Relentless School Nurse

JULY 11, 2025

We monitor developmental milestones, identify early warning signs of health and learning challenges, support children with chronic conditions, and build trusting relationships with families. It’s a direct assault on the well-being of the children and families we serve—and it’s a public health emergency.

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Stanford Childrens

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

It’s important that we try to keep kids active in sports and also make them want to be active adults as well. I also came away with the reflection that the health care providers need those qualities as well, to take care of the teams and help them maintain success. When is the right age for a child to focus on only one sport?

Sports

Stanford Childrens

DECEMBER 20, 2024

It is a chronic (long-term) condition. It started with genetic testing to rule out a genetic cause for her Crohns disease, as well as tests to exclude an immune deficiency. She is now growing well and looks healthy again, Brittani says. Crohns disease causes redness, swelling, and sores along the digestive tract.

Achievement

Magnus Health

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

For K-12 school nurses, managing the health of students with chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, and epilepsy can be challenging. Learn how EHR software can help you improve student care and support those with chronic health conditions within your school community.

Health

Stanford Childrens

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

While that’s always the primary goal, a handful of forward-thinking hospitals have embraced a family-focused approach to care that also includes the parents’ mental health and well-being. Some parents have therapy individually as well as the sessions they share together.

Health

Stanford Childrens

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Sammy was treated, but despite medicine, the seizures kept coming, often during his sleep but during the day as well. “At The family had learned that Sammy’s epilepsy was related to a very rare genetic condition called Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome, which affects fewer than 300 people worldwide. He loves basketball.

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Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

A well-designed sports program has the capacity to teach teamwork, sportsmanship, grit, leadership, and many other life skills, as well as a lifelong love for their game. This early commercialism can overshadow the fundamental aim of youth sports: enjoyment, character development, a growing love for the sport, and holistic well-being.

Sports

PE for Parents

JUNE 26, 2025

Every Kid Healthy Week Celebrate your efforts to improve kids’ health and well-being with an event that gets families and communities involved in the fun. Support for Schools and Families From grants to guides, get helpful tools for building a healthier learning environment. Bold New Look. More Impact for Kids.

Nutrition

PLT4M

JUNE 19, 2025

That’s why it’s essential to prioritize and plan a high school physical education curriculum that not only teaches the foundational elements of health and wellness but also encourages student choice, autonomy, and exposure to a wide variety of activities. Without it, we risk leaving behind those who need support the most.

High School

Stanford Childrens

MAY 14, 2025

Based on the results, Dr. Moses narrowed Mos condition down to ulcerative colitis , a type of IBD that involves inflammation in the inner lining of the large intestine (colon). Mo is now 15, and the regimen hes on has been working for the past seven monthsworking so well, in fact, that he was recently able to stop taking the steroids.

Immune system

Stanford Childrens

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Luckily, Tawny and her husband, Bo, were well prepared for this moment. The Ayes wanted expert advice so they began researching their son’s heart condition in earnest. No one was leaving his defective heart to fate. The newborn needed constant monitoring and medication until they could get him into the cardiac operating room.

Conditioning

Relentless School Nurse

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

School nurses, who are at the forefront of providing essential health services to students, are uniquely positioned to understand and articulate the direct impact these cuts would have on the well-being of our nation’s youth.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

By incorporating conditioning drills, students remain engaged while developing endurance, flexibility, and a strong fitness base for future activities. Breathing and Stress Reduction Discussion on the positive impact of breathing techniques on reducing student stress levels, and how these can be used to improve overall well-being.

Flexibility

Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 9, 2025

Let’s unpack this quote and explore its implications for school nurses, and anyone dedicated to the well-being of others. One moment, we’re calmly administering routine medications or checking in on a student with a chronic condition. Self-care also involves tending to our mental and emotional well-being.

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Designs for Health

APRIL 23, 2025

Vegan and Vegetarian Diets Well-planned vegan and vegetarian diets are often phytonutrient and antioxidant-rich, supporting immune health and the gut microbiome. Despite the multifaceted nature of kidney stone formation and progression, dietary manipulation can be a crucial strategy in managing the condition and mitigating risk.

Nutrition

Relentless School Nurse

JUNE 18, 2025

Managing Chronic Conditions in Broken Systems Asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, and life-threatening allergies don’t pause when budgets are tight or staff are short. With rising rates of diabetes, asthma, anxiety, and other conditions, this isn’t safe for students or nurses. Many have over 1,500 students and more.

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Relentless School Nurse

JULY 4, 2025

Medicaid is a critical funding source for school nurses and the health services that enable students—especially those with disabilities and chronic conditions—to learn and thrive. 1’s cuts to Medicaid and other safety-net programs threaten patient care, school health, and the well-being of children and families nationwide.

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Relentless School Nurse

MAY 24, 2025

More to come… Heres a deeper look at the specific ways this bill threatens childrens well-being: Massive Medicaid Cuts: A Direct Attack on Childrens Health Coverage Loss: The bill slashes nearly $700 billion from Medicaid, the primary source of health insurance for children in low-income families and those with special health needs.

Health

Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 21, 2025

The disturbing visual was dystopian: children were used as props to announce a policy that would profoundly undermine their education and well-being. Students with chronic conditions will lose access to critical care during school hours if funding for school nurses is cut. Trump asked them, “Should I proceed with this?”

Education

First Beat

JUNE 3, 2025

Nicol Prandelli, Strength & Conditioning Coach at Bologna, explains, We realized that we were missing a fundamental aspect of monitoring, that being the individual response to the applied load, hence the internal load. The Firstbeat system immediately seemed exceptional for this purpose.

Sports

Magnus Health

JANUARY 22, 2025

If your high school athletes are of driving age, consider arranging bus or shuttle transportation or parent carpools so teenagers don’t have to drive in dark winter conditions to practices and games.

Sports

Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 26, 2025

We manage chronic conditions like asthma and diabetes. Children will lose a critical line of defense for their health and well-being. We conduct health screenings that catch vision problems before they interfere with learning. We administer medications, provide first aid, and partner with families to address complex health needs.

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 2, 2025

Immigration measures implemented without due process have torn families apart and subjected minors to inhumane detention conditions. Reversing these harmful policies must be a national priority if we are to safeguard the future well-being of Americas children. Encourage lawmakers to prioritize childrens well-being in budget decisions.

Schooling

Stanford Childrens

JANUARY 14, 2025

Conrads colleagues remember her as intellectually nimble, energetic and honest as well as a fierce patient advocate, Cornfield said. Conrads research focused on improving the lives of her patients, especially in cases that were not well understood. She was a force to be reckoned with her whole life and certainly made her mark!

Conditioning

Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 15, 2025

Today, I want to share what it means to be a Relentless School Nurse and how, together, we can continue to transform student wellness, dismantle barriers, and inspire systemic change. Whether or not its your official title, remember: we are all the Chief Wellness Officers in our schools. Push for policies that center student wellness.

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AASP

JUNE 26, 2025

The consequences, they argue, are a cascade of severe health conditions ranging from asthma and facial malformation to ADHD and depression. The benefits of resonance frequency breathing are well-supported (e.g., According to authors and influencers, modern humans have “forgotten” how to breathe. Their solution? What's the Evidence?

Nervous system

Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 1, 2025

A growing number of medically fragile students attend school along with students with chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, and severe allergies, requiring ongoing oversight. School nurses are responsible for monitoring these conditions, administering medications, and educating students on self-care practices.

Wellness

First Beat

JUNE 17, 2025

In addition to the results from the current test, you will also be shown how much these have changed from the previous occurrence, as well as variation from an individual’s baselines. The automated analysis process will then calculate the Peak 60s Average HR (i.e.,

Fitness

First Beat

JUNE 5, 2025

Are we preparing our players well enough over the summer to ensure their bodies are in the best possible condition when pre-season begins? For them, the acute training load hovered around 300 to 600, well below what they would experience during the competitive season. Do we even have to match these demands?

Conditioning

Stanford Childrens

JUNE 23, 2025

When she was a few weeks old, she developed a serious condition that’s common in micro-preemies called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). The condition inflames and kills parts of the intestine tissue. This condition leads to chronic diarrhea and hampers nutrient absorption because food moves too quickly through the shortened intestines.

Nutrition

Designs for Health

JUNE 10, 2025

Emerging research underscores the significant role oxidative stress plays in the pathology of ED , suggesting that antioxidant status may be a critical factor in both the development and management of this condition. It is considered the earliest stage in the development of hypertension.

Nervous system

SHAPE America

AUGUST 4, 2022

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.

Gyms

Relentless School Nurse

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

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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SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

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.

Physical Activity

Relentless School Nurse

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

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.

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 14, 2023

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.

Schooling

Relentless School Nurse

DECEMBER 28, 2023

More than 40% of US children and adolescents have at least one of the following chronic health conditions… The healthcare needs of children with chronic illness can be complex and continuous, involving daily management and addressing potential emergencies.

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