As prepared as other staff may be, they cannot play the role that a high quality school nurse does.
Educators have all seen the student who are frequent flyers to the nurse's office. Perhaps they are there because they feel sick, to escape the school bully or a difficult class. Regardless of the reason, the school nurse plays an important role in the school system. They comfort children, aid when they are sick, and can help get to the heart of a problem.
Unfortunately, school nurses are not found in every school because they are often not mandated. Linda Davis-Alldritt, the President of the National Association of School Nurses says, "NASN's experience and the literature shows that the lack of school nurses in our schools is most often based on policy, funding, and prioritization decisions at the state and local level. What NASN's and other researchers have shown is that there is no shortage of school nurses, but rather a shortage of funded positions in states where the number of school nurses to students is low."
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