Albemarle County Public Schoolsâ nurses preparing for more studentsâ return, reflect on changes due to the pandemic
Albemarle County Public Schoolsâ nurses preparing for more studentsâ return, reflect on changes due to the pandemic By CJ Paschall | March 2, 2021 at 6:22 PM EST - Updated March 4 at 3:57 PM
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - As Albemarle County Public Schools (ACPS) gear up to enter Phase 4, school nurses are getting prepared too. Theyâre navigating a landscape thatâs gone from bumps, bruises and daily medication to COVID-19 isolation rooms and daily health screenings.
Nearly a year into virtual, and more recently hybrid, learning, school nurses in the county have gone from seeing 40 to 50 students a day to one or two. Itâs all part of a major role shift that has seen nurses go from on-site medical care to key coronavirus watchdogs.