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The Philadelphia School District's ongoing game of school-nurse roulette has left only 84 of 363 district schools have a full-time nurse; the other 103 nurses split their time between two, three or even four schools. Nurses say some schools are falling out of compliance with state-mandated record-keeping on required immunizations and physicals as a result.

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Posted: Thu, Jan. 24, 2013, 12:00 AM

Slight Care

As a school-nurse shortage continues, parents say close calls are common.

James Cersonsky

City Paper

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