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School Nurse Controversy Ruffles Our Diabetes Feathers
Louisville :: KY :: USA | 14 days ago
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Today is National School Nurse Day and a time when many are recognizing the 74,000 school nurses in the U.S. So, it's a perfect time to take a look at the current landscape of school nurses. Of course, we thank those make it their professional
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School pupils 'still in nappies'
New York :: NY :: USA | 14 days ago
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Kent schoolchildren 'still wearing nappies' A "rising number" of children are starting school still wearing nappies, say health experts in Kent. Of 18 schools investigated, 24 children did not know how to use a toilet and still wore nappies. Kent
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School system ends nursing deal with district health department
Green River :: WY :: USA | 17 days ago
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Henderson County Schools will no longer be contracting with Green River District Health Department to provide school nurse services. Instead, the five locations that were contracted through Green River will now be staffed by district-employed nurses
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Funding cuts force health department, Fayette schools to alter school nurse program
Lexington :: KY :: USA | 1 month ago
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The change is necessitated by an expected $500,000 cut in federal funding to the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department for the fiscal year starting July 1, according to Dr. Rice Leach, the county health commissioner. Some details remain to be
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Tell parents if girls are given morning-after pill at school, says MP
Bristol :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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23 February 2013 Leading GPs have called for all school nurses to be able to give the morning-after pill to teenage girls. NHS trusts in some areas have already introduced the scheme in an attempt to reduce the number of unwanted teenage pregnancies.
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California School Nurses Receive Critical Epilepsy Education
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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February 20, 2013 At the invitation of the California School Nurses Organization, the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles together with Epilepsy California and Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego
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State: New nurse requirement to add to school districts' woes
Springfield :: MO :: USA | 4 months ago
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In July, Illinois' financially squeezed school districts will have one more thing to check off their to-do lists: find certified school nurses, if they haven't already. For years, schools have hired less-expensive registered nurses to cut costs, but
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As head lice cases grow, Vestavia Hills business seeks to break taboo, treat those infested
Vestavia Hills :: AL :: USA | 4 months ago
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They itch and they tickle; they bother and irritate. Most of all, however, head lice remain a secret topic, a taboo among parents. Despite the constant head-scratching and the tingling scalps, some parents prefer to ignore the problem and hope it
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How can this help my child?
New York City :: NY :: USA | 4 months ago
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They told me they had a reading teacher, but my child only goes two times a week...On top of that, the teachers at the school are selling everything out of their bags. I found this out after I asked my child if she had a pencil, she told me that she
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Boston schools so far mostly unscathed by flu season
Cambridge :: MA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Menino declared a state of emergency in Boston last week, with 700 confirmed cases of the flu in the city, 10 times more than last year. Although there have been more flu cases in city schools this year, the virus has been well contained and hasn't
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