School Nursing

The Relentless School Nurse: ‘Melanie the MakerNurse’ is the New ‘Rosie the Riveter’

Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN
Melanie Rogers, MPH, RN
MakerNurse!

When Melanie Rogers heard the call for the #MillionMaskMayday, she rose to the occasion and put out a call to all of the crafters and sewers via social media to join this movement!  #COVID19 has put a strain on our healthcare system that we have never seen in modern times. There is not enough personal protective equipment (PPE) to meet the extreme needs across the country.

Nurses, doctors, and all members of healthcare teams have put out a call for PPE. The fact that we don’t have enough in the pipeline is something that will be studied for years to come, but for now, we have a public health emergency to address. This is what WE can do to help this crisis of protection, we can sew surgical masks! Here is the information:

Here are the current needs for the #MillionMaskMayday and a google sheet for state by state information:

Million Mask Mayday

Current needs:

People who can call in their state to find where to distribute
People who can coordinate distribution.
Please sign up below for distribution help.
Please enter your information into the Google doc here. Million Mask Mayday- sewers and distributors

How to make a mask

DIY Face Mask from Happy DIY Home

 

Rosie the Riveter
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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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