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Health staff urges board not to cut credentialed school nurses; district spokeswoman says LVNs are not equivalent
Summary
A District health clerk read a written statement from the district nurse at the East Whittier City School District board meeting saying planned reductions from three credentialed school nurses to one would reduce services that only certificated school nurses can legally perform under California Education Code.
At the East Whittier City School District board meeting, a health clerk urged trustees to reverse or reexamine a staffing plan that would reduce the number of credentialed school nurses (CSNs) from three to one.
Diamella Kerubina, a health clerk at Laurel Elementary, read a statement written by District Nurse Connie Lee describing services that, the statement said, can legally be performed only by credentialed school nurses under California Education Code. Kerubina told the board the health services team is “deeply concerned” about the proposed stabilization plan to replace CSNs with licensed vocational nurses (LVNs).
The statement listed duties it said only CSNs can perform: assessing students’…
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