Fewer schools have nurses for a rising number of diabetic students

Fewer schools have full-time nurses on staff, and an increasing number of children are being diagnosed with diabetes and are in need of monitoring during the school day. Transferring students to better-equipped schools is discrimination, according to a legal expert who works with the American Diabetes Association. Some schools are providing paraprofessionals to shadow students, and others are taking a team approach among staff to help monitor students' conditions.

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This story published in AASA School Business SmartBrief on 11/02/2009





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