They make a big difference in the quality of care in schools. Sometimes school nurses are more like counselors than nurses. It certainly is not an old fashioned job anymore with the kinds of issues that we're dealing with children. And the things that we're doing in a school setting to help children, she said. But I think that you need a trained person, somebody who has the expertise to deal with the different issues that are more apparent in high school than they are at elementary.
Students health is as important as their education.
I'm making sure that children stay healthy so that they can learn while they're in school. We make sure the kids stay healthy so they can learn. A teacher cannot do his or her job if the child is hurt. I think a lot of it depends on where you live. Where I live, our salaries are on the same pay scale as the teachers.