A school nurse’s caseload can vary dramatically based on a school’s size and the number of students dealing with chronic disease, poverty, housing insecurity and many other concerns.
The CDC recommends schools have one nurse for every 750 students. Only about 40% of schools meet that bar.
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School nurses were already overwhelmed, with hundreds of students and staff in their charge. Now, COVID-19 screenings and testing have become their priority.
These kids learned about staying healthy in schools around the time of the 1918 pandemic.
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