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Meet Our School Nurse
Meet Our School Nurse
Welcome!
I’m honored to be serving as your school nurse! I’ve been a Registered Nurse for 21 years, with experience in a variety of settings including inpatient pediatrics, case management, clinic-based care, and home infusion wellness therapies. My passion lies in supporting children and their families on their unique journeys toward better health—providing not just care, but also encouragement, advocacy, and education along the way.
My husband and I have been married for 17 years, and we’re the proud parents of three boys, ages 15, 12, and 7. We moved to Celina from McKinney in 2018 and have loved being part of this wonderful community. Go Bobcats!
Christy Bryson BSN RN
Prescription Medications
Prescription Medications
If your child needs to take medication while at school, please contact the school nurse. Prescription medications need to be in their original container/packaging with your child's name and dosage information. A completed medication administration form is required for all medications to be administered on campus. A physicians signature is required for all nonprescription AND prescription medications that must be kept at school. For questions regarding the district's updated health services policies, please contact the nurse.
Never send medication to school in your child's backpack.
Guidelines for clinic visits
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:
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.
When someone else thinks he/she “looks” sick or “looks” feverish, but the student feels fine.
When old, healed abrasion (scab) is merely sore or itches.
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!
When a sterile bandage was applied at home. Clinic personnel have been instructed not to reapply sterile dressings.
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:
Chronic Illness such as asthma, diabetes, migraines, seizures, severe allergic reactions.
Significant Vomiting (not just spitting up phlegm).
Serious Bleeding
Animal bite
Headache, stomach ache, sore throat, "not feeling well" persists beyond 45-60 minutes or is extremely sudden and severe.
Loss of consciousness
Obviously ill in appearance or behavior compared to other days.
Symptoms of infection (redness, heat, pain, swelling, pus) in any area (e.g.eyes, skin, tooth/jar, earlobes, fingernails)
Earache
Undiagnosed rash
Injury to head/eyes/face, ears
Bone/joint (fractures, dislocations, sprains, strains) Make sure the student does not move, bend, or bear weight on the affected bone/joint.
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
Head lice
Nose bleed-use a tissue and pinch nose closed, breathe through the mouth and walk quietly to the clinic.
Splinters
Food allergies
Food allergies
Lykins Elementary School is an Allergy Aware School. Some allergies require an action plan to be completed by your child's physician. If your child has an allergy please contact the nurse to obtain appropriate paperwork.
Nurse's Favorites
Restaurant: Toasted Walnut
Color: Hot Pink
Store: Amazon
Snack: Fruit, cheese & crackers, Dots candy
Beverage: coffee
Hobby: Health Coaching & Concierge Care IV therapy
Monogram: CEB
Collection: Stanley cups
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