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

Relentless School Nurse

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: Read the “Role of School Nurses in the Health and Education of Children”

Relentless School Nurse

Key insights from our article include: The expanding responsibilities of school nurses, including managing chronic conditions, providing mental health support, and addressing public health emergencies.

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Healthy Kids, Brighter Futures: Why Wellness Belongs at the Heart of Education

PE for Parents

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. But for that potential to flourish, children need more than textbooks and tests—they need environments that nurture their physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Bold New Look.

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The Relentless School Nurse: How Are You Holding Up?

Relentless School Nurse

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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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

SHAPE America

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

SHAPE America

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

Relentless School Nurse

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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