Nationwide Shortage of School Nurses May Be Putting Kids' Lives At Risk

NEW YORK (CBSNEWS.COM) - Only three out of five schools across the country have full-time school nurses often forcing school administrators, with no medical training, to step in and provide some level of care.

The role of the school nurse is more critical than ever, with a quarter of all young children suffering some kind of chronic illness, like asthma and diabetes. Over the past several years, multiple children have died after facing medical emergencies in their schools when no nurse was on duty.

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