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The Relentless School Nurse: How Are You Holding Up?

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What is going well and where do you need support? How are you taking a stand for your own well-being? The well-being of school nurses is the upstream focus that will directly impact school communities if we fail to care for ourselves. Current staffing ratios are untenable and create unsafe and impossible work conditions.

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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

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If we pause to take a panoramic view of our current landscape, we are reminded that our country has an obesity epidemic, rise in hypokinetic diseases, as well as mental health concerns. There are also a record number of kids with social-emotional-behavioral conditions. Over time, student health and well-being will develop as well.

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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

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Be positive and prepared — as well as flexible and creative! We let students and parents know that we would be going outside in most weather conditions and that they should dress in layers. For example, as it got colder in the fall it was hard to play throwing and catching games, but soccer worked well.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Time to Pay Attention to the Mental Health of School Nurses

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It is time that we address the mental health and wellness of the school nurses who have so valiantly cared for our nation’s school children and staff. Here is a link to NASN’s blog post describing the results of the survey: Survey Finds 45% of School Nurses Report Mental Health Conditions By NASN.

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The Relentless School Nurse: A New Era in School Nursing, the 2025 Version

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I dont want to be patted on the back for how well I take a hit. While resilience is admirable, it has often become a euphemism for enduring unsustainable conditions without complaint. While we may outwardly appear to bounce back, the cumulative effect of these challenges erodes our well-being. Im exhausted by strength.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Nurses Once Again Listed as the Most Trusted Profession…But Why Doesn’t It Feel That Way?

Relentless School Nurse

Here is the unResignation Letter , you can sign it and join the movement: Are you one of those school nurses who chose to resign or are contemplating leaving but would stay if conditions would support a healthy work environment? We do not have to tolerate intolerable work conditions, even if it means a significant job action.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Sharing an Interprofessional Op-Ed – Thanks to Twitter

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Here is an excerpt from our Op-Ed, which is linked in this blog post as well as the NEJM study by Cowger and colleagues. . New Data Shows How Well. . . . . . . Universal Masking in School Works.

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