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A Third of Schools Don't Have a Nurse. Here's Why That's a Problem.

Jodi Bobbitt, the school nurse at William Ramsay Elementary in Alexandria, Virginia, is always ready to see children with a wide range of injuries and illnesses. One day during the first week of school, the parade started before the first bell when a little girl walked in with red, irritated eyes. Then it got busy.
United States District Of Columbia Rutgers University New Jersey Al Iskandariyah Jodi Bobbitt

A third of schools don't have a nurse. Here's why that's a problem.

Jodi Bobbitt, the school nurse at William Ramsay Elementary in Alexandria, Virginia, is always ready to see children with a wide range of injuries and illnesses. One day during the first week of school, the parade started before the first bell when a little girl walked in with red, irritated eyes.
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A Third of Schools Don't Have a Nurse. Here's Why That's a Problem.

School nurses treat children daily for a wide range of illnesses and injuries, and sometimes serve as a young patient’s only health provider. They also function as a point person for critical public health interventions. Yet many states don’t require them, and school districts struggle to hire them.
United States New Jersey District Of Columbia Al Iskandariyah Rutgers University Jessica Sawko

More than a third of US schools don't have a single nurse on-site - despite record rates of disease and mental health problems in students

Only 66 percent of schools have access to a full-time school nurse, according to the National Association of School Nurses. California has just one school nurse for every 2,410 students in the state.
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