CAMPUS CLINIC

Guidelines for clinic visits

Please review the following guidelines that teachers are asked to follow in their classrooms in regards to clinic visits. Any and all medical conditions/concerns must be communicated directly with the nurse. If your child has a special circumstance that requires deviation from the following guidelines, please call or email the nurse to discuss further.

Reasonable expectations for self-care in the classroom:

Chapped lips: Cover with a thin layer of Vaseline.

Minor abrasions (scrapes): Wash with soap and water; apply Band-Aid on clean, dry wounds.

Mosquito/insect bites with localized itching only: apply cool towel.

First indications of stomachache, headache, nausea, dizziness or “not feeling well”: Put head on desk to rest, go to the bathroom, get a drink, set trash can beside desk, see if lunch helps (if appropriate time in the day), wait a little while to see if it problem improves.

Itchy eyes (with no redness or drainage): Wash face/eyes with cool water/paper towel.

Pierced ears: Clean with cool water.

When a student should stay in class:

1. For at least the first hour/class period when parents send him/her to school to “try it” unless other instructions have been conveyed to the teacher or nurse by the parent directly. The school nurse will keep teachers informed of expectations such as students with chronic illness.

2. When someone else thinks he/she “looks” sick or “looks” feverish, but the student feels fine.

3. When old, healed abrasion (scab) is merely sore or itches.

4. When there is soreness from an old injury. If no bump, bruise, swelling, redness or if more than 24 hours after injury-no ice should be given--it won’t help!

5. When a sterile bandage was applied at home. Clinic personnel have been instructed not to reapply sterile dressings.

6. When a student frequently asks to go to the clinic at the same time of day. (Please discuss the situation with the nurse or counselor to determine the best way to help this student going forward.)

 Valid Reasons for leaving class and going to the clinic:

1. Chronic Illness such as asthma, diabetes, migraines, seizures, severe allergic reactions.

2. Significant Vomiting (not just spitting up phlegm).

3. Serious Bleeding

4. Animal bite

5. Headache, stomach ache, sore throat, "not feeling well" persists beyond 45-60 minutes or is extremely sudden and severe.

6. Loss of consciousness

7. Obviously ill in appearance or behavior compared to other days.

8. Symptoms of infection (redness, heat, pain, swelling, pus) in any area (e.g.eyes, skin, tooth/jar, earlobes, fingernails)

9. Earache

10. Undiagnosed rash

11. Injury to head/eyes/face, ears

12. Bone/joint (fractures, dislocations, sprains, strains) Make sure the student does not move, bend, or bear weight on the affected bone/joint.

13. Severe allergic reactions to insects/medications/foods such as generalized hives, itching, or swelling of the mouth/throat, construction of chest, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, dizziness or wheezing

14. Head lice

15. Nose bleed-use a tissue and pinch nose closed, breathe through the mouth and walk quietly to the clinic.

16. Splinters