Nursing cuts increase medical burdens on teachers

Teachers become nurses as schools get squeezed

Washington Post  July 15, 2008

As budget cuts lead school districts to trim the number of nurses in school buildings, teachers are picking up the slack and having to address students' medical issues in the classroom, by doing things like administering shots and inhalers for students with diabetes and asthma.  The average nurse is assigned to 2.2 schools and oversees 1,151 students, far higher than the federal guideline that recommend one nurse for every 750 students.