Overburdened: How School Nurses Struggle to Meet Health Needs of Students
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
Blood glucose testing, carbohydrate counting and insulin administration are common tasks for a majority of the registered nurses in Redwood City School District. Diabetic care, however, is but one of many medical conditions being managed by the nursing team, made up of five registered school nurses serving 7,951 students across 16 elementary and middle school campuses in Redwood City.
The dynamic found in Redwood City represents a trend facing school districts across the country to varying extents. Gone are the days of school nurses solely doing vision screenings and doling out Band-Aids.
As the medical needs of students have increased – including conditions such as diabetes, asthma, food allergies and seizure disorders, the ability of the school nurses to cover the health needs of all students has become more difficult.
In 2010 California ranked 42nd in the nation for nurse-to-student ratio with 2,187 students per school nurse, according to the National Association of School Nurses. In 2015, the average statewide ratio of nurses to students grew to 2784 to 1, but the ratios vary widely among districts, according to KidsData.org.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | June 2017 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Bonilla, Bethney |
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| Primary advisor | Zacharia, Janine |
| Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Department of Communication |
Subjects
| Subject | Stanford University Department of Communication |
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| Subject | Master's in Journalism Program |
| Subject | school nurse |
| Subject | public education |
| Subject | California |
| Subject | student health |
| Subject | pupil health |
| Genre | Thesis |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/xc755sg6576 |
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- Bonilla, Bethney. (2017). Overburdened: How School Nurses Struggle to Meet Health Needs of Students. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/xc755sg6576
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Masters Theses in Journalism, Department of Communication, Stanford University
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