School nurses nationwide are expressing frustration and exhaustion, especially in states where political leaders are refusing to allow schools to create mask mandates and other policies that could act as basic safeguards against Covid-19.
Florida's Hillsborough County Public Schools have had students in classrooms for only two weeks, and yet Katherine Burdge, a school nurse for the district, said she's more stressed out than at any other point during the coronavirus pandemic.
"At least we have this," she added, referring to the new mask mandate."It's a safeguard. Nothing is 100 percent, but this will hopefully help get the numbers down." This cognitive dissonance is particularly tough because many school nurses have taken on huge responsibilities during the public health crisis.
"It's impossible," said Karen Schwind, the president of the Texas School Nurses Organization, who works as the health services coordinator at the New Braunfels Independent School District.
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