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- About the Nurse: General Health Links: Notes
from the Nurse: FAQ
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| About the Nurse |
- Nurse Kimberly Sheets, RN
- Windsong Intermediate
- Contact: Kimberly
Sheets
- 281-482-0111
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- About the Nurse:
- Nurse Sheets has been in FISD for 19 years.
After attending the University of Oklahoma, she graduated from
the University of Texas Nursing School in Houston. She was a
nurse at St. Luke's Hospital for 2 years. Several summers, Nurse
Sheets was a camp nurse at the Friends church camp in Kansas.
She is married to Duane and has 4 children and 2 grandchildren.
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- Goals of the School Health Services Program:
- Promote health to allow students to learn
at their optimum capacity.
- Some of the issues the school nurse deals
with almost daily include asthma, allergies, lice, Osgood-Schlatter
disease, diabetes, mono, strep., upper respiratory illnesses,
screening for vision, hearing and scoliosis, faculty conferences,
special needs children, immunizations, communicable diseases
and medical records.
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| Notes from the Nurse |
- Diabetes is hurting our kids. More children
and teens are suffering from the kind that used to happen only
to adults (called type 2 diabetes). Major physical signs found
in children are:
- 1. Obesity
- 2. High blood pressure
- 3. Family history of diabetes
- Avoid being overweight. It's the single most
important thing a family member can do to stop Type 2 diabetes.
Physical activity and healthy eating are the only ways to control
weight.
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- Protect your skin-even in the Fall and Winter.
The incidence of skin cancer is on the rise. In Texas, one in
three people will develop skin cancer in his/her lifetime. The
increase is considered to be related to overexposure to the ultraviolet
rays and blistering sunburns BEFORE the age of 18.
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- PREVENTION is the PROTECTION.
- SO...
- SLIP! on a shirt,
- SLOP! on some SPF 15+ sunscreen,
- and SLAP! on a hat, everyday.
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- All of the Windsong students are up to date
on immunizations and will not need any more state required immunizations
until around age 14. A Tetanus Diphtheria booster is due every
10 years and most children received their last one between age
4 and 5. You will be notified by the Jr. High or High School
when the shot is due. Anytime your child receives an immunization,
please send a copy of the record to the school nurse so that
records can be updated. The two shot Hepatitis A vaccine, meningococcal
vaccine, and HPV vaccine are recommended, but not yet required.
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| FAQ |
- 1. May students take medications at school?
- Yes. Medications must be kept in the nurse's
office, in the original labeled container and accompanied by
a note from the parent/guardian indicating amount and time to
be given.
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- 2. After an illness, when may my child return
to school?
- Free of fever, vomiting and diarrhea for
24 hours. Or, when doctor releases child to return to school.
Fever free means without acetaminophen or ibuprofen.
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- 3. What are the differences between the flu
and a cold?
- a. Fever. With the flu, it is characteristic
and comes suddenly; with a cold, it's rare.
- b. Headache. It's a prominent symptom of
the flu but rare with a cold.
- c. General aches. With the flu, aches are
usual and often severe; with a cold, they're slight
- d. Fatigue. Fatigue is extreme with the flu
and can last 2 to 3 weeks; a cold leaves you mildly fatigued.
- e. Runny nose. Sometimes you'll have a runny
nose with the flu, but it's common with a cold.
- f. Sore throat. Sometimes it accompanies
the flu, it's common with a cold.
- g. Cough. It is common with the flu and can
become severe; a cold brings mild, hacking cough.
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