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Mary Marugg
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Gretchen,

Interesting situation! It would be great practice to have them licensed as RN’s, but I understand the hesitancy if they are not hired in the RN role. They would be in the position of the RN delegating to them. You would need to have very clear boundaries, and have those clarified in writing. There is some great information about delegating duties and Licensed Nurse responsibilities in the Basics of Camp Nursing book (Erceg and Gaslin 2020) pages 390-401.
Best to you! Nice to have that depth of experience and training for assistants, it may take a bit of intentional work to be sure they don’t end up using their RN skills without a VT license.