668648072.1638333278-1182821482.1636043403