Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The life of a school nurse has never been a walk in the park, and now, the job description is taking a big shift. Almost 200 ...

WILTON -- It is more than a business of bumps and bruises. In the nurse's office at Miller-Driscoll School, Barbara Schum and Loretta Ertl monitor allergies, conduct screenings for vision, hearing and ...

Apr. 15—The ever-expanding duties of school nurses, pushed into the spotlight during the pandemic, create a demand for their services that is tough to meet in the midst of a statewide nursing shortage ...

While school nurses are nothing new — they have been playing important roles in school settings since the early 1900s — their roles and responsibilities have evolved significantly in recent decades.

It’s a rare day when Melissa Lassen doesn’t get a phone call or email from someone trying to recruit her away from school nursing. “I don’t even know how they get my name,” said Lassen, lead school ...

Last September, as Covid-19 vaccine candidates were rapidly advancing, Katherine Park and six of her fellow school nurses in St. Louis County, Mo., envisioned school-based vaccination sites as an ...

ON CAMPUS FOR SCHOOL NURSES, ESPECILYAL IN LIGHT OF COVID-19 AND MOST DOUBT. THEREIL WL BE FOR SOME TIME TO COME NOW. WE HAVE TO PUT OUR THE MASK ON OUR GLOVES THE GOWN OUR SHIELD. IT’S HOT THEN WE ...