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State education official: school nurses recorded 33,780 students with asthma in 2022–23
Summary
Amanda Johnson, school nurse consultant for Tennessee, reported 33,780 students diagnosed with asthma in 2022–23 and provided counts for procedures and medication administrations (22,838 prescribed albuterol administrations; 476 stock albuterol uses); she also noted about 30% of public schools lack a full-time nurse.
Amanda Johnson, school nurse consultant in the Tennessee Department of Education’s Division of Coordinated School Health, presented findings from the statute-required annual health services survey for the 2022–23 school year.
Johnson said districts reported 33,780 students with confirmed asthma diagnoses and clarified that the survey counts students (not…
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