Mallory C Ohneck, Joseph A Dake, Erin D Maughan, Susan K Telljohann, Tavis Glassman
This study is a cost-benefit analysis examining an urban district's partial school nurse coverage conversion to full-time coverage. Through a partnership with a health care system, the district received funding, resulting in the hiring of full-time nurses to cover all K-8 elementary schools. Researchers compared the cost of nursing services to the savings in teacher, secretary, principal, and parent productivity, reduced medical procedure costs, and grants nurses managed. The year before implementing additional nurses, the return on investment (ROI) to the community for nursing services was calculated to be $1...
September 3, 2023: Journal of School Nursing: the Official Publication of the National Association of School Nurses