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By Kristia Postema
Capital News Service
School nurses have long played a major role in the health and safety of students and staff, but in the midst of the pandemic they’ve been tasked with the crucial role of mitigating coronavirus cases.
In April 2020, a month after schools closed due to the coronavirus, the National Association of School Nurses studied how school nurses met the needs of staff and students without seeing them face to face.
Most continued to provide assistance from afar, the study found.
According to the study, school nurses reported reaching out to at-risk students, becoming health expert resources for parents, holding virtual support groups or office hours, educating and updating the community about COVID-19, formulating student health care plans and developing protocols for safely returning to school.