School nurses are superheroes for kiddos with medical conditions including food allergies. Here's why!

If you were tasked with writing out the job description of a school nurse, what would be on that list? If your kiddo has food allergy, then definitely "knows how and when to use epinephrine auto-injector AND can show others the same." This is such an important part of being a school nurse as is caring for students with other medical conditions. To give us a glimpse into the multi-tasking life of a school nurse, this episodes is my recent conversation with Tracy White, BA, BSN, RN, School Specialist with Virginia Department of Education and the School Nurse Consultant. You've got to hear this!
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