Halfway to summer sounds promising during the tough winter months. I have been thinking about this mark in time as a way to boost my morale. For some reason, my enthusiasm for work has been waning and it has left me wondering why it is and more importantly, how to climb out of this hole. … Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: We are Halfway to Summer
Tag: Advocacy
The Relentless School Nurse: A Better Online World is Possible!
Elizabeth Elliott, MSN, BSN, RN, NCSN, is a school nurse administrator in Maryland. In the fall of 2023, she was approached by Maryland Kids Code to support Age Appropriate Design Code (AADC), legislation being introduced to protect students from big tech predatory practices. Elizabeth wrote an Op-Ed for Maryland Matters about her experience advocating for… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: A Better Online World is Possible!
The Relentless School Nurse: The 2023 Most Popular Post of the Year is…
The Relentless School Nurse blog has had another strong year of readership and community engagement. We are closing in on 500,000 visitors since I published my first blog in July of 2017. Since then, I have posted almost 1100 blogs and written more than 600K words. I am so grateful to my readers and especially… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: The 2023 Most Popular Post of the Year is…
The Relentless School Nurse: Judy Doran Writes Op-Eds. Here is How!
Judy Doran is the 2023 Maine School Nurse of the Year and a believer in the power of using her platform to write Op-Eds to address pressing social issues. Here is Judy's most recently published public commentary for the Bangor Daily News: Bangor Daily News: Letter: Most people support common-sense gun laws. As nurses,… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: Judy Doran Writes Op-Eds. Here is How!
The Relentless School Nurse: Friends, We Need to Plan Ahead…
It's disheartening to witness the trend of school nursing staff reductions across various districts, often attributed to the ending of COVID-19 funding. The potential loss of school nurse positions at the end of this school year is distressing considering the profound impact it will have on the well-being of the students. We need to plan… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: Friends, We Need to Plan Ahead…

