Across the U.S., school nurses face an unprecedented task: caring for students and staff during a pandemic. But one poll found that 40% of school nurses said they weren't involved in conversations about pandemic planning with their school teams.
, only about half of all schools employ a full time nurse. And, says Mazyck,"Twenty–five percent of schools do not have a school nurse at all."
In Gavin's New Jersey district, they're recruiting for more school nurses and substitute nurses."And unfortunately, that seems to be a problem because of the pay," she says. School nurses with experience and advanced degrees can often make more money at hospitals, which desperately need them too. Even in districts starting the year with mostly virtual learning, nurses plan to hold telehealth visits and check in on students with chronic illness. Gavin, whose school district is finalizing plans for a hybrid model with in-person and virtual options, says she and her nursing team are trained COVID-19 contact tracers.
They'll also be checking on students traumatized by the pandemic. There's"uncertainty, grief and fear that's come because of COVID-19," says Mazyck."[Students] will have family members who passed away. They will have acquaintances who no longer have grandparents in their home," she says. They will need support from trusted adults at school — often, support they seek from their school nurses.
"I feel as though it's a rabbit hole. Once I go down the hole, I think I solved something? There's another issue with that. So we go down that hole. It seems endless," Gavin says.She says she's thinking about every possibility — like replacing her school's stock of nasal Narcan, a treatment for opioid overdoses, with the injectable version in order to decrease risk of spreading the virus.
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