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 ...

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.

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 ...

Like other health care providers, school nurses are on the front lines of the pandemic, as they treat students who may be infected with the coronavirus and interact with public health officials to ...

CHARLEVOIX — How times have changed from the days of the school nurse parked in that office down the linoleum hallway. Chris Signs-Warstler, RN, barely sits down from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., as she helps ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.