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May 9th is School Nurse Recognition Day
Saying thanks to the nurses in the Stoughton Public Schools on School Nurse Recognition Day.
National Nurses Week runs from May 6-12 this year, and Wednesday, May 9 marks .
Patricia Small, the Nursing Director of the wanted to acknowledge her nursing staff in the various schools:
- Stoughton High - Maureen Dunderdale
- O'Donnell Middle School - Susan McDonnell
- Jones School - Sharon Sagotsky
- South School - Donna Kaplan
- West School - Joanne Sousa
- Hansen School - Susan Rock
- Dawe School - Joyce Melendy
- Gibbons School - Mary Quinn
(Mrs. Small deserves some recognition as well!)
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Nurses in the Stoughton Schools handled more than 11,000 office visits for first aid and 40,000 office visits for illness and health assessments during the 2010-2011 school year, according to Stoughton's 2011 Annual Report. This does not include visits for daily medications or routine screenings.
"School nursing provides a wonderful opportunity to influence positively both the health and education of Massachusetts students," Anne H. Sheetz, Director of School Health Services for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, wrote in a letter sent to school superintendents.
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"School nursing is one of the most challenging and rapidly changing specialty areas in health care today," Sheetz continued. "Each year many issues affect the health of our youth: increased pressures on families, changes in the health care delivery system, and ongoing public health concerns such as infectious diseases, bullying, head injuries and depression."
Sheetz concluded, "School Nurse Recognition Day provides an opportunity to acknowledge these special professionals and their unique contributions to our nation's young people."
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