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Venus ISD nurse asks board to approve district physician partner and join Asthma 4:11 program
Summary
Melissa Summers, the district nurse for Venus ISD, asked the board to authorize a paid district physician partner and free enrollment in Asthma 4:11 to allow nurses to use standing medical orders and to keep students in class.
Melissa Summers, the district nurse for Venus ISD, asked the board to authorize two health-safety initiatives: a paid district physician partnership with Dr. Michelle Beason and participation in the Asthma 4:11 program.
Summers told trustees the physician partnership would allow Dr. Beason to issue standing orders so school nurses could legally administer common over‑the‑counter medicines and emergency epinephrine “in compliance with the Texas Board of Nursing and Nursing Regulations, along with our Nursing Practice Act.” She said the standing orders would reduce unnecessary student absences and trips home for minor complaints such as headaches,…
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