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September 26, 2023 5:30-7:00pm, November 2, 2023 5:30-7:00pm Spring Conference 2024 "Under Construction" More information coming soon!

Changing Lives One Diaper at a Time at NJ New Jersey State School Nurses are devoted to promoting the health of students, families, and the community. Diapers are essential to meeting a child's basic needs and cost about $1,000 per year per child. 5.2 million babies and toddlers live in poor or ...

Be the priority for your own emotional well-being. Remember a dysregulated adult cannot help a dysregulated child!✅  I took my own advice and followed my “Be” plan by making my emotional well-being a priority this summer.  It has given me the time to reflect, reset and work on the next steps to ...

I am overcome with a heavy heart and a deep sense of sadness as I arrive home from the National Association of School Nurses Conference from Colorado.  It was not the exceptional NASN conferences that brought about this profound sense of melancholy. It is the time of year and visiting with professionals ...

There are so many times that I can recall when people find out that I am a school nurse, their response is “wow,  what a perfect job...you are off all summer”.  Well this summer was what most would consider my first summer off in many years; however, are school nurses ever actually off?    Recently, ...

As I entered my school the other day to get a jump on some work before the school year starts, I noticed the polished floors and freshly painted walls just waiting for our students to arrive.   I glanced into one of our 5 th grade classroom and noticed all the new tennis balls that were carefully placed ...