Tagged With "Gun Violence"
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Re: The Relentless School Nurse: Full Disclosure: I am Fearful to Welcome Another September
Robin: I appreciate your writing and perspective so much. I can feel your fear, and given all that you have experienced, personally and professionally, you know this fear too well. Thank you for helping educate the rest of us, and help us all "activate" as well and not be overwhelmed by fear. You are a force for good and I'm grateful for your work and have shared it on the main site and in Parenting with ACEs. Cis
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Re: The Relentless School Nurse: Full Disclosure: I am Fearful to Welcome Another September
Cissy, Your message is appreciated more than I can express. I am so thankful that we connected on Twitter and now through Acesconnection.
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Home Gun Safety Queries in Well-Child Visits [jamanetwork.com]
By Carole H. Stipelman, Greg Stoddard, Kyle Bata, et al., JAMA Pediatrics, October 28, 2019 Firearms are a leading cause of death in US children, and the rate of suicide by firearms in people aged 10 to 19 years has increased since 2008.1 In the United States, 4.6 million children (approximately 7%) live in households with at least 1 gun that is stored loaded and unlocked.2 Safe storage of guns and ammunition may decrease the occurrence of self-inflicted or unintentional firearm injury to...
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The Relentless School Nurse: Full Disclosure: I am Fearful to Welcome Another September
School is about to begin and for the first time in my 18 years as a school nurse, I am fearful to welcome another September. I work in an urban district where community gun violence is sadly commonplace, but that is not my fear. I travel throughout the city from school to school where drug dealing is an open-air exercise, but that is not my fear. Emergencies are often solitary experiences because school nurses work independently, but that is not my fear. Families facing deportation from...
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The Relentless School Nurse: The Ripple Effect - When Community Violence Comes to School
Elizabeth (Liz) Clark, MSN, RN NCSN is a school nurse's school nurse. Her leadership skills were honed as President of the CO Association of School Nurses. She served on the national level as the CO NASN Director, completing her term in 2017. Liz has a prominent presence on Twitter and uses the social media platform to elevate school nursing practice. Liz is a natural teacher and you can find her sharing the most recent peer-reviewed articles with colleagues to promote health and learning. A...