Local Public Health Expert Recognized Issues with School Health Lag Time, Put a Plan in Motion to Alleviate the Problems. Public School Nurses in Cabarrus County Identify Patterns and Increase Response Time with New School Health App Cabarrus County is the first county in the state of North Carolina to have a school nurse in every school. These nurses serve the more than 36,000 students who attend K-12 schools across the county. Each day, approximately 240 Cabarrus County students per hour are seen by a school nurse. This translates to five students per hour, per school. Unfortunately, too often students were lining up outside the nurse’s office waiting to be seen. While nurses worked as quickly as possible to deliver patient care, they were also burdened by paperwork and ineff

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