The News & Record published an article from Kate Elizabeth Queram regarding the proposed Guilford County budget for four additional school nurses and one nurse supervisor. Click to read more:
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New Intern for Project ONE
Amy Shadron is the newest member of the Project ONE team. She started working as an intern beginning in Spring 2017. Amy graduated with her Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) from James Madison University and has been working as a surgical stepdown Registered Nurse in Durham, NC since 2014. She started pursuing her Masters […]
North Carolina continues to get mixed grades for children’s health issues
In a recently released annual report from NC Child and the NC Institute of Medicine on the overall health of our children, our state received mixed grades. Good progress in some areas, but also areas of “profound concern n” including our struggle to establish “proper student-to-nurse ratios”. Read more here:
A Nurse for Every School
The News & Record published the following from Robin Lane, chair of Guilford County Project ONE: A nurse in every school By Robin Lane Readers who care about the health of our children have lots to consider as they learn about the critical shortage of nurses in Guilford County’s public schools. Numbers tell the story. […]
Nursing shortage in schools is serious
The News and Record published a letter to the editor from Dr. Martha Perry, M.D., Director of the Pediatric Care Division in Cone Health Medical Group. In it, Dr. Perry reminded the community of the need for more nurses in Guilford County Schools and the impact of that need on teachers. Here is the text […]
Dearth of Nurses is What Ails Guilford County Schools
Scott Yost had an article in the Rhino Times about a lengthy discussion about school nurses at the Guilford County Board of Commissioners meeting on September 15, 2016. Although the topic was not on the agenda, the Commissioners spent quite some time discussing the poor nurse-to-student ration in Guilford County Schools: 1 nurse per 2,217 […]
School Nurses Can Be Mental Health ‘Detectives’ But They Need Help
This story is part of our NPR Ed series on mental health in schools. Patricia Tolson has some visitors. Two 5-year-old girls, best friends, hold hands in her office at Van Ness Elementary School in Washington, D.C., one complaining she doesn’t feel well. Tolson, the school nurse, asks, “How long has your stomach been hurting?” […]
Guilford grapples with shortage of school nurses
Kate Elizabeth Queram wrote an article in the News & Record about the challenges facing school nurses because of the low number of nurses for the number of students in Guilford County Schools. Read her article here. Photo by Joseph Rodriguez with News & Record
Many School Districts Don’t Have Enough School Nurses
Less than half of the country’s public schools employ a full-time nurse, and in some of the worst cases – largely in poor, urban school systems – there’s only one school nurse for every 4,000 students. “This absolutely has real consequences,” says Beth Mattey, president of the National Association of School Nurses. “If you have […]
Parents, doctors push for nurses in every school, but budget concerns linger
Some parents and doctors are pushing to get a nurse in every school in North Carolina, but finding the money needed for such a tall order is a chronic challenge. Nurses often find better-paying jobs in the private industry, and the shortage can put students at risk. Thirteen-year-old Isabel Arreola knows the fear of not […]