Day #1 Calling Nurses! Be A Voice...5/21/2019
Posted almost 5 years ago by Amy Fortner
On May 8th, coinciding with School Nurse Day, the NURSE Act (S 1362/HR 2606) was introduced in the Senate and House concurrently. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and Representative Dina Titus (D-NV) are the lead sponsors of this important legislation for school nurses. The NURSE Act would give grants from the Department of Education to increase the number of registered school nurses in Title I schools where there does not already exist a school nurse.
NASN's Virtual Hill Day will create momentum and show support for this important legislation to help children be safe, healthy and ready to learn. Your participation in NASN's second Virtual Hill Day will show the ground swell of support the NURSE Act has across the country.
Please tweet, email and call your Member of Congress and Senators using the samples messages below (or feel free to use your own) May 21 - 23!
Hashtags to Use:
#schoolnurses
Handles for all U.S. Senators: https://twitter.com/cspan/lists/senators/members
Handles for all U.S. Representatives: https://twitter.com/cspan/lists/u-s-representatives
Sample Tweets to Use
School nurses play a key role in making sure that children are healthy, safe and ready to learn. (list @Legislatorhandles):, please co-sponsor the NURSE Act. #SchoolNurses4NURSEact #VHillDay2019 #schoolnurses @schoolnurses
Today’s student’s face more medically complex conditions and chronic disease conditions which require the knowledge and assessment skills of a school nurse. (list @Legislatorhandles):, please co-sponsor the NURSE Act. #SchoolNurses4NURSEact #VHillDay2019 #schoolnurses @schoolnurses
Children deserve to have their health needs met during the school day so that they can meet their full potential in school. (list @Legislatorhandles):, please co-sponsor the NURSE Act. #StdtsWantTheNURSEact #VHillDay2019 # @schoolnurses
School nurses promote wellness, chronic disease management and perform early intervention services to reduce barriers to learning. (list @Legislatorhandles):, please co-sponsor the NURSE Act. #SupportTheNURSEact #VHillDay2019 #schoolnurses @schoolnurses
Please feel free to tweet your own message to your Member of Congress. Please include his/or her twitter handle, your message and one of the hashtags along with #VHillDay2019 #schoolnurses and schoolnurses.