This illustration by Katie Abey captures a tension so many of us are carrying right now. How do we stay informed about what’s happening in the world without letting it consume us?How do we care deeply without burning out? In school nursing, we don’t have the luxury of pretending the world isn’t heavy. What happens… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: Both/And – Political Outrage and Magic & Whimsy
The Relentless School Nurse: Closing the Data Gap in a Preventable Gun Violence Crisis
Gun violence is a preventable public health crisis, but the data needed to understand and stop it are often slow, incomplete, or underfunded. Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund has opened a new grant opportunity that helps close this gap by supporting research with EveryShot, an AI-powered, near real-time database of gun violence incidents across… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: Closing the Data Gap in a Preventable Gun Violence Crisis
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The Relentless School Nurse: They Counted on Our Silence – We Proved Them Wrong
How Collective Advocacy Forced the Reinstatement of Billions in SAMHSA Mental Health Grants Health and Human Services (HHS) did not suddenly find its conscience; it heard a roar and retreated. Within hours of quietly moving to cancel nearly two thousand Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration SAMHSA mental health and substance use grants, the… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: They Counted on Our Silence – We Proved Them Wrong
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The Relentless School Nurse: The Weight Schools Were Never Meant to Carry
Author’s Note: This piece is written from a child health and public health perspective. It is not an argument about immigration policy. It is an examination of what happens to children and communities when immigration enforcement actions intersect with schools—and why that harm must be named. Earlier this week in Minneapolis, an Immigration and Customs… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: The Weight Schools Were Never Meant to Carry
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The Relentless School Nurse: When the Work Outgrows the System
Over the last 25 years, I have seen how the needs inside our school health offices have multiplied. What once was manageable is now layered, constant, and inseparable from the complexities students bring with them. Students arrive carrying more health concerns, more anxiety, more instability, and, too often, fewer supports. So do the adults... The… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: When the Work Outgrows the System
