Confessions of a School Nurse

I hope this letter finds you doing well on this beautiful fall day. Here in the great state of Kansas, we are having crisp fall air in the morning followed by a wonderful ray of sunshine in the evening. I love this time of year. It reminds me of God’s beauty and that change is necessary to get through the next part of life. Today’s episode, while comical, will truly empower you to use the policies...

Today, I close out the 3-part series on the Nuremberg Code by focusing on the 10 principles of the code and how those 10 principles directly correlate to our ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses. School nurses and educators have ethical responsibilities to our students. We are both responsible for the health and well-being of our students as well as academic education and cognitive development. Yes, we e...

A 2018 study found that 22% of Millennials in America are not sure that they have ever heard of the Holocaust and 41% of American adults are not sure what Auschwitz was. This is strikingly alarming! Social, economic, and political pressures that existed in the 1930s and 1940s exist today and are impacting the way our students and patients are receiving medical care. This has a direct effect on how...

The Nuremberg Trials, which took place after World War II, were a series of military tribunals held to prosecute prominent leaders of Nazi Germany for their roles in war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other atrocities committed during the Holocaust and the war. The Nuremberg Trials directly shaped medical ethics that has a direct correlation and impact on the field of nursing to this day. Th...

The next two months have a lot of uncertainty as fear of potential lock downs and mandates begin circulating in the news. Like a blank canvas, the next few weeks hold within them the potential for both challenges and triumphs. As you begin navigating discussions, policy changes, mandates, and all other potential harms, remember that you have an opportunity to redeem yourself.  Getting a secon...

Wokeism is working diligently to re-make America. It’s doing this by lurching onto our children and transforming them right in front of us. Think of a thick morning fog moving between the trees, its moving between our children as fast as it can. Wokeism is a religion, and we must stop it in its tracks. As school nurses and teachers we must stand our ground and fight.  This week I lay out to y...

I have spent the past weekend putting a special twist on Dr. Seuss’s “Oh the Places You’ll Go.” As you know the book holds a special place in my heart. While I am no Dr. Seuss and a terrible artist, I’ll spare you the drawings for now. I hope that you are able to embark on a journey through the whimsical verses and that you are instantly transported to the many decisions you have to make.  Dr...

Can you believe it is August 1? Where did the summer go? It seems like two weeks ago we were just starting summer break. The words “back to school” always remind me of Dr. Seuss’s book “Oh the places you’ll go.” This is a wonderful book about the ups and downs of choices in one’s life. Choices that may lead down dark roads, bright roads, higher ups, and lowly lows. This book is considered Dr. Seus...

One would think that applying logic would be easy and understood by all; however, our current society tells me differently.  I believe that when education is lacking and social influences are abundant, logic is difficult to apply.  Without logic, there is no truth.  Without truth, there is no integrity.  And without integrity, our values and morals become compromised.  Int...

I once heard that when children come “out of the closet” regarding their LGBTQ feelings; the parents go “into the closet,” essentially, creating a second closet.  The phenomenon of a second closet isolates parents as they grapple with numerous fears: the judgment of others, the opinions of church leaders, and the reactions of family and friends. In their bewildered state, they constantly ques...

Have you ever wanted to identify as someone else? Thought about wanting to be someone else? No? Yes? Maybe? Our children are being brainwashed with information that they are not good enough as themselves so they need to identify as something or someone else. The past few weeks I have identified as teenagers struggling with transgendered issues. I did this to gain...

Have you ever wanted to identify as someone else? Thought about wanting to be someone else? No? Yes? Maybe? Our children are being brainwashed with information that they are not good enough as themselves so they need to identify as something or someone else. The past few weeks I have identified as teenagers struggling with transgendered issues. I did this to gain...

It does not take a PhD degree to know the basic tactics of advertising and marketing. Advertising is manipulative. It works on our self-doubts, fears of social rejection, and it strives to appeal to our emotional desires. Marketers for woke companies do what they have always done, they target an audience, go to where it is, develop a likable style, and run with it. They have targeted our youth on...

I believe I am discussing one of the biggest crises occurring in our schools, transgenderism. I begin by discussing the history of transgenderism and move into the CDC and NASN objectives for educators and school nurses. While researching for this podcast, I did not know the history of transgenderism in America and I was intrigued to find so many different documents from the CDC to educators and a...

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