School Nurses Become Medical Safety Net
Now, school nurses--who earn significantly less than registered nurses at hospitals--visit multiple schools in one week--or even in one day. Beyond the typical headaches and bellyaches, they are also responding to an increase in students with chronic diseases that require regular care, such as diabetes, asthma, allergies and seizures. "We feel there are more students [with chronic illness,] but I don't know if it is because they didn't come to school in the past," said Patti Cassinerio, director of health services for Stanislaus County Office of Education. Her office employs 11 full-time equivalent school nurses to serve about 16,000 students in 15 schools. "Because of limited economic resources, some of our families are burning wood in their homes to provide heat, and that makes many of these kids who have asthma have a flare up," said Licudine, of Modesto City Schools, which employs more than 16 full-time-equivalent school nurses to serve about 30,000 students across 34 schools. "There are less resources in the home, because of a variety of reasons, and it is harder to get them into care, and harder to get the things they need," said Dutch, of the Tulare County Office of Education. Tulare employs five full-time and two part-time school nurses, who serve about 14,600 students across 35 rural school districts.Disclaimer: Comments do not necessarily reflect the views of New America Media. NAM reserves the right to edit or delete comments. Once published, comments are visible to search engines and will remain in their archives. If you do not want your identity connected to comments on this site, please refrain from commenting or use a handle or alias instead of your real name.
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"Things that should be easy to take care of have gotten much more complicated, and that is because families are losing their access to health insurance," said Aurora Licudine, who chairs the school nurses association for Modesto City Schools.
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School Nurses Become Medical Safety Net - New America Media
Now, school nurses--who earn significantly less than registered nurses at hospitals--visit multiple schools in one week--or even in one day. Beyond the typical headaches and bellyaches, they are also responding to an increase in students with chronic diseases that require regular care, such as diabetes, asthma, allergies and seizures. "We feel there are more students [with chronic illness,] but I don't know if it is because they didn't come to school in the past," said Patti Cassinerio, director of health services for Stanislaus County Office of Education. Her office employs 11 full-time equivalent school nurses to serve about 16,000 students in 15 schools. "Because of limited economic resources, some of our families are burning wood in their homes to provide heat, and that makes many of these kids who have asthma have a flare up," said Licudine, of Modesto City Schools, which employs more than 16 full-time-equivalent school nurses to serve about 30,000 students across 34 schools. "There are less resources in the home, because of a variety of reasons, and it is harder to get them into care, and harder to get the things they need," said Dutch, of the Tulare County Office of Education. Tulare employs five full-time and two part-time school nurses, who serve about 14,600 students across 35 rural school districts.
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