title: Every child deserves a school nurse.
abstract: these nurses provide essential services.
authors.affiliation: AJN Editor-in-Chief, E-mail: shawn.kennedy@wolterskluwer.com.
authors.forename: Maureen Shawn
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012573:School Nursing / Q000191:economics; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce