There is a nationwide school nurse shortage - School Health Partners is here to help
Although many feel like the pandemic is over, the healthcare industry is far from staff recovery. Because of severe burnout and career changes, the nursing industry is still facing a critical shortage nationwide. The policy lab reported that, even before the pandemic, staffing shortages existed amongst school nurses. Only 40% of schools employed a full-time nurse and 25% of schools did not have a nurse in any capacity.
3 ways to work with your school nurse to get a head start on students’ health
As students, teachers, and school staff members get settled into the new school year, one of the key top-of-mind conversations that are happening in and out of the classroom is how to keep students healthy so they are ready to learn. Nationally, there is a shortage of nurses, especially those who are trained or interested in working in school health. According to American Progress, employment levels for registered nurses declined by 3 percent between 2020 and 2021, the largest decline in at least 20 years.
School Health Partners: Ensuring students are healthy and ready to learn
At School Health Partners, we pride ourselves in partnering with schools and education based organizations to provide school health consulting and nursing staff. We match our quality nurses (RNs and LPNs) with the very specific health and wellness needs of individual public, charter, private, and parochial schools in the District of Columbia. Our mission is to support schools so students are healthy and ready to learn.
How nurses cope during the COVID-19 pandemic
Turning my tassel during my nursing graduation ceremony was a dream come true. I was eager to begin doing what I had dreamed about for the last four years. Like every other one of my classmates, I was about to commence my nursing career in a hospital setting. I started off in a busy pediatric emergency department in February 2020. At first, everything was exactly what I had imagined