I have a deep appreciation for my colleagues at Northwell Health for inviting me to talk about the impact of gun violence on children and how we can support our youth. I was a panelist for Northwell’s Gun Violence Learning Collaborative in March of 2022. The YouTube is linked below.
Our conversation continued and was published as an article in The Well, also linked in this blog post. Health journalist, Joy Harrington did a phenomenal job capturing our discussion in the newly released article.
Once again, the power of social media opened doors for powerful interprofessional collaborations. The Director of Northwell’s Gun Violence Prevention Center, Dr. Chethan Sathya, MD MSCE, and I were introduced on Twitter. It has been a professional and personal honor to contribute to conversations about the impact of gun violence in schools and how we can create healing-centered environments for our children and youth. We have to promote a culture of belonging in our school communities because it is a connectedness that students need to thrive and flourish.
Published by Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN
Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN, is a Nationally Certified School Nurse (NCSN), currently in her 22nd year as a New Jersey school nurse in the Camden City School District. Robin is the Director for New Jersey to the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) Board. She is proud to be a Johnson & Johnson School Health Leadership Fellow and past Program Mentor. Robin is the honored recipient of multiple awards for her work in school nursing and population health. These awards include, 2019 and 2020 National Association of School Nurses President’s Award, 2018 NCSN School Nurse of the Year, 2017 Johnson & Johnson School Nurse of the Year, and the New Jersey Department of Health 2017 Population Health Hero Award. Robin serves as faculty in the School Nurse Certificate Program at Rutgers University-Camden School of Nursing, where she teaches the next generation of school nurses. She was presented the 2018 Rutgers University – Camden Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award for Part-time Faculty. Robin writes a weekly blog called The Relentless School Nurse. She also writes a monthly column in My American Nurse, the official journal of the American Nurses Association. Robin’s work is included as a case study in The Future of Nursing Report 2020-2030. You can follow Robin on Twitter at @RobinCogan.
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