Schools aren't just where kids get their education and meals -- it's where some have their only access to health care. Without daily access to students, school nurses fear that warning signs of illness or abuse may go unnoticed. ILNewsroom
April 21, 2020
Schools in Illinois are closed through the end of the current school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and students may be missing out on more than just face-to-face time with teachers. They also might be missing an important link in their access to health care: school nurses. Without daily access to students, school nurses like Marlow fear that warning signs of illness or abuse may go unnoticed., says she typically sees about 80 students on an average school day.
Lisa Marlow, a school nurse and educator with Murphysboro Community Unit School District 108, pictured two years ago with a baby kangaroo inside Carruthers Elementary School in Murphysboro, Ill.Marlow, the school nurse from Murphysboro, says she’s calling families to check on her students. “They do classroom activities with them under the teacher’s guidance, but they also check their vitals and feed them because they don’t eat like regular kids,” Strate says. Now that schools are closed, she says her children aren’t seeing their one-on-one nurses. Those duties have fallen on Strate.Her third child, JaRyiah, 11, has a severe form of asthma. She doesn’t need a one-on-one nurse at school like her siblings, but she does interact with her school nurse on a daily basis.
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