Article: A call for more school nurses.(News)

Article: School nurses uneasy over condom duty; Royal ...
The Sunday Herald;  October 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... in English schools. School nurses in England can even ... family groups. And school nurses themselves are reluctant ... public affairs for the Royal College of Nursing Scotland ... expert group, says school nurses cannot deal with contraception ...

Article: RCN warns of pressure on school nurses
Evening News - Scotland;  May 14, 2009 ;     333 words ...SCHOOL nurses are feeling over-stretched with the burden of looking ... according to a nurses' union. The Edinburgh-based Royal College of Nursing said that school nurses were being handed additional responsibilities - such as ...

Article: School nurses warned of caffeine addiction by ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  September 3, 2008 ;     538 words ...School nurses have been warned to be on the lookout for signs of ... according to Bob Tait of Drug Education UK. He told an Royal College of Nursing conference for independent school nurses: Children will drink them on the walk to school ...

Article: SCHOOL NURSES TARGET MISSED; EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Sunday Mirror (London, England);  January 20, 2008 ;     480 words ... ... there are 1,129 fully-trained school nurses - leaving two in three schools without a nurse. The Royal College of Nursing say many healthcare trusts ... Government will spend pounds 27m training school nurses in the next year. But in the last ...

Article: School nurses' role now beyond just nit-picking
The Scotsman;  May 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... set out a vision of school nurses becoming more involved ... think will fall to school nurses." As their roles ... commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has found the majority of school nurses feel unable to provide ...

Article: Progress call over school nurses.
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 12, 2009 ;     596 words ... ... that the number of school nurses in Wales has not increased ... fill-time equivalent school nurses in Wales and they are ... throughout the country. The Royal College of Nursing in Wales ... that two thirds of school nurses in the UK felt overstretched ...

Article: Half of school nurses feeling overstretched
Evening News - Scotland;  September 23, 2009 ;     327 words ...MORE than half of school nurses feel overstretched in their jobs, a survey has found. The Edinburgh-based Royal College of Nursing conducted the study which found 56 per cent of nurses said there was too much work to carry out. In addition ...