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- There are 1,049 school nurses in Ohio (ODE
2003)
- There are 481 school nurses who belong to OASN
- There are 57,954 school nurses nationally.
This represent a 22% increase since 1996 (US Department of Health
and Human Services, NASN March 2000)
- The recommended ratio of school nurses to
students is 1:750 (NASN, Healthy People 2010)
- There are 14 states that mandate school health
service (Ohio does not)
- There are 18 states that require a BS as a
minimum requirement for school nurse education (Ohio is included)
- There are 21 states that require additional
credentials/licensure as a school nurse (Ohio is included)
- Currently there are approximately 55 districts
that have no health services
- It will cost approximately $2,200,000 to
provide health services for those districts. **(based on an average
salary of $40,000 for school nurse)
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