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The Relentless School Nurse: Student Mental Health Matters – A Toolkit for Schools from PBS Learning Media

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Here are some highlights of the toolkit: Expert Insights : Within this toolkit, mental health professionals, school administrators, and educators share their knowledge and experiences. Student Perspectives : The toolkit includes firsthand accounts from students about their mental health experiences.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Nurses and Gun Violence Prevention: Protecting the Public’s Health

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I am grateful for the collaborative opportunities through Rutgers that have promoted the mission of gun violence prevention through a public health lens. I am committed to continuing my efforts in writing, speaking, learning, and actively participating in promoting a public health approach to gun violence prevention.

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The Relentless School Nurse: NASN 2023 Included A Public Health Approach to Stemming Gun Violence

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Refusing to accept gun violence as inevitable because it is predictable and, therefore, preventable, we envisioned a school community that prioritized school connectedness and healing approaches, fostering environments where students could truly thrive. The s ponsor of the research is Rutgers New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center.

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The Relentless School Nurse: New Jersey School Nurses – Make the Impossible, Possible!

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The conference speakers delivered important, innovative, and timely messages ranging from Stress First Aid, Obesity, Tube School, School Safety, Tics and Mosquitos, Sleep Hygiene, Social Media’s impact on Nutrition, School Law, Suicide Prevention, and much more.

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The Relentless School Nurse: “Since we Cannot Gun-Proof Children, it’s up to Adults to Child-Proof their Guns” – Dr. Arthur Kellerman

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But in black and brown communities gun violence is also a racial justice issue, with black and brown children 15 times more likely to experience gun violence than white children and teens. Over 80% of child firearm suicides involved a gun obtained from their own home or that of a friend or relative.

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The Relentless School Nurse: This is What Moms Demand Action Wants for Mother’s Day 2023!

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Instead of flowers and chocolates, they are asking for action to prevent gun violence and keep our children safe. Here are some of the things that Moms Demand Action is advocating for: Universal background checks: We believe that every gun sale should require a background check to prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands.

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Leveraging Physical Activity in Schools to Address Pandemic-Related Health Disparities

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Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. Since the widespread school closures to prevent COVID-19 transmission in March 2020, CDC has created new channels for collecting data to monitor the pandemic’s impact. Newly added questions assessed students’ experience with racism, discrimination, and mental health during the pandemic.