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COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and other mitigation efforts have a heavy presence in schools this year.
A lot of those responsibilities have fallen on the school nurse, who in some cases is spread across multiple buildings.
WBEZ education reporter Susie An spoke with Gloria Barerra, president of the Illinois School Nurses Association and a nurse at a suburban high school, to see what day-to-day life is like for nurses during the pandemic.
Press listen above to hear the conversation.