Are School Nurses Disappearing?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/04/04/school.nurse.shortage.parenting/index.html?iref=allsearch

This article really bothered me, the story it shared about a student dying from an asthma attack that could have easily been prevented it there was registered nurse on site. I feel the well being of a child and their health and safety comes before academics. A nurse should be the last person to get cut from a school. I would never send my child to a school that did not have their own nurse on site for the WHOLE school day. Now what about children with special needs? Often times they need medical attention daily, who hands out the drugs that children take daily? A nurse is qualified to give medicine, to give injections, and know what to do in a medical emergency until further assistance gets there. Nurses are needed in schools, and that is disappointing to find that many schools do not have them.