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School Nurses: The First Line of Treatment for Mental Health
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Linda Vollinger has been a school nurse for 10 years at Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Palos Hills, Illinois. But if you think her job involves just handing out ice packs and Band-Aids, think again. President of her local chapter of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) and a former ER trauma nurse, Vollinger says her fellow school nurses do a lot more. Beyond scrapes and stomach aches, many school nurses are now the first stop for treating kids’ mental health.