This past summer, I had an opportunity to co-author a perspectives piece with Dr. Mary Beth Miotto for the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The article, Empowered or Traumatized? A Call for Evidence-Informed Armed-Assailant Drills in U.S. Schools, reinforced the urgency for an evidence-based approach to school safety drills. NEJM invited us to continue… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: What We Don’t Know about School Shooter Drills
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The Relentless School Nurse: “Active-Shooter Drills in Schools May Do More Harm Than Good”
This article was just published in Rutgers-Camden News! Written by the very talented Jeanne Leong, Assistant Director of Media Relations. I appreciate the support of Rutgers-Camden in sharing the work that I am doing, along with dedicated colleagues, Dean Donna Nickitas, Professor Sunny Hallowell of Villanova University and Donna Mazyck, Executive Director of the National… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: “Active-Shooter Drills in Schools May Do More Harm Than Good”
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The Relentless School Nurse: Giffords Partners With Top Presidential Candidates, Launches Unprecedented Gun Safety President Video Series
We have accepted the unacceptable for too long. Parents, teachers and kids should not have to worry that their school will be the site of the next school shooting. We need a Gun Safety President. Thanks to the efforts of Gabby Giffords and the Giffords Organization, we will no longer tolerate the intolerable. As today… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: Giffords Partners With Top Presidential Candidates, Launches Unprecedented Gun Safety President Video Series
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The Relentless School Nurse: NH School Nurse Susan Petrovek Takes Her Turn on Gun Violence With an Op-Ed!
The Relentless School Nurse has a special edition blog post to highlight the voice of Susan Petrovek, a New Hampshire school nurse who published an Op-Ed in the Concord Monitor about gun violence. Congratulations to Susan for speaking truth to power and amplifying the voice of school nursing in this urgent public health crisis. Please… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: NH School Nurse Susan Petrovek Takes Her Turn on Gun Violence With an Op-Ed!
