Nurses Life Line Alliance

Nursing students at the ASU Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation are getting hours under their belt and real-life experience by being specially fitted with N95s and other PPE in order to collect COVID-19 samples on the ASU campus.

"This is an opportunity for students who are in the nursing program to get some clinical experiences with patients in the community in order to understand the necessity of personal protective equipment," said Salina Bednarek, a professor and director at the Edson College of Nursing. "We're giving our students an opportunity that most nursing students have never had."

ASU nursing students fitted with face masks to help collect COVID-19 test samples So far, 288 nursing students have been able to participate in collecting test samples.

It's a job that doesn't normally get a lot of attention, but all that's now changed, thanks to the pandemic. School nurses are now front and center in the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19.

School nurses face new challenges as students return to class during COVID-19 crisis COVID-19 has brought to light the need for more school nurses. A number of schools across the state don't have a registered nurse, and many that do, have to cover

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