Want to keep schools safe? Hire more nurses Students are safest when they have access to a full-time nurse

https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/06/school-nurses-rns-sros-resource-officers-mental-health-crisis/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9n5TE6pl8S7EiC52BfR6MOeZJwGHiaHJhcJhiesqNlHbwHZiwJO6j01y8hQDJR6iLcCLR4dyIH5ftoiMwOvnraAD40_w&_hsmi=345985342&utm_content=345985342&utm_source=hs_email Did you know that in the U.S., there are more security staff in high schools than there are full-time registered nurses? In a new First Opinion essay, RN Sherrie Page Guyer argues that the philosophy of what makes a campus safe must shift “from fear to facts.” Of course, school shootings are an intractable tragedy in American culture. But Guyer notes that medical emergencies requiring CPR or the administration of lifesaving medication are still far more likely to occur at high schools than a shooting. School nurses can also be the first adult that a student talks to when they need behavioral health support. Read more in Guyer’s essay on the benefits of arming every school with a nurse.