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The Relentless School Nurse: Well, What Do You Know…Community Pushback Worked, For Now!

Relentless School Nurse

My last blog post focused on the Fayette County Public School board’s decision to privatize school nursing services by going to the lowest bidder, a nursing agency, and discontinuing the 50-year relationship with the local health department. Reference: School board reconsiders privatizing school nurses.

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

Active Schools Us

The CovEx study focused on child well-being, including physical health, mental health, and emotional health, as well as stress and anxiety indicators. Many parents also reported that their well-being had been impacted by emotional distress, difficulty managing emotions, and difficulty sleeping.

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Streamlining Medication Administration at Wooster School

Magnus Health

Managing medication administration at a private school can be a challenging task for a small health staff, especially when the number of students on medication continues to grow. Anna Jette, School Health Clinic Nurse at Wooster School in Danbury, CT, relies on Magnus Health to streamline the school’s medication practices.

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What You Need to Know About Back-to-School Vaccinations

Stanford Childrens

Vaccinating children before they return to school helps prevent this increased health care burden. The California Department of Public Health requires a series of vaccinations for all children attending public or private school, from transitional kindergarten/kindergarten through 12th grade.

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Special Post: Choosing the Right Programme

Informed Practitioner in Sport

This introduces market forces, for good or ill, which makes it all the more important that sport parents are well informed in their consumer choices. The trend for prominent private schools with a reputation for sport to hire high profile ex-players to coach their school teams is an example of a similar scenario creeping into school sports.

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School Nurse Responsibilities During the Pandemic

Magnus Health

Schools have adapted to embrace remote and hybrid learning models and school nurse responsibilities have evolved as well. . This blog explores five ways school nurse responsibilities have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. . Key Member of School’s COVID Task Force . to learn more. .

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Virtual PE Lessons with Free Downloadable PDF

PLT4M

As a result, many families opt for a virtual learning experience, and public school districts, charter schools, and private schools are all embracing the demand. No matter what type of school students are enrolled in, children of all ages need physical activity and physical education.

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