•                                                                                                                                                                           School Nurse                               

      
    School Nurses
    (623) 445-7811
     
    Jennifer Van Gysel, RN
    (623) 445-7810
     
    Health Office hours are 830 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. If you need to reach me, please email Jennifer.VanGysel@dvusd.org and/or Laura.Craig@dvusd.org  or call 623-445-7811
      
     
     
    IMPORTANT HEALTH NOTES FROM THE NURSE
     
    The control of communicable ("catching") disease during the school year is a difficult problem and a grave responsibility.  The primary responsibility must fall upon parents who know the normal appearance of their children and should be able to detect changes in their baseline health.  The symptoms of a cold are also the symptoms of communicable diseases.
     
    The following rules will help control communicable diseases in our community.  
     
    Please use the following list as a handy reference:
     
    1. Do not send your child if he/she shows signs of illness.
       
    2. Do not send a sick child to school for the nurse to decide whether he/she should be in school.  If in doubt, call the family physician.
       
    3. If your child is sick, keep other children away from him/her.
      
    4. Some of the signs and symptoms of acute illness are:           
    • Restlessness at night
    • Diarrhea
    • Fever (oral temp of 100.0 or more)
    • Red-watering eyes
    • Running nose
    • Flushed face or paleness
    • Sneezing and coughing
    • Headache
    • Rash
    • Swelling neck or face
    • Nausea or vomiting
    • Earache
    If your child shows any of the above signs, he should be put in a room by himself.  If there is any doubt, call the family physician
     
    5. If your child has a temperature, district policy is to KEEP HIM/HER HOME UNTIL the TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN NORMAL for 24 hours without the help of medication such as Tylenol or Ibuprofen. The normal temperature is about 98.6 F. Take the temperature at mid?afternoon each day if you suspect it is above normal.  Continue this process until the temperature is normal for 24 hours, then the child can return to school if no other symptoms of illness are present.
     
    6. Any child with an undiagnosed rash should remain out of school until all symptoms are gone, or a physician verifies the child is not contagious and is well enough to return to school.
     
     
    If every parent follows these procedures, it will save much suffering and the spread of contagious diseases, some of which may be life?threatening.
     
    Please do not hesitate to call your physician if you have any questions or concerns regarding your child.
     
     
     
    Laura Craig, RN & Jennifer Van Gysel, RN
    (623) 445-7811