The past few days have seen several disturbing headlines about the state of school nursing that do not bode well for our future. Here are some of the articles that prompted this blog post, as a counter-balance to the negative findings: Are School Nurses The Next Target of Moms For Liberty? A recent Twitter… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: How School Nurses Can Help Ourselves to Stay
I am thankful and excited to share that I will be presenting a general session at NASN 2023 Conference in Orlando this summer. My topic is: School Safety from a School Nurse's Perspective: A Public Health Approach to Stemming Gun Violence. NASN’s vision is that all students are healthy, safe and ready to learn. Couched… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: School Safety from a School Nurse’s Perspective: A Public Health Approach to Stemming Gun Violence
Pat Hamilton, an Iowa School Superintendent, is choosing to reduce school nursing hours in order to "emphasize what our top priority needs to be, which is teaching and learning." I listened to the circular conversation several times and could not help but feel that the disconnect between health and learning is the crux of the… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: Let’s Get to The Crux of the Disconnect Between Health Services and Educational Services
Maintaining mental wellness was the topic of the day when I interviewed two professionals on the front lines of providing behavioral health care to children and adults in my school district, Camden, NJ. The discussion is part of a series of public service announcements (PSA) to bring the messaging about COVID19 to the community… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: A Mental Wellness Message to Parents During COVID19
Lisa Kern is at the center of her Florida county school district's response to COVID19. In this guest blog, she generously shares her recommendations for school nurses to create an informed response to meeting the needs of their students, staff, and school communities during distance learning. We are physically separated but socially connected. Lisa's well-designed… Continue reading The Relentless School Nurse: The National Association of School Nurse’s (NASN) Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice™ Comes Alive During COVID19
