Working with school nurses: improving children's vision and building relationships.

Abstract

The 45,000-plus school nurses in the U.S. have an astonishing array of responsibilities, and serve as important gatekeepers to the health care of millions of children. By building relationships with local school nurses, doctors of optometry can play an important part in improving children's vision care, and build their practices as well. We take a look at the challenges school nurses face, and an AOA program designed to reach out to them and improve the quality of vision screenings.