The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) School Health Branch has been invited to partner with the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) and its Every Student Counts! initiative.
Every day of the past 18 years has looked different for Laura Rhodes. One minute she might be helping a student who fell at the playground. In the next minute, she might be helping a student with their insulin pump.
During a School Nurse End of the Year Webcast on March 1, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) encouraged school health providers to prepare to offer services to students during the summer.
Two nurses from the Ballard County school district are helping the local health department administer COVID-19 vaccinations.
Health and education officials from around the state told school nurses that collaboration between schools and local health authorities is essential to the success of contact tracing. Tracing the contacts of anyone infected with COVID-19 is a vital tool in controlling the disease’s spread.