National Association of School Nurses

March 4, 2021

Nurse shortage could make reopening school campuses more difficult

Without school nurses, it will be teachers and other school staff who will decide if a sniffle is a symptom of Covid-19 or just hay fever.

Diana Lambert

Student Health

February 24, 2019

Even when districts want more school nurses, they have trouble finding them

Striking teachers have forced California districts to address student-to-nurse ratios that are among the worst in the nation. But they have to compete with the higher-paying private sector in the midst of an overall shortage of nurses.

David Washburn

Commentary

June 6, 2013

Cost, convenience not valid reasons to lower schools' nursing standards

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