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She had worked for a time as a licensed vocational nurse, and found the experience rewarding.

She said receiving the cash — and knowing it was temporary — has made her “laser-focused” on her goals: Finish her prerequisite courses this spring; work part-time as a licensed vocational nurse this summer while studying for her nursing school entrance exam; then apply to schools in the fall and start a nursing program next spring.

She plans to live at home and pick up a couple of shifts each week as a licensed vocational nurse while in school, but said her savings from this year should help ensure she isn’t stretched thin during the two-year program.

Carrie Hughes, a licensed vocational nurse supervisor at the four facilities, said that after the death at San Marino in the Desert, facility policies on administering such drugs were changed and a nurse who had given the medications too close together in time was reprimanded.

Hughes, the licensed vocational nurse supervisor, told The Times that Robertson was disconnected from the ventilator only after he had already suffered cardiac arrest and needed to be resuscitated manually.