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School nurses have a big job – is 1 for every 750 kids really enough?

  • Written by Beth Jameson, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Seton Hall University
School nurses have a big job – is 1 for every 750 kids really enough?Many school nurses are taking on even more responsibilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Pete Bannan/MediaNews Group/Daily Times via Getty Images

When many people think of a school nurse, they imagine a person who hands out Band-Aids for boo-boos.

But school nurses do so much more. They are school leaders who address the physical, mental and...

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