NASN School Nurse is the clinical journal of the National Association of School Nurses. It creates room for reflection in a profession that rarely pauses, where decisions are made quickly, and the consequences are real. It is where evidence, experience, and evolving practice are brought into thoughtful conversation, not in theory, but in service of… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: Sharing My Guest Editorial in NASN School Nurse

The Op-Ed Nurses, Donna Gaffney and Teri Mills, skillfully crafted another Op-Ed, offering a framing that feels both clarifying and deeply necessary. We are all familiar with the structure of American government: As they reminded readers, Congress writes the laws, the president enforces them, and the courts interpret them. That architecture is foundational. But, as… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: The Fourth Branch of Government Is the People

Schools do not control the national climate. But we absolutely control how we lead within it. Across the country, immigration enforcement activity is intersecting with school communities in visible ways, near apartment complexes, at bus stops, and in neighborhoods where our students live. Children do not experience these moments as policy debates. They experience them… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: What Schools Owe Children in Uncertain Times – A reflection on leadership, school climate, and the responsibility to protect childhood

  The drawing looks simple on the surface, but look deeper, this was created by a five-year-old child held in an immigration detention center.  Across the country, children are trying to make sense of instability with the only tools they have: paper, pencils, pictures, and words. In Dilley, Texas, children detained with their parents at… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: When Childhood Becomes Conditional – Detention, Fear, and Empty Desks

Something is happening. In New Jersey, a grandmother and veteran nurse wrote about standing in line for the polio vaccine as a child and fearing what happens when vaccination rates begin to slip. In Florida, a state leader for Grandparents for Vaccines urged families to protect children through evidence-based immunization and intergenerational responsibility. In South… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: When Voice Meets Structure – The Next Chapter for Grandparents for Vaccines