School Nursing

The Relentless School Nurse: The Year No One Wants to Remember, But We Must Never Forget

Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN

There are so many lessons to be learned from 2020 that will be studied for decades.  Will we as a nation take intentional steps to eradicate COVID19, gun violence, climate injustice, and racism? They are undeniably linked, unearthed by a global pandemic that had a laser focus on those most vulnerable and least protected. It took a global health emergency, with the unimaginable loss of life for the privileged among us to finally acknowledge what has always been present for communities of color. 

As another year closes for The Relentless School Nurse, I want to share the top 10 blog posts of the year. It is no surprise that COVID19 was the theme that runs through the most widely read blog posts of 2020. This year saw a big increase in visitors to my blog. In 2019, we had 43,480 views and in 2020 that number rose to 186,344. 

Top 10 Countdown:

10. – The Relentless School Nurse: You are Witnessing The Death of Expertise

  9. – The Relentless School Nurse: Remember the 5 W’s – For Now, It’s All We Have

  8. – The Relentless School Nurse: You are Witnessing The Death of Expertise

  7. – The Relentless School Nurse: Anti-Racist Resource Guide by Victoria Alexander

  6. – The Relentless School Nurse: I’m just going to say it: It feels like we’re playing  Russian roulette with our kids and our staff

  5. – The Relentless School Nurse: After the Bell, the School Bubble Bursts

  4. – The Relentless School Nurse: 10 Things Parents Can Do Now to Help Prepare Children For Returning to School

   3. – The Relentless School Nurse: Add This to Your COVID19 School Nurse Tool-Kit

   2. – The Relentless School Nurse: My Adventures in Media – First Stop CNN

   1. – The Relentless School Nurse: 91 Questions for Reopening Schools

Please accept my endless appreciation and gratitude for supporting The Relentless School Nurse blog. It is because you shared the posts within your networks that this year of exponential growth was possible. Best wishes for a safe, healthy, and vaccinated 2021.

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.

4 thoughts on “The Relentless School Nurse: The Year No One Wants to Remember, But We Must Never Forget”

  1. Thank you, Robin, for sharing insightful thoughts – yours and others – about current events that impact individuals and families connected to schools!

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  2. May the New Year bring you it’s best! Thank you for all you do to communicate relevance to School Nurses!

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    1. Thank you for this wonderful message Donna! Wishes for a healthy, happy New Year to you as well.

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