This year, I arrive at three significant mile markers: 40 years as a nurse 25 years as a school nurse 9 years writing this blog Each of these markers is more than just a number. They are signposts along a road I’ve been traveling for decades—reminders of the distance covered, the unexpected detours, the steep… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: Mile Markers 40/25/9 – A Journey of Nursing, Advocacy, and Storytelling
The Relentless School Nurse: School Safety – Championing Student Wellbeing in Active Shooter Drills
The newly released National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine consensus study—“School Active Shooter Drills: Mitigating Risks to Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health” asks us to confront a difficult question: Are our safety drills really keeping children safe, or, in our urgent quest for preparedness, are we inadvertently chipping away at their sense of security… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: School Safety – Championing Student Wellbeing in Active Shooter Drills
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The Relentless School Nurse: Lights, Camera, Safety – Vote Now to Help Hollywood Prevent the Next Tragedy
Gun violence continues to be the number one killer of children in America. The grief, anxiety, and lasting trauma that gun violence inflicts on children, teens, families, and whole communities is incalculable. What if we could help prevent the next tragedy—not just in our schools, but across the country—by changing how guns are depicted in… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: Lights, Camera, Safety – Vote Now to Help Hollywood Prevent the Next Tragedy
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The Relentless School Nurse: Time Magazine Features a Public Health Nurse – “Inside the Parent-Led Movement For Phone-Free Schools”
From the frontlines of our nation’s schools, a movement is building—one shaped by parents, educators, and community health leaders who refuse to accept that a child’s potential should be surrendered to endless scrolling on a smartphone. School nurses see it every day: the student who can’t look up from a screen long enough to hear… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: Time Magazine Features a Public Health Nurse – “Inside the Parent-Led Movement For Phone-Free Schools”
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The Relentless School Nurse: The Hidden Cost of Caring – Why NASN Needs Your Voice!
NASN is asking about our experiences paying for supplies with our own $$! Let's provide NASN with the data to help advocate for the needs of our students by filling out this quick survey: NASN wants to hear from you! If you are a school nurse, you already know the… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: The Hidden Cost of Caring – Why NASN Needs Your Voice!
