School nurses can have a pivotal role in caring for students who are bullied It was 1974, and the kids in school were calling me a lesbian. I didn’t even know what it meant back then. Without the internet and social media, we relied…
A lack of teachers in U.S. schools garners most of the headlines, but how could a decreasing number of school nurses be impacting this country’s students? Recent news that striking teachers in the city of Los Angeles were demanding, among other things, more nurses…
Delaware health system’s secure web portal gives school nurses access to a child’s EMR. For many years, school nurses were perceived as being outside the traditional healthcare delivery system. Their physical location and lack of regular communication with community physicians limited a school nurse’s…
Nurses facilitate real-time treatment options A student complains of a sore throat. She goes to see the school nurse who determines it would be best if a physician checked her out, as she may need medication. The girl’s parents are called, one must leave…
While kids may be sad to hit the books again, the start of the 2014-15 school represents an positive period for school nurses. Implementation of the Affordable Care Act started in 2010 and now 4.2 million people have selected a marketplace plan during the…