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School nurses have a big job - is 1 for every 750 kids really enough?
The Conversation
02 Jun 2021, 22:41 GMT+10
When many people think of a school nurse, they imagine a person who hands out Band-Aids for boo-boos.
But school nurses do so much more. They are school leaders who address the physical, mental and emotional health needs of students.
As the COVID-19 pandemic played out, many school nurses took on even greater responsibilities. These include monitoring and evaluating staff and students for COVID-19 exposure and symptoms, contact tracing and educating students, staff and community partners on vaccine and prevention measures. School nurses are also developing initiatives to deal with the anticipated increase in mental health services that students, families and staff will need in the post-pandemic world.
A disproportionate number of Latino and Black students are classified as having a learning disability and placed in special education services, according to a Palo Alto Unified self-assessment.
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