Park Ridge and Niles elementary and middle schools to have nurses

The Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 Board of Education voted on November 14 to place registered nurses in each of the district's eight schools, Park Ridge Herald-Advocate.

The district already employs a traveling registered nurse, two certified student nurses and eight health assistants. The registered nurses would be able to administer medications and injections.

As of last spring, according to data given to the school board, 42 students across the district took medication during the school day, 164 students had EpiPens, and there were six students who may need an emergency medication administered during a seizure.

The cost of replacing the health assistants with nurses is estimated to range between $127,585 and $306,253.

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