Nurse Kavanaugh
Dear Members’ of the GMCS family,
As your nurse, I am providing this reference page. Stay strong, healthy, and proud. I respect and care for you each [Really].
WHEN TO RETURN TO SCHOOL/WORK
If you have Covid-19 or have positive test you may return:
After 10 days of isolation
And you have been 24 hours fever free without medication
And your symptoms are improving.
**You do not need to be retested.
If you have an illness with Covid-19 like symptoms you may return when:
1. You have a Doctor’s note stating you may return
And you have been 24 hours fever free without medication
And your symptoms are improving.
Or if you choose not to see the doctor or get a Covid-19 test you may return:
2. 10 days from symptom onset
And you have been 24 hours fever free without medication
And your symptoms are improving.
Or you may return:
3. If you have a negative test result
And you have been 24 hours fever free without medication
And your symptoms are improving.
DOH ANSWERS SCHOOL COVID-19 QUESTIONS
Are students or staff members to be excluded/sent home if they have mild sniffles, allergy-type symptoms, cough, headache, or symptoms of their chronic condition?
No. -The nurse will conduct a further symptom assessment for COVID-19; you may be cleared to attend school, referred to a doctor, or asked to quarantine.
A student with no known exposure to someone with COVID-19 presents with COVID-19 symptoms and is sent home and referred to the doctor. Should siblings at school also be sent home?
No. -They can continue normal activities.
Should the school require proof of test results for readmission to school?
No. – If a parent informs a school that their excluded child tested negative for COVID-19, the student may return when they have been fever free for 24 hours and are feeling better.
Anyone exposed to COVID-19 must begin 14 day quarantine.
-Quarantine begins from the day of the exposure. You must be quarantined even if you have a negative test.
If you live with someone who has COVID-19 you will be excluded a minimum of 24 days.
-In this situation the entire family could ‘catch’ COVID-19 during the patients’ 10 day isolation.
-14 day Quarantine begins at the end of the isolation period [10 days + 14 days = 24 days].
If a teacher or staff member becomes symptomatic and requires evaluation for COVID-19, how is that classroom managed?
-The class can continue normal activities.
-The teacher will be sent home, asked to see a healthcare provider, and requested to have COVID-19 test.
- Nurse/Administration identifies those potentially exposed. If the test is positive, they will immediately contact the Department of Health.
**Please know that if a confirmed case happens at school, the DOH will advise our course of actions and communication**
CURRENT DOH ORDERS
Returning from out of state Travel – within 72 hours before return negative Covid test result OR home quarantine 14 days.
Wear Mask whenever you are with ANYONE not in your immediate/nuclear family, both Indoors & Outdoors.
-maintain 6 foot physical distance to the greatest extent possible, face shields are an option to masks.
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
This is tough. This is unfair. We cannot manage it alone. Please, Please, PLEASE understand the WHY of flattening the curve. My fellow health workers are overwhelmed. People are still dying alone. More and more of us know someone who has gotten Covid-19. This pandemic is getting closer and closer to the people we love and trust. Please understand your choices impact the health and well-being of others. Continue to be kind, courteous, and respectful.
Adrian Kavanaugh, MSN, RN, NCSN
School Health Services
Gettysburg Montessori Charter School
888 Coleman Rd Gettysburg,PA 17325
P: 717-334-1120 ext 125 F: 717-334-2634
E: akavanaugh@gettysburgmontessoricharter.org
As your nurse, I am providing this reference page. Stay strong, healthy, and proud. I respect and care for you each [Really].
WHEN TO RETURN TO SCHOOL/WORK
If you have Covid-19 or have positive test you may return:
After 10 days of isolation
And you have been 24 hours fever free without medication
And your symptoms are improving.
**You do not need to be retested.
If you have an illness with Covid-19 like symptoms you may return when:
1. You have a Doctor’s note stating you may return
And you have been 24 hours fever free without medication
And your symptoms are improving.
Or if you choose not to see the doctor or get a Covid-19 test you may return:
2. 10 days from symptom onset
And you have been 24 hours fever free without medication
And your symptoms are improving.
Or you may return:
3. If you have a negative test result
And you have been 24 hours fever free without medication
And your symptoms are improving.
DOH ANSWERS SCHOOL COVID-19 QUESTIONS
Are students or staff members to be excluded/sent home if they have mild sniffles, allergy-type symptoms, cough, headache, or symptoms of their chronic condition?
No. -The nurse will conduct a further symptom assessment for COVID-19; you may be cleared to attend school, referred to a doctor, or asked to quarantine.
A student with no known exposure to someone with COVID-19 presents with COVID-19 symptoms and is sent home and referred to the doctor. Should siblings at school also be sent home?
No. -They can continue normal activities.
Should the school require proof of test results for readmission to school?
No. – If a parent informs a school that their excluded child tested negative for COVID-19, the student may return when they have been fever free for 24 hours and are feeling better.
Anyone exposed to COVID-19 must begin 14 day quarantine.
-Quarantine begins from the day of the exposure. You must be quarantined even if you have a negative test.
If you live with someone who has COVID-19 you will be excluded a minimum of 24 days.
-In this situation the entire family could ‘catch’ COVID-19 during the patients’ 10 day isolation.
-14 day Quarantine begins at the end of the isolation period [10 days + 14 days = 24 days].
If a teacher or staff member becomes symptomatic and requires evaluation for COVID-19, how is that classroom managed?
-The class can continue normal activities.
-The teacher will be sent home, asked to see a healthcare provider, and requested to have COVID-19 test.
- Nurse/Administration identifies those potentially exposed. If the test is positive, they will immediately contact the Department of Health.
**Please know that if a confirmed case happens at school, the DOH will advise our course of actions and communication**
CURRENT DOH ORDERS
Returning from out of state Travel – within 72 hours before return negative Covid test result OR home quarantine 14 days.
Wear Mask whenever you are with ANYONE not in your immediate/nuclear family, both Indoors & Outdoors.
-maintain 6 foot physical distance to the greatest extent possible, face shields are an option to masks.
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
This is tough. This is unfair. We cannot manage it alone. Please, Please, PLEASE understand the WHY of flattening the curve. My fellow health workers are overwhelmed. People are still dying alone. More and more of us know someone who has gotten Covid-19. This pandemic is getting closer and closer to the people we love and trust. Please understand your choices impact the health and well-being of others. Continue to be kind, courteous, and respectful.
Adrian Kavanaugh, MSN, RN, NCSN
School Health Services
Gettysburg Montessori Charter School
888 Coleman Rd Gettysburg,PA 17325
P: 717-334-1120 ext 125 F: 717-334-2634
E: akavanaugh@gettysburgmontessoricharter.org
