Karen Ingraham
27:42 - 28:10
"The growing health and needs and acuity of our students are growing. The workload nurses are carrying and the gaps in training in our systems and the level of responsibility are being placed on one nurse currently. So before decisions are made, I'm asking you to have did you know moment. Did you know that nurses are actually managing the inside of all of these schools every day?"
“The growing health and needs and acuity of our students are growing. The workload nurses are carrying and the gaps in training in our systems and the level of responsibility are being placed on one nurse currently. So before decisions are made, I'm asking you to have did you know moment. Did you know that nurses are actually managing the inside of all of these schools every day?”
- Speaker
- Karen Ingraham
- Timestamp
- 27:42 – 28:10
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Mat-Su Borough
- Captured at
- August 26, 2026
From the transcript
I think the reason parents and staff are so upset is because we are seeing a mismatch that may be visible from the outside. The growing health and needs and acuity of our students are growing. The workload nurses are carrying and the gaps in training in our systems and the level of responsibility are being placed on one nurse currently. So before decisions are made, I'm asking you to have did you know moment. Did you know that nurses are actually managing the inside of all of these schools every day?
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