School Nursing

The Relentless School Nurse: What We Don’t Know about School Shooter Drills 

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 

School Nursing

The Relentless School Nurse: Mental Health Goes to School – A Teacher & A Psychiatrist Walk Into a Podcast!

  What a treat!  I was invited by podcast hosts, psychiatrist Dr. Candida Fink, and educator Jo-Ann Berry to have a conversation about school health and safety. Mental Health Goes to School is a new podcast with an important mission, to bridge the gap in understanding the connection between home, school, and the mental health… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: Mental Health Goes to School – A Teacher & A Psychiatrist Walk Into a Podcast!

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The Relentless School Nurse: FAACTs Roundtable Podcast – Safely Caring for Students with Food Allergies is a Collaborative Effort

Thank you FAACT's Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Awareness Connection Team for inviting me back to discuss back-to-school ideas for students with food allergies. We certainly had a lively conversation, filled with important safety ideas for this upcoming school year.  Click on the link below to listen to the podcast: Working with Your School Nurse to… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: FAACTs Roundtable Podcast – Safely Caring for Students with Food Allergies is a Collaborative Effort

Advocacy & Activism, COVID19, Health Literacy, School Nursing

The Relentless School Nurse: In Conversation With Nurse Coach, Eileen Gavin!

  Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Relentless School Nurse - In Conversation with Eileen Gavin, the Nurse Coach. My friendship with Eileen began in 2015 when I was a Johnson & Johnson School Health Fellow and she was a program mentor and community coach. The following year, I was invited back to join… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: In Conversation With Nurse Coach, Eileen Gavin!

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The Relentless School Nurse: Listen to Barbara Glickstein “Getting Nurses in Media”

NursePreneur Dr. Catie Harris has a spectacular podcast featuring the leading voices in nursing as her guests. This week she has one of my favorites, my friend, Barbara Glickstein, a public health nurse, health reporter, and media strategist. I always learn when I hear Barbara speak. I walk away with nuggets of media goodness that… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: Listen to Barbara Glickstein “Getting Nurses in Media”