Welcome to the Riverdale Public School Nurse Page!
Announcements
- Just a reminder all allergy and asthma action plans need to be filled out by your child's physician and returned to the nurse's office each school year along with epinephrine auto-injectors and inhalers. All medications sent in will be returned to the parent/guardian at the end of the school year.
- If your child needs to take a medication during the school day a medication administration form needs to be completed by the child's physician. All forms can be found on this website.
- Parent's when calling in an absence for your child please state the child's name, teacher and reason for the absence.
- Please forward all documentation of vaccines received to the nurses office - most importantly from those students in Kindergarten and Grade 6.
- Please let me know of any updates about your child's health. Being it new immunizations, physicals, medications, referral results etc.
Health Services
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Blood pressure, height and weight screenings are performed annually on each student. Students in pre-K through grade 3 and 7th grade have auditory screenings. Students in pre-K, K, 2, 4, 6, and 8 will have vision screenings. If you feel your child is having difficulty hearing or seeing and they are not in the above-mentioned grades and you would like to have them screened please contact me.
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Scoliosis screenings are performed annually on students in Grades 5 & 7.
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Please notify the health office with the results of any referral you may have received regarding these screening.
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Our school dentist performs dental screenings, if desired, on each student annually.
Annual Health Updates
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Any student diagnosed with any chronic illness such as: asthma, diabetes, food or insect allergies, etc. will have their medical plan and individual health plan updated annually.
Communicable Diseases
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Children MUST be fever (100.4 degrees or higher) free for 24 hours before returning to school (without the use of Tylenol, Motrin, etc.).
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Children MUST be symptom-free (vomiting/diarrhea) for 24 hours before returning to school.
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Children with Strep throat must be on antibiotics for 24 hrs before returning to school.
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If your child exhibits a rash of undetermined origin, please consult your physician before sending the child to school.
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Students who present with “pink eye” need to be evaluated by their physician prior to being sent school.
Emergency Services
- In the event of an in school emergency, local emergency services will be immediately notified. The student’s parent/ guardian will also be immediately notified. Your child will then be transported, via ambulance, to the nearest appropriate facility as determined by the paramedic/first aid squad.
- Riverdale Public School has an Automatic External Defibrillator on site. The school nurse and designated staff are certified in its use.
- It is crucial that you keep the contact information on your child’s emergency card up to date.
Health Office Visits
- A log of your child’s health office visits is kept and updated daily. If you wish to view this log, please contact the health office.
NJ Family Care
- Here is information regarding New Jersey Kid Care. Please do not hesitate to contact me to receive information regarding this type of health insurance.
- NJ Family Care Applications are also available in the health office.
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or problems.
Caitlin Jenkins BSN, RN
School Nurse
973-839-1300 x 104
[email protected]