COVID-19: School Nurses on the Frontlines

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The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that every school have a nurse on site. But before the outbreak, according to the National Association of School Nurses, a quarter of American schools did not have one at all. And there has been no national effort to provide districts with new resources for hiring them ...

Nurses Are on the Virus Front Lines. But Many Schools Don't Have One.

Does your school have a School Nurse?

If you are employed as a School Nurse, what are your immediate concerns?

[GrumpyRN, NP]

Schools in Scotland went back last week and already we have this;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53833823

ETA, Yes we have school nurses but a different system. They are not employed by the individual school they are part of the community team.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/school-nursing-role-integrated-community-nursing-teams/

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]