Old Dude or other Tx nurses...is it true?

peacockblue · Sep 14, 2017

Thank you Texas legislators for feeding the hysteria! Can we add a rider to the law to include fleas, bed bugs, scabies, MRSA, impetigo, fifths disease and all the other crud little ones get? That way they can hire a secretary just to send letters home.

amoLucia · Sep 14, 2017

This is one of the DUMBEST things I have ever heard of! WOW, way to call out offending child in front of others, as if they probably already don't feel bad enough. ANY WHY?? Most places are getting away from sending out notices to the entire class about lice.

Wanna bet some legislator was offended that his/her little snookums was exposed?

And to peacockblue - be careful what you ask for! : )

allnurses Guide · Sep 15, 2017

I saw an article that a new law went into effect September 1st that you are now required to notify parents of classmates when a student is found to have lice.
Really?

Stupidest thing I've ever heard! The CDC doesn't even consider head lice a public health threat or concern. What we should be doing is educating parents and legislators.

Hppy

DeeAngel · Sep 15, 2017

I would be very upset if there was an outbreak of a contagious condition in the classroom and I as another parent, was not notified.

DeeAngel · Sep 15, 2017

When my child has something living on their body I expect to be notified of it. Whatever the CDC believes is of no concern to me as a parent. A lice infestation in my home is not something I want to have to deal with.

SaltineQueen · Sep 15, 2017

I would be very upset if there was an outbreak of a contagious condition in the classroom and I as another parent, was not notified.

A. one student with lice does not an outbreak make, IMO

B. it's not a "condition"

SaltineQueen · Sep 15, 2017

When my child has something living on their body I expect to be notified of it. Whatever the CDC believes is of no concern to me as a parent. A lice infestation in my home is not something I want to have to deal with.

You WOULD be notified, in any school in any state, if YOUR child was the one with lice.

OyWithThePoodles, RN · Sep 15, 2017

I would be very upset if there was an outbreak of a contagious condition in the classroom and I as another parent, was not notified.

When my child has something living on their body I expect to be notified of it. Whatever the CDC believes is of no concern to me as a parent. A lice infestation in my home is not something I want to have to deal with.

As a parent, I see where you are coming from, and I mean no disrespect when I say if you child is school age, you need to be checking their hair on a regular basis. Studies have shown the likelihood of lice being transmitted in a school is unlikely as you need direct head-to-head contact for more than just a few seconds. Lice do not spread disease. You aren't notified if someone in the class has flu/strep, etc. and these are much more contagious. The reason you aren't notified is because it is a school. It's going to happen. You don't avoid the grocery because someone there might be sick.

I hated the sending out of letters (my first year I did because my principal wanted me to, then I put my foot down) for the simple fact that these kids aren't stupid. They know who got sent home. Then they bully that student. They exclude that student. It's awful, but it's 100% the reality. Parents will even tell their child to stay away from the student with lice. If my child comes home with lice, it sucks, but it's life. I'll nit-pick and clean my home until I'm blue in the face, but if a letter went home, and my child was bullied because of it. That's not okay.

ETA: If YOUR student has lice, you are notified, told to treat, then the child is re-checked before being allowed to return to school.

NutmeggeRN, BSN · Sep 15, 2017

Stupidest thing I've ever heard! The CDC doesn't even consider head lice a public health threat or concern. What we should be doing is educating parents and legislators.
Hppy

Because. Texas...

and not my SN peeps...the brainiacs in government

Jedrnurse, BSN, RN · Sep 15, 2017

Since Lice Lives Matter, aren't they covered by FERPA? Or HiPAA? Or something else with lots of letters??

Amethya · Sep 15, 2017

I been doing this since day one. But yeah it's a law now.

AdobeRN · Sep 15, 2017

My teachers will be happy with this change - they always want the letter sent out with each reported/rumored lice incident. I don't know how happy they will be when the hysterics begin and they start getting call/emails about the issue.