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School Employees May Give Insulin Shots to Children With Type 1 Diabetes, California Courts Rules

The California Supreme Court ruled that public school employees may administer insulin shots to diabetic students. The court found that California law permits trained but unlicensed school employees to administer the shots when a school nurse is unavailable...

Federal Administration Supports Parents in American Nurses Association vs. O’Connell

The Obama administration has taken a rare step and urged the California courts to allow school employees to administer insulin shots to the state's 14,000 diabetic schoolchildren if no nurses are available, according to the San Francisco Chronicle...

School Nurse Shortages and More Diabetic Kids

I just saw an article in USA Today about how the school nurse shortage is affecting kids with diabetes and it made me very grateful, as I always am,…

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School Employees May Give Insulin Shots to Children With Type 1 Diabetes, California Courts Rules

Federal Administration Supports Parents in American Nurses Association vs. O’Connell

School Nurse Shortages and More Diabetic Kids

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