Local educators, parents and students are celebrating that every school district in Humboldt County managed to partially reopen campuses before the academic year’s nearing end. From preparing safety protocols to accommodating in-person and remote students simultaneously, bringing kids back on campus
Dr. Beth E. Jameson is a nurse scientist and assistant professor at Seton Hall University where she is the program director for the Clinical Nurse Leader MSN program. She is a Certified Nurse Leader (CNL), New Jersey certified school nurse and a certified instructor for Youth Mental Health First Aid. She has a distinctive educational focus on nursing research, epidemiology, and community/population health. Her major objective is to bring understanding and advocacy to the role of the school nurse; a role which frequently goes unnoticed as an integral contributor to the health and wellness of our nation s children. Dr. Jameson is the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) Co-chair of the Workload Task Force Team and a National Presenter on Focus on the Framework™: Quality Improvement. Her funded research activities include school nurse staffing and chronic health conditions care policies; performing school health/school nursing regional needs assessment; and developing a worklo
The FDAâs decision came on Monday: It would authorize emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds. Two days later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention followed suit, recommending that adolescentsâthe youngest population yetâbegin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
By Thursday morning, less than 24 hours after the CDCâs endorsement, the nurses at Mt. Lebanon School District were inoculating middle schoolers, watching them wriggle with anticipation, calming them as they winced at the needles and then celebrating the momentous occasion with them.
At the dayâs endâin five hours, to be preciseâabout 10 nurses had helped administer nearly 1,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to students, averaging about four kids a minute. They had perfected the process, problem-solving every hiccup, after months of practice administering the vaccine to adults in the community, including school staff. Itâs what allowed them to turn th
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Can Practicing Gratitude Boost Nurses’ Resilience?
Gratitude may be a key ingredient for nurse wellness, helping them to feel more appreciated and happier at work. By Jill Suttie | May 10, 2021
Imagine you are a nurse who has been working day and night during the COVID-19 pandemic. You’ve seen patients become sick and die, met with grieving families, and, in some cases, haven’t even received adequate protective gear to do your job safely. No doubt, you’d be physically and emotionally drained.
This is a recipe for burnout. And, no surprise, many nurses
are burned out. Emotional exhaustion has been an ongoing risk for nurses in their job, even long before the pandemic. Now it’s only gotten worse: 62% of registered nurses report feeling more sad and depressed than they were before the pandemic.