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Article: SCHOOL NURSES BIO-TERROR LOOKOUTS.(News)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- July 2, 2003
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Byline: Post staff report
School nurses still treat coughs and colds, but they've also become bio-terrorism lookouts, disaster responders, disability experts and surrogate mothers.
"There are new roles for school nurses," said Linda C. Wolfe, president of the National Association of School Nurses.
The 11,000-member association wrapped up a four-day convention in Cincinnati Tuesday that included sessions on terrorism and disasters as well as standard topics of drugs and pregnancy.
"When I started as a school nurse 23 years ago, we focused mainly on health education and prevention of disease," said Linda Hilvert of the Hamilton County Educational Service Center ...