Salt Lake City • A new state report shows Utah’s school nursing shortage slightly worsened over the last year, leaving Utah school nurses with six times the recommended students under their care.
The Utah Department of Health reports that Utah had one nurse for every 4,543 students, up from one for every 4,300 students.
That’s about six times higher than recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the American Academy of Pediatrics, which call for one nurse for every 750 students.
Hiring a nurse for every school would cost $90 million.