School Health School Nursing 100 Years of Caring for America's Children

School Health - School Nursing - 100 Years of Caring for America's Children

School Nursing - 100 Years of Caring for America's Children

School Nursing - 100 Years Caring for America's Children

School Health Corporation and our business partners are proud to sponsor the 100 Year Celebration of the School Nursing profession.

October 2002 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the school nursing profession in the United States. School Nursing emerged as a public health nursing specialty following the experimental placement of a public health nurse in a New York City public school in October 1902. The success of that first school nurse, Lina Rogers Struthers, R.N., in reducing absenteeism due to communicable diseases led to the employment of other nurses in New York City and elsewhere. The role of these early school nurses quickly expanded to include an emphasis on wellness and disease prevention, health education, and a broadly defined client population including children, their families, and the community.

In the past 100 years, school nurses have played a vital role in improving the health and well being of our nation's children. According to a survey done in March 2000 by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there are 57,954 RNs employed as school nurses. These nurses are charged with caring for our nation's 52 million students.

To celebrate the 100th year and to inform the public about the invaluable role of school nurses, the National Association of School Nurses is planning a series of events on Tuesday, October 1, 2002 followed by a year long promotion of the school nursing profession. These events include:

		National press conference and celebration event to be held at the Henry Street Settlement in New York City, site of the first team of public health nurses to provide care in public schools.
		Regional and local events to be held in cities nationwide.

100 Year Celebrations Across the Country
Let us know how you are celebrating by sending an email to rrogers@schoolhealth.com

Nebraska School Nurse Honored
Plano Independent School District
Richardson Independent School District
Viola Elementary School

Definition of School Nursing
School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students. To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self management, self advocacy, and learning.

NASN Mission Statement
The National Association of School Nurses improves the health and educational success of children and youth by developing and providing leadership to advance school nursing practice.

For more information about the NASN, visit www.nasn.org.

Historical Information
Historical information from: Wold, Susan J. (1981). School Nursing, A Framework For Practice. St. Lous: Mosby.

100 Year Kick Off Event
Henry Street Settlement
Lillian Wald
Lina Rogers

For more information on the history of School Nursing, check out these wonderful books:

	Working Without Uniforms: Fifty Years of School Nursing in Chicago 1951 - 2001 by Helen Ramirez-Odell
	School Nursing: A Framework for Practice by Susan J. Wold
	Manual of School Health by Bonnie Bear and Keeta DeStefano-Lewis

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