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I grew up in St. Louis. When I was 4 years old, I told my parents I was going to be “a nurse for little kids.” I’m not sure how I knew what that even was!
I graduated from DePauw University’s School of Nursing in 1987. I first worked in a busy ER at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, which was an excellent experience, but I found I missed finding out what happened to people who’d been in that accident or had that heart attack. I went to work in home health care in the small town where we had moved as newlyweds in 1987, Crawfordsville, IN. I enjoyed long-term relationships with patients and working so independently.
When it became apparent we were going to continue to live in this small town, I became aware of school nursing and it opened the door for me to finally be a nurse for kids! I’ve been with the school system for 20 years now.
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Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN, is a Nationally Certified School Nurse (NCSN), currently in her 22nd year as a New Jersey school nurse in the Camden City School District. Robin is the Director for New Jersey to the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) Board. She is proud to be a Johnson & Johnson School Health Leadership Fellow and past Program Mentor. Robin is the honored recipient of multiple awards for her work in school nursing and population health. These awards include, 2019 and 2020 National Association of School Nurses President’s Award, 2018 NCSN School Nurse of the Year, 2017 Johnson & Johnson School Nurse of the Year, and the New Jersey Department of Health 2017 Population Health Hero Award. Robin serves as faculty in the School Nurse Certificate Program at Rutgers University-Camden School of Nursing, where she teaches the next generation of school nurses. She was presented the 2018 Rutgers University – Camden Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award for Part-time Faculty. Robin writes a weekly blog called The Relentless School Nurse. She also writes a monthly column in My American Nurse, the official journal of the American Nurses Association. Robin’s work is included as a case study in The Future of Nursing Report 2020-2030. You can follow Robin on Twitter at @RobinCogan.
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