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Canyons school nurses report rising chronic-care caseload, request three additional nurses
Summary
School nurse specialist Jen Gerard told the Canyons Board of Education that nurses are managing more chronic conditions, expanding services such as telehealth and vaccinations, and are asking the district to fund three additional full‑time nurses to maintain student health coverage across schools.
Jen Gerard, the district’s school nurse specialist, told the Canyons Board of Education on Oct. 7 that school nurses are seeing an increase in chronic and complex medical needs and have expanded preventive services districtwide.
Gerard said nurses now cover one to three schools each and manage daily care, chronic conditions and emergencies that affect students’ ability to learn. “Students need to be able to learn and they need people need to feel well, in class and it directly impacts their ability to learn when they're feeling well and they're in class and their needs met,” Gerard said.
The presentation documented several program expansions and use data Gerard said show growing demand. Nurses now oversee hearing screening (added districtwide in February 2023 after two…
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