Nurse's Station
Staci Seagle, RN, BSN (907) 742-7508 Fax 742-7530
seagle_staci@asdk12.org

Hello to my new Northern Lights Family!

     My name is Staci Seagle and I have been a nurse for 17 years. My past work areas include Pediatric and Newborn Intensive Care and Emergency Room Nursing. For the past 10 years I have worked in Out-Patient Surgery, mainly in the Pre-Operative and Recovery Room areas.

     However, my first love has always been working with children, and I have wanted to be a school nurse ever since I can remember. In August I completed the education necessary to become a school nurse. So here I am!

     My husband and I have lived in Alaska most of our lives, and we don’t plan to leave anytime soon. We have two children. Our son, Davren, is 9 years old and our daughter, Makena, is 6 years old. Our family enjoys camping and four wheeling in the summer and going to Aces games in the winter.

     I am overjoyed to be here at Northern Lights and am looking forward to a great school year!


 

 

Are you eligible for the H1N1 vaccine?

  

The Municipality of Anchorage will be holding H1N1 vaccination clinics for the general public.

Click here to download a PDF with all of the current clinic information

 

Welcome
 

Cough Drops
and Other Medications:
 

Long Term Non-Prescription Medication Request
 

ASD Emergency
Preparedness Bulletin
 

Flu Health Guidelines


NLABC Home
 

 

  

Our first H1N1 clinic went very smoothly. We were able to vaccinate nearly 300 students in just under 4 hours.

 I would especially like to thank the following Registered Nurses who did such a great job. They were efficient while still taking time to show that they cared about each and every student! We couldn't have done it without you!!

Barry Caraway, RN
Paula Green, RN
 Trisha McQuade, RN
 Trish O'Gorman, RN
Marie Stephanie Oria, RN
Maribell Salanguit, RN

 

H1N1 Clinic #2

Our second H1N1 vaccine clinic is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, December 9th. The primary purpose of this clinic is to revaccinate students under the age of 10. Based on currently available information, children through 9 years of age who received either injectable or nasal spray H1N1 vaccine should receive 2 doses.

You do not need to submit a new H1N1 Influenza Flu Vaccine Free Immunization Available at School Consent and Screening form. The forms we received prior to our first clinic say in part that you "understand this consent will be valid for the number of doses recommended for my child's age and immunization history."

It is important that you notify our school nurse if:

 

  • your child is 9 years old or younger and received the first dose from another provider and you would like the second dose to be given here at school

  • your child has received another vaccine not documented on your original consent form,

  • your child is on an antiviral medication on Dec 7th or 8th,

  • your child is now in contact with a person who needs care in a protected environment (due to a transplant, etc.), or

  • you wish to change your consent.

Cold Weather Clothes Needed

The health office is in need of gloves, mittens, and hats for children to use at recess. If you have any of these items lying around, donations would be greatly appreciated!

 

 

As with our first clinic, we will not know until that day what vaccine type we will be receiving. If there are a limited number of injections available, they will go primarily to students who cannot receive the spray due to medical conditions such as diabetes or asthma.

We appreciate your patience with the logistics these clinics have required. As always, if you have any specific questions, do not hesitate to contact me at 742-7508.

 

This is a great, 3 minute video that shows how a virus gets into the body and multiplies. Done with computer animation, what you see actually takes place in a fraction of a fraction of a second.

 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114075029

 

FYI -the DHHS H1N1 website
http://www.muni.org/Departments/health/Pages/H1N1SwineFlu.aspx
 has links to several great resources for information on the 2009 H1N1 flu. The site
also has some flu prevention resources and vaccine information in languages
other than English. Take a look.

 

Did You Know?  Sneezes……
    • are automatic reflexes that can’t be stopped once sneezing starts.
    • can travel at a speed of 100 miles per hour with a radius of 5 feet!
    • don’t happen while you’re sleeping, because the nerves involved in nerve reflex are also resting.

 

 

Nurse Calls
The nurse’s office has limited space for sick children to wait for parents to pick them up.  There have been times that a sick child has had to wait more than an hour to be picked up. 
If you are notified that your child needs to go home due to illness, please pick them up in a timely fashion. 
Also, to help limit the spread of infection, sick children need to be kept home and/or be picked up immediately.

 

 

When to stay home
To reduce transmission of the virus in schools and the community, students, faculty or staff with influenza-like illness (fever with a cough or sore throat) should stay home and not attend school, after-school activities, or go into the community except to seek medical care until they are feeling better and without fever for at least 24 hours.