AISD, Seton hire nurses for campuses; parents hold out hope for nurses at every school

ONSET OF SYMPTOMS.ERIN:WE'RE
LEARNING - AUSTIN SCHOOL
NURSING POSITIONS ARE ALMOST
FILLED... BUT NOT QUICKLY
ENOUGH FOR SOME PARENTS.LAST
FALL, CHANGES IN HEALTH CARE
AT AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT PROMPTED COMPLAINTS.
SETON, WHICH PROVIDES SCHOOL
NURSES FOR AISD, ANNOUNCED
THEY'D BE REPLACING SOME R-NS
WITH SCHOOL HEALTH ASSISTANTS
WHO CAN TELECONFERENCE TO
LICENSED MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS. AFTER COMMUNITY
BACKLASH - SETON IS PLACING
NURSES AT MORE CAMPUSES - BUT
HAS 8 LEFT TO HIRE.KXAN'S
ALYSSA GOARD FOLLOWS UP WITH
ONE PARENT AT BECKER
ELEMENTARY.HE'S ANTICIPATING
THE RETURN OF THE NURSE THERE,
MORE THAN MOST.AS A TYPE 1
DIABETIC -- ESME HENNESSY
KNOWS MORE ABOUT BLOOD THAN
MOST 4 YEAR OLDS. BUT SHE
CAN'T ADMINISTER INSULIN SHOTS
ON HER OWN. SINCE THE START OF
THE SCHOOL YEAR, HER DAD HAS
BEEN GOING EVERY DAY TO HELP
WITH HIS DAUGHTER'S CARE AT
BECKER ELEMENTARY WHERE SHE
ATTENDS PRE-K I ACTUALLY HAVE
A PLACE NOW, IT'S NOT THE
LIBRARY, THEY PUT ME IN THIS
CONVERTED CUSTODIAL CLOSETHE
SAYS UP TO THIS POINT, THERE
HAS BEEN NO REGISTERED NURSE
CONSISTENTLY ON THEIR CAMPUS,
ONLY A SCHOOL HEALTH ASSISTANT
FRUSTRATED, I'D RATHER NOT BE
AT THE SCHOOL EVERYDAY, I BE
THERE, SO ITS' STARTING TO
WEAR A LITTLE BIT, SETON TELLS
KXAN THERE IS SOME RELIEF IN
SIGHT.THEY'VE BEEN HIRING MORE
NURSES, INCLUDING ONE FOR
BECKER ELEMENTARY WHO IS A
MASTER'S PREPARED DIABETIC
NURSE. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH
ORIENTATION, AND
SHOULD BE ON CAMPUS BY THE END
SHOULD BE ON CAMPUS BY THE END
OF JANUARY. SETON SAYS
RECRUITING, HIRING AND
TRAINING THESE NURSES TAKES A
WHILE.... BECAUSE THEY NEED TO
FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE. THERE
WERE A COUPLE OF DAYS EARLY ON
WHERE WE HAD A NURSE, IT WAS A
WORLD OF DIFFERENCE, SHE WAS
REVIEWING ESME'S FILES SHE WAS
CHECKING EXPIRATION DATES ON
HER PERSCRIPTIONSHENNESSY AND
HIS FAMILY BELIEVES THERE
SHOULD BE A NURSE ON EVERY
AISD CAMPUS. WHERE DOES THAT
LEAVE US, THE FUNDING PACKAGE
IS THROUGH THE END OF THIS
SCHOOL YEAR, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
YEAR? ALYSSA GOAD KXAN NEWS.
ERIN:SETON TELLS US THE NEW
NURSE AT BECKER WAS CAREFULLY
CHOSEN BASED ON THE NEED --
LIKE ESME'S DIABETIC CARE.
AISD AND SETON BUILT A
PARENTAL ADVISORY GROUP THIS
YEAR, THE STUDENT HEALTH
ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THIS
DECEMBER, THE COMMITTEE SENT
RECCOMENDATIONS TO AISD.THEY
BELIEVE EVERY CAMPUS SHOULD
HAVE A REGISTERED NURSE, AND
ARE POINTING TO OTHER URBAN
DISTRICTS LIKE FORT WORTH AN
SAN ANTONIO - WHO HAVE THAT
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AISD, Seton hire nurses for campuses; parents hold out hope for nurses at every school

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