Season 2: The Ongoing Challenges of Caregiving--Megan

In this episode, Erna interviews Megan about the consistent challenges related to family caregiving in her life. Megan identifies:

1. Sleep (or lack of)

2. The difficulty of transitioning care during a move. 

With caregiving, Megan has lived in four different states and has navigated the health and school systems with her kids. A big surprise with this current move was the nurse ratios at the school, which are far below the national recommendations of 1 nurse per 750 children as a minimum. With the growing complexity of child health, these ratios should be even further reduced. Here is more information about school nursing and safe ratios, if you want to reach out to school boards and state legislators:

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/137/6/e20160852/52405/Role-of-the-School-Nurse-in-Providing-School

https://www.nasn.org/nasn-resources/professional-practice-documents/position-statements/ps-workload

Our take home is to not forget the power of your voice, and advocate for the helpers such as teachers and nurses among us. 

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