“No School Nurses Left Behind” investigates in great detail the consequences of not having a school nurse or a medically-trained staff person in many of our nation’s schools. Although government reports suggest that school districts have complete school nurse coverage, a closer examination revealed that in fact many schools have only part-time coverage or none at all. Instead of nurses, school secretaries and other medically untrained staff must respond to emergencies and dispense medications to a growing number of children with chronic and severe physical or mental illnesses, sometimes with severe or tragic results.
