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GREAT NEWS!!! Marjorie Cole, our MO State School Nurse Consultant, just found out that she will be awarded the Outstanding State School Nurse Consultant Achievement Award (National Award). She will receive her award in Boston at the NASN Conference! Marjorie is a current member of our St. Louis Suburban School Nurses Association. Way to go Marjorie! Please pass this news on to your nurses!
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St. Louis Suburban School Nurses' Association is a district of the Missouri Association of School Nurses. We serve and support approximately 340 public and private school nurses in the metropolitan St. Louis area. We offer monthly meetings featuring speakers on topics of various interests to our membership. We present an annual Fall Workshop in October and co-sponsor School Nurse Survival Training every summer.
Our Mission is to educate, support and enhance the professionalism of School Nurses in the promotion of School Health.
Our Vision is to promote recognition of School Nurses as Professionals by all stakeholders.
Please explore our website to learn more about us.
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A Letter from our President |
May 2009
Goodbye to 08 – 09!
I know that we're all looking forward to the summer break in the next few weeks. If you’re like me, you’ve
put on your “Little Engine That Could” cap … “I think I can, I think I can”. I find myself tired and just a
little more perturbed at the same old “no breakfast, not drinking enough, didn’t take my allergy/asthma
medicine, too much weekend” excuses that walk through the clinic doors. As I reflect back on our year, I
get some positive self-feedback in the form of appreciation for all the great speakers and workshops we’ve
enjoyed this school year. As I have shared with several of you, I find myself worn out and just a bit self-
pitying until I come through the conference room doors at St. Luke’s on Thursday and get energized by my
fellow school nurses and information that improves my school nurse practice. I am reminded again how
worthwhile the 20 minute drive from Webster Groves to St. Luke’s is. I don’t think I have had any meeting
where I thought, “Well, that certainly wasn’t valuable.”
Our congratulations go out to Linda Neumann, not only as our own SLSSNA School Nurse of the Year, but
also as MASN School Nurse of the Year. Let’s also cheer her on as our new MASN President for 2009 –
2010. I would encourage any of you to look at some of the positions and committees available at the state
level. Linda, Keri Lee, and myself would be happy to give you support and information. Congratulations
also to new retiree, Dianne Herndon from Highcroft Ridge Elementary in Parkway. I am sure she is going to be
more refreshed as a wife, mother, and grandmother. We are so glad she is willing to continue to serve as
our MASN secretary. Please contact us if you know of any other SLSSNA retirees.
Lastly, let us welcome our new Executive Board: Maryanne Pickering – President, Sheila Hardt -
President-Elect, Vice President – Cindy Wyrostek, Treasurer – Deb D’Arcy, Secretary – Mary Ann
Zimmermann. We are still looking for someone to chair our Membership Committee as well as looking for
others to help with our other various committees. Working with the SLSSNA Board of Directors is another
opportunity to network and grow more confident as a school nurse. I thank all my fellow board members
for a job well done and for all of their support and encouragement. I am lucky to be a part of such great
volunteers and professional school nurses.
Mindy Bielik, RN – “new” Past-President
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