What are your BIGGEST dreams about school nursing? If you had the ear of the decision makers who had a direct impact on your work, what would you tell them? What would you want them to know about your challenges and accomplishments? This is not out of our range! We have the ability to impact the Future of Nursing 2030 by sharing our visions for the future with the committee tasked with writing a consensus report that will shape the next decade of nursing.
Here are some questions to consider:
What are the most unique challenges we face when caring for our students with complex health and social needs?
Do you have students you fear are falling through the cracks? What do we need to help them move beyond surviving to thriving?
Did you feel prepared for the work of school nursing? Did your education prepare you to help identify and address the complex health and social needs of today’s students?
Who are your most important partners in caring for our most complex students and families?
How do you track the positive outcomes of your work?
What would your most innovative recommendations be to improve your practice if money, time, and red tape were no object?
Published by Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN
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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