Safety First?
Does Your Child's School Have a Nurse?
By Jennifer Lacey
There are ways parents of school-aged children and the general public can help bring this current situation to light.
Tanaciev believes it is important that "parents become educated about who is taking care of the health needs of their children while they are in school," she says. "If it is anyone other than a school nurse, they should work to change that. They should work with school nurses and teachers to educate school board members about the need for school nurses. They must make their voices heard."
States With Mandated School Nursing Services A survey conducted in 2001 by the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) discovered 14 states with mandated school nursing services. They are the following: - Alabama
- Arkansas
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Tennessee
- Vermont
- West Virginia
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| Make Yourself Heard To contact your state senator(s), please visit the United States Senate Web site at www.senate.gov. To contact your representative(s), please visit the United States House of Representatives Web site at www.house.gov. |
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| Educate Yourself For more information, visit the following Web sites: |
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