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Board adopts change to allow trained personnel to perform tube feedings; public-participation policy under review
Summary
The board waived first reading and adopted revisions to policy JHC to allow trained non-registered medical personnel to perform tube feedings with nurse approval; the board also reviewed public-participation policy changes and approved several legislative-driven policy updates.
The Ferguson-Florissant School District Board of Education on Tuesday waived first reading and adopted an update to policy JHC, student health services and requirements, to permit trained medical personnel other than registered nurses to perform tube feedings in schools when supervised and approved by the district nursing administrator.
Administration explained the change responds to a shortage of registered nurses relative to student medical needs. The policy change was vetted by the district nursing administrator, Dr. Stephanie Tate Patterson,…
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