Nurse Carrie has provided a helpful tool to help Underwood grown-ups understand how to make the best decision about when to keep their child home, contact their PCP and obtain testing. The information is taken from a document that NPS (with the help of HHS) put out at the beginning of the year but she customized it for Underwood Families.
She suggests that families can print it and hang it in an accessible place. Parents are often understandably confused about when they should or should not send their child to school in this age of COVID which we still find ourselves in.
Health Assessment Tool For Underwood Families
Does your student have any of the following symptoms?
- Fever (100F or higher) and/or chills
- Cough (not due to other known causes, such as a chronic cough)
- Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
- New loss of taste or smell
- Muscle aches or body aches
- Sore throat (when in combination with 1 or more other symptoms)
- Headache (when in combination with 1 or more other symptoms)
- Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea (when in combination with 1 or more other symptoms)
- Fatigue (when in combination with 1 or more other symptoms)
- Nasal congestion or runny nose (not due to other known causes, such as allergies & when in combination with 1 or more other symptoms)
If your answer to any of the above is ‘yes’ keep your student home.
- Call the Underwood Absence Line to report the absence: 617-559-9680
- Contact your student’s health care provider for assessment and/or PCR testing
Contact Nurse Carrie if you have any questions: gatelyca@newton.k12.ma.us or 617-559-9666