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Bill to broaden experience eligible for school‑nurse certification draws support from nursing association
Summary
Rep. Jess Edwards introduced HB 208 to allow acute or chronic nursing experience to qualify for school‑nurse certification and to give districts more hiring flexibility amid nurse shortages.
Rep. Jess Edwards told the committee HB 208 was drafted after conversations with a local superintendent and the New Hampshire School Nurses Association to address recruiting problems for school nurses. The proposal would adjust statutory language that currently emphasizes pediatric experience and make acute and chronic care experience explicitly acceptable as qualifying background for certification and hiring.
Edwards said the change would give districts greater flexibility to hire experienced registered nurses who have worked in non‑pediatric settings (for example, emergency or chronic‑care settings) and to consider demonstrated leadership and…
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