SCHOOL NURSES AND MENTAL HEALTH

Kim Lowe speaks about how school nurses can play a significant role in the mental health of students

Advocacy

Allows for school volunteers to administer emergency adrenal insufficiency medication at school

Allows for certain healthcare providers to provide prescriptions to schools for stock epinephrine and albuterol

Changes the frequency of trainings required of schools and reporting dates

Recommendations for school nurse staffing ratios

Requirements for vision screen in public education