Tag: school nurse
Coronavirus Today – Aug. 13 – Pandemic snarls seasons: Sports, flu, back-to-school; Unemployment aid push and pull
By Anne Blythe As college sports officials spent Thursday weighing pros and cons of moving ahead with an Atlantic Coast Conference football season in the coming weeks and month, public health officials in North Carolina, where many of those teams play, raised the specter of a different fall phenomenon. Flu season is coming amid theAug 13, 2020Lawmaker will again attempt to get lead out of water in schools, daycare centers
By Greg Barnes Parents of students at Red Oak Elementary School in Nash County were never notified after federal officials found excessive levels of lead in the school’s water in July 2015. Instead, school administrators posted a notice on a brick wall in the school’s kitchen. Under state law, it was the only notification theyJan 24, 2019
School Nurses’ New Roles Reflect Complex Health Needs of N.C.’s Students
By Rose Hoban Amy Widderich is a woman in near constant motion. Whether it’s walking a queasy child from a classroom, taking a temperature or dispensing hugs and encouragement to anxious kids, Widderich, the school nurse at Grove Park Elementary School in Burlington, rarely gets to complete a sentence before she’s interrupted by a child,Feb 9, 2018School Nurses Need Help to Combat Opioids
By Taylor Knopf Now a national emergency, opioids have seeped into all areas of American life, including grade school. A survey published in the Journal of Addictive Diseases found that school nurses in North and South Carolina sometimes encounter students with opioid prescriptions. The nurses also say they’d like more opioid education for themselves andNov 13, 2017Schools/Health Bills Cruise through N.C. House
As a legislative deadline draws near, lawmakers move a group of bills to help school children stay healthier. By Rose Hoban With a major legislative deadline approaching on April 30, lawmakers in the House of Representatives have been acting quickly to move bills addressing health and schools through committee and floor votes. After hearing aApr 22, 2015School-based Telehealth: A New Approach to Improved Outcomes in Rural NC Counties
By Taylor Sisk It was the teacher in Steve North who connected the dots. North, a Wisconsin native, was fated, it would seem, to be a doctor. His father was one, and folks always said he himself had what it takes to be a good one. But the instinct to serve led him first inJan 21, 2015
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School Nurses Push for EpiPens
At their annual conference in Chapel Hill this week, school nurses were buzzing about having the right medications in schools to treat dangerous allergic reactions. By Rose Hoban In January 2012, 7-year-old Amarria Johnson died after accidentally eating a peanut at her elementary school in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Less than four months later, Virginia passedOct 22, 2013Health Care Bills On the Move in Legislature
As the end of the legislative session starts to come into sight, more bills are being pushed quickly through committees and on to votes. This week’s roundup of health care bills: By Rose Hoban As lawmakers get closer to the end of their legislative session, bills start to move quickly through committees on their wayApr 26, 2013School Nurses Head to Class
More than 500 school nurses crammed in as much new information as they could last week during the annual meeting of the state School Nurses’ Association. By Rose Hoban One day last week, four kids showed up in school nurse Frances Tutterow’s office at Courtney Elementary School at the same time. All of them hadOct 3, 2012